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To 160 th Ave Church of Christ

To 160 th Ave Church of Christ. “Christian Vacation”. The Reality of “Christian Vacation”. Vacation From Worship Allen Creek Community Church (Marysville, WA)– a one-month “PAUSE.”

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To 160 th Ave Church of Christ

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  1. To 160th Ave Church of Christ

  2. “Christian Vacation”

  3. The Reality of “Christian Vacation” • Vacation From Worship • Allen Creek Community Church (Marysville, WA)– a one-month “PAUSE.” • “We suspend our regular weekend services from August through Labor Day to give our volunteers a well-deserved rest & PAUSE” • This kind of thinking may not hit far from home • Vacation from Service • Bible Reading • Prayer • Vacation from Morality

  4. Excuses to Justify • “I ‘deserve’ a break” • Problem of the heart: self-righteousness, pride selfishness, a weak faith. • Luke 18:10-14 • What we really deserve (Rom. 6:23; Hebrews 9:22). • “It’s a burden to be at every worship service.” • Problem of the heart: an unwillingness to show sacrificial love. • Matt. 11:29; 1 John 5:3 • “It’s not a big deal, it’s just one time” • Problem of the heart: minimalism • Matt. 6:33; 22:37

  5. What if Jesus thought this way? • “I deserve a break” • “It’s too much of a burden” • “It’s just one time…” • God/Christ never takes a vacation (Heb. 13:5)

  6. The Christian Vacation: • Worshipping together is our vacation!!! • We need a break from the world. (1 Cor. 5:10; Rom. 12:2) • We need time for spiritual family • We need time to relax from the pressures and temptations and trials that are brought on by the world. • Part of the Reason for the Sabbath • A time to refrain from work • A time to worship God (The book of Acts)

  7. Worship on the Sabbath: • Acts 13:14; But going on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian Antioch, and on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down. • Acts 13:27; 27 For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him. • Acts 13:42; As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people kept begging that these things might be spoken to them the next Sabbath. • Acts 13:44; The next Sabbath nearly the whole city assembled to hear the word of the Lord

  8. Worship on the Sabbath: • Acts 15:21; For Moses from ancient generations has in every city those who preach him, since he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath.” • Acts 16:13; and on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were supposing that there would be a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had assembled. • Acts 17:2; And according to Paul’s custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, • Acts 18:4; And he was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath and trying to persuade Jews and Greeks. • Psalm 92- “a song for the sabbath”

  9. What to do When Christians do take Vacations • Many do excuse themselves from worship when they do take actual vacations. • Perhaps the same excuses and problems of the heart occur here. • Vacationing/traveling provides an excellent opportunity to worship with other Christians in different parts of the world • This can be a tremendous encouragement to you • This can be a tremendous encouragement to them

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