We have to guard against becoming weary during the wait. Abraham had his own child, born in a supernatural way, to a woman who could not have children. Romans 4:18 (NIV) says, “Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him…” When Isaac did finally come, God’s promise was fulfilled. Then we need to go home and meditate on it, study more on the subject in God’s Word, and spend time in prayer seeking how to apply that truth to our life.Ībraham waited 20 years for God to fulfill His promise to him. That’s most likely the thing God wants to deal with us about. But when we hear a sermon, we need to focus on what really touches our life in a personal way. We can go to church each week and hear a powerful, life-changing message every time. It’s about learning to live an abundant, purposeful life. Christianity is about having a personal, intimate relationship with Christ. A lot of the time we go to church so often and hear so many sermons, but hardly put much of what we learn into action. You see, Christianity is not about our weekly church attendance. But no…none of that impresses God or proves anything to Him. And like I said, you simply cannot pray too much. Certainly we should learn God’s Word and know how to apply it to our lives. Yes, go to church, worship and fellowship with other Christians. That may sound like a contradiction but it’s not. It doesn’t matter how long or loud you pray! But it doesn’t matter whether you’re sitting in a pew every time the church doors open or even if you can quote the whole Bible. And prayer-well, you really can’t pray too much.

Yes there’s a benefit to attending church. When it comes to your relationship with God, how do you rate it? Do you judge it by how often you go to church? Or how many scripture verses you’ve memorized…maybe the length of your prayer time? Does any of that really matter?

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