EP 14 We are Church Girls- Part 1: Why Church?

The Iron Women

• Connection Card Question
• What do we mean when saying we are just “church girls”?
• Are there clear Biblical reasons to go to church?
• God laid out a clear plan of His desire for believers to gather regularly together
• Book of Acts, the history of the Church
• Types of church seasons and experiences: pros and cons
• What is the Church even there for? Teaching, exhorting, fellowship, corporate prayer and worship, communion, Sabbath
• God designed the Sabbath for our good, He knows this is only going to feed into our spiritual health long term
• Membership vs attending vs streaming
• Boundaries are not to keep you far from people, but to keep you close to God
• Evaluating your busy
• Promoting the Church in a selfish way has not paid off well
• Accountability, Growth, Discipleship are not always fun or comfortable but are actually for your good
• One of the first steps of stepping away from the Lord is stepping away from the Church
• The 4 Generation Fade quote
• Difference of watching church vs going to church
• The delight in the Bride of Christ
• Get your definition, purpose and expectations directly from the source of the Bible, not from outside sources or your experiences
• The progression of church hurt to leaving the church
• Consuming church mindset
• Streaming and other internet alternatives for spiritual content is a great resource, but they are not church. They are to be substituted in when you cannot get to your church, not as your church.
• This podcast is NOT church
• Taking church into consideration in your career choices
• Prioritizing church in your family
• We don’t live under the Law of the OT anymore, but the Law did show us God’s heart in matters like prioritizing the Sabbath
• Ask God to change your heart to match His in the matters of His Church
• Fun Cup Question
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