10/16/2026
There’s nothing like being in the House of God, hearing the anointed Word of God, worshipping God together, fellowshipping with your brothers and sisters in the Lord. It is commanded of God that we do so (Heb. 10:25). God doesn’t command us to do something that is not for our own benefit. I can guarantee you if I am not in church when the church doors are open, it is unavoidable…not because it’s my duty as a pastor, I’ve been this way all of my Christian life. I love God’s house ⛪️.
It is an honor and a privilege to go to church. It strengthens you and gives you rest, it prepares you for the battles ahead.
Certainly there are times when we are prevented from being in God’s house for various reasons, and God is still with us. God was with David on the battlefields but it was not God he was missing when he wrote Psalm 63 and Psalm 84. God was with him wherever he was at…but David was missing God in the House of God, there is a difference.
“O God, thou art My God; early will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee In a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; To see thy power and thy glory, So as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Because thy lovingkindness Is better than life, My lips shall praise thee.”
Psalm 63:1-3 KJV
“My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee. Selah.”
Psalm 84:2, 4 KJV
He was missing the power and anointing God releases as His people come together in unity in His House (Psalm 133) to hear the Word of God preached, to receive of His corporate anointing, to worship God together as one body. You can’t get that corporate blessing sitting at home or elsewhere.
There is something desperately wrong when a child of God doesn’t long to be in church. It is contemptible to God when people say “that’s just a religious spirit that thinks you need to go to church” NO that’s not a religious spirit —that is a faithful and obedient spirit, anything else is a rebellious spirit. Jesus went to church (yes synagogue/house of God)! The Bible says it was His custom. That means He was accustomed to being in God’s House. It was His good habit! Who’s your example?
“For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.” —Psalms 84:10 NKJV
And the Psalmist said “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.” “a Song of degrees of David.” (Psalm 122:1).
See you in church! ⛪️