What I Learned at Church Today

- Faith is a choice we make daily.

- "Why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?" (Luke 6:46) "If ye love me, keep my commandments." (John 14:15) We should keep the commandments if we call ourselves followers of Christ.

- We have to accept that some people will stray from the church. We just have to ensure that we are not the reason they do so.

- If we are honest with ourselves we are all hypocrites because we are not living up to our own standards. But that is no reason to give up trying.

- We should not expect perfection in others around us any more than we can attain it for ourselves. We do not know what others are struggling with or working on.

- Saul was a good king. 1 Samuel 10-12 show that he was humble, honourable and faithful. But in 1 Samuel 13:9 he offers a burnt offering when he was not a priest and didn't have that authority. His punishment is that his descendants will not be king after him. (1 Samuel 13:13-14)

- "It's harder to get back than it is to stay."

- We are covenanted to The Lord and our contract is in the scriptures.

- We are a people who can be joyful and thankful even when we're grieving.