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Today's reading: 1 Corinthians 7-8

"God has purchased you at a high price. Don't be enslaved by the world."  1 Corinthians 7:23 NLT

As we prepare to attend our places of worship, this verse reminds me of just how easy it is to become enslaved to things God has freed us from.

-Are we preparing as if for a fashion shoot?
-Have we determined not to sit by Sister So-And-So?
-Are we still carrying around grudges for words spoken last week from the pulpit, or from behind a door in the women's restroom?
-Are we still miffed about being looked over for a position?
-Are we going to serve out of duty rather than with a servant's heart?
-Are we more concerned with how we will sing that what we will sing?
-Are we already hoping the service won't last long because we have a laundry list of things to accomplish today?
-Are we allowing the difficult time we had getting a teenager up and going to set the mood for our worship?
-Are you so tied up in which translation is being used that you don't hear God speaking to your heart thru it?
-Are you going with a desire to be seen or to praise His Holy name?

God has purchased us at a high price, we cannot allow anything to enslave us when it comes time, anytime really, to worship His name.