{"id":2905,"date":"2018-06-13T08:54:30","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T12:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/?p=2905"},"modified":"2018-06-13T09:47:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T13:47:58","slug":"why-should-i-attend-church-it-makes-you-more-resilient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/13\/why-should-i-attend-church-it-makes-you-more-resilient\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Should I Attend Church? It Makes You More Resilient"},"content":{"rendered":"

Presented at Curwensville Alliance Church on 6\/10\/2018 by Pastor Steve Shields<\/h3>\n

From the series,\u00a0Tools for Resilience<\/em><\/p>\n

When I was a kid, I took guitar lessons every Thursday night<\/strong>. Mrs. Crate required I discipline myself to practice \u2013 every day.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s all I could see. The drudgery of practice.<\/p>\n

The songs she taught me didn\u2019t help. Go Tell Aunt Roadie, On Top of Old Smoky, Red River Valley<\/em>\u2026. Drudgery.<\/p>\n

And the lesson time wasn\u2019t a real treat. Lectures on better fingering and callous development. Drudgery.<\/p>\n

Learning guitar required discipline on my part.<\/p>\n

Discipline without direction is drudgery.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I went to college, something happened. I had a roommate who played the guitar. I mentioned that I always wanted to play, and he said, \u201cI\u2019ll teach you.\u201d<\/p>\n

I said, \u201cThat will be drudgery.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cNo, it won\u2019t. I\u2019ll teach you well enough that you can make a tape and send it to Laurel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Suddenly, I saw purpose in the discipline. I had a direction: Learn to play well enough to play for your girlfriend!<\/p>\n

And I learned to play.<\/p>\n

Seeing myself playing the guitar on the back porch for Laurel \u2013 that was a direction I wanted to head.<\/p>\n

My roommate gave me a direction that took away the drudgery.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I wish I could do that for you, in terms of corporate worship. I wish I could help you see yourself after a decade of prioritizing corporate worship.<\/p>\n

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I can\u2019t do that, but you can.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Look at Christians whose faith you admire. You can have that.<\/p>\n

Look at that man of prayer you wish you were like. You can be that guy.<\/p>\n

Look at that person who walked through the Valley of the Shadow of Death without fear. You can do that.<\/p>\n

Look at that woman whose children respect and admire her. You can be her.<\/p>\n

Part of making that happen is prioritizing corporate worship.<\/p>\n

This podcast talks about how we can do this.<\/strong><\/p>\n