Antiquate your unpleasant moods and bad attitudes when you enter the presence of God. Leave all the negative energy at the door and focus on your worship experience. If you practice your concentration on praising and revering God, your mind will be renewed. Yes, there are things that transpire in some churches or congregations that we corporately have to delete as a body of believers. Notice, I said we. Ouch! Anti-Saints are in every church. Saints are also represented very well (thank God) in God’s sanctuary. The aspiration is for Anti-Saints to be conformed to the characteristics of Saints. Saints are men and women who are believers. No, they are not perfect but they are encouraged to do their best to get as close to it as possible. Anti-Saints have to season their ways with the covenant of God’s love in order to change. You thought you could do it all by yourself...noop! Ask God for help!
Communicative Speech to Each
Saints will speak to anyone and everyone. No matter how a person looks or smells, Saints will welcome you with love. Anti-Saints will speak to people sometimes or only to those folks who they feel comfortable with. Anti-Saints will walk straight pass you when you speak to them and will not open up their mouths to speak back. When the church has visitors, all the Saints will greet them. Anti-Saints will sit in their seats like a statue. If you are an Anti-Saint and want to be free to fellowship with others, start by walking up to people you never speak to in your church on purpose and say hi or good morning. Compliment other people in your church to start a conversation. If there is a new person visiting your church, get in the habit of greeting them; which is positive promotion for your church. If you don’t want to hug them, smile and shake their hand. This will create an amative aroma of dulcinea from you to the visitor. Don’t roll your eyes and look at people like they are crazy. We are all trying to work out our own salvation. If you are reading this right now, it’s time for you to welcome your new ways! Exercise your mind with biblical scriptures that endorse good character like Luke 6:31-35. God commands us to show love towards each other. Lord help us! Speaking and greeting members of your church or visitors is showing love.
Lessons of Discretion
“He who conceals a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates intimate friends" (Proverbs 17:9). I have said this numerous times and I will not back down from saying it. It is unfortunate that in my opinion most people cannot keep intimate matters secret. They could not keep a secret to save their own lives. There are some Saints who can. If I a young woman in church had an abortion and went to one of the mothers of the church to talk to her about it, her business should not be all over the church. If she went to the pastor of her church to seek counsel from him/her on private issues she had encountered, her personal business should never circulate in the church. Those are unpleasing traits of Anti-Saints! Saints pray for you; not gossiping and spreading hearsay about you. God have already told us in his word to keep sound wisdom and discretion. Learn to pray for people and shut down those Anti-Saints when they come your way with foolishness. If you are an Anti-Saint and you struggle with discretion, start praying daily for deliverance. Ask the lord to help you “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer (Psalm 19:14).”
Ushering, Cussing & Fussing
Saints are not offended when the usher of a church instructs them on where to sit. Sometimes if the church is full they have to seat you. Order must be enforced in any place of worship. You are not allowed to break the rules. This might come as a surprise to some of you but the ushers are just doing their jobs. If you are asked to be seated somewhere and for some reason you prefer to be seated in another pew, let them know in a graceful manner. I have done that before. It works! “Do you mind if I can please sit right here” is all you have to say. Anti-Saints will divulgate how ignorant they are with their stentorian cussing and fussing over a seat. If you want to be free from all that cussing and fussing pray for obedience. Remember, when you are obedient to the usher (men/women) of your congregation, you are obeying the leadership of that church and God. Um, and God!
In The Groove of Following Rules
We have to get in the groove of following the rules of our churches. If cell phones are not allowed for adults, why would we allow our children to play on their phones and iPads during worship service? We have to stop it! Ouch! Saints try their best to follow the rules. They don’t allow their kids to run up and down the aisle of the facility. They monitor their children. They cancel out all the food disallowed in the sanctuary and they participate in serving and volunteering when they are needed. Anti-Saints let their children do whatever they want. They don’t know where their children are and what they are doing in the church because they never have them seated by them. They get offended when you ask them to control their children when their children are not following the rules; running and playing while the pastor is delivering the word, eating candy and fast food, or taking a million bathroom breaks. If you are an Anti-Saint I stand in agreement with you to do better. Pray for obedience to reverence God’s house.
As Saints and reformed Saints, let us all "Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you (Ephesians 4:32)."
Communicative Speech to Each
Saints will speak to anyone and everyone. No matter how a person looks or smells, Saints will welcome you with love. Anti-Saints will speak to people sometimes or only to those folks who they feel comfortable with. Anti-Saints will walk straight pass you when you speak to them and will not open up their mouths to speak back. When the church has visitors, all the Saints will greet them. Anti-Saints will sit in their seats like a statue. If you are an Anti-Saint and want to be free to fellowship with others, start by walking up to people you never speak to in your church on purpose and say hi or good morning. Compliment other people in your church to start a conversation. If there is a new person visiting your church, get in the habit of greeting them; which is positive promotion for your church. If you don’t want to hug them, smile and shake their hand. This will create an amative aroma of dulcinea from you to the visitor. Don’t roll your eyes and look at people like they are crazy. We are all trying to work out our own salvation. If you are reading this right now, it’s time for you to welcome your new ways! Exercise your mind with biblical scriptures that endorse good character like Luke 6:31-35. God commands us to show love towards each other. Lord help us! Speaking and greeting members of your church or visitors is showing love.
Lessons of Discretion
“He who conceals a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates intimate friends" (Proverbs 17:9). I have said this numerous times and I will not back down from saying it. It is unfortunate that in my opinion most people cannot keep intimate matters secret. They could not keep a secret to save their own lives. There are some Saints who can. If I a young woman in church had an abortion and went to one of the mothers of the church to talk to her about it, her business should not be all over the church. If she went to the pastor of her church to seek counsel from him/her on private issues she had encountered, her personal business should never circulate in the church. Those are unpleasing traits of Anti-Saints! Saints pray for you; not gossiping and spreading hearsay about you. God have already told us in his word to keep sound wisdom and discretion. Learn to pray for people and shut down those Anti-Saints when they come your way with foolishness. If you are an Anti-Saint and you struggle with discretion, start praying daily for deliverance. Ask the lord to help you “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer (Psalm 19:14).”
Ushering, Cussing & Fussing
Saints are not offended when the usher of a church instructs them on where to sit. Sometimes if the church is full they have to seat you. Order must be enforced in any place of worship. You are not allowed to break the rules. This might come as a surprise to some of you but the ushers are just doing their jobs. If you are asked to be seated somewhere and for some reason you prefer to be seated in another pew, let them know in a graceful manner. I have done that before. It works! “Do you mind if I can please sit right here” is all you have to say. Anti-Saints will divulgate how ignorant they are with their stentorian cussing and fussing over a seat. If you want to be free from all that cussing and fussing pray for obedience. Remember, when you are obedient to the usher (men/women) of your congregation, you are obeying the leadership of that church and God. Um, and God!
In The Groove of Following Rules
We have to get in the groove of following the rules of our churches. If cell phones are not allowed for adults, why would we allow our children to play on their phones and iPads during worship service? We have to stop it! Ouch! Saints try their best to follow the rules. They don’t allow their kids to run up and down the aisle of the facility. They monitor their children. They cancel out all the food disallowed in the sanctuary and they participate in serving and volunteering when they are needed. Anti-Saints let their children do whatever they want. They don’t know where their children are and what they are doing in the church because they never have them seated by them. They get offended when you ask them to control their children when their children are not following the rules; running and playing while the pastor is delivering the word, eating candy and fast food, or taking a million bathroom breaks. If you are an Anti-Saint I stand in agreement with you to do better. Pray for obedience to reverence God’s house.
As Saints and reformed Saints, let us all "Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you (Ephesians 4:32)."
