Run from temptations that capture young people. Always do the right thing. Be faithful, loving, and easy to get along with. Worship with people whose hearts are pure.
2 Timothy 2:22
Today many Christ Followers have a choice where they will worship God. They can meet with a group across the street from where they live, or they can travel to another place to worship God with other believers!
If you have a choice, how should you make the decision about where to worship? Many, if not most American christians decide where to worship based on the name the group uses to identify itself. Of course, that is not always a reliable method of finding a “good church.”
Others will decide where to worship God based on apparent “success” because many people gather there.
Here in 2 Timothy 2:22 Paul tells Timothy to “worship with people whose hearts are pure.” In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said that those with "pure hearts" will see God!
So, if you have options about where to join others to worship God, choosing a congregation of pure hearted people will enable you, with that group to see God!
You will see God as He lives in the lives of others. You will see God as you listen to His Word. You will see God as you trust and obey the Word you hear!
The only way to find a group of people with pure hearts is to become a pure hearted person yourself! Then you will see others with pure hearts and you will see God!
“Lord Jesus, give me a pure heart and a strong desire to see God every moment of each day! May Your Holy and Blessed Name be praised now and forever. Amen.”
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