A desire for healing is exactly why people do come into our churches to seek after God. Many people, even those who are Christian believers are bound by situations and difficulties that they are powerless to change and come to the worship of God for hope. It is often what motivates their steps into the doors of our places of worship.
1. Desire for Healing
Many crowds came to Jesus for healing and he healed them. Matthew 14:14;15:30-31
2. Hope, "what must I do to be saved"
If you've ever had a behavior that kept hurting yourself or people you love, you've been impacted by what the Bible calls personal sin. If someone has hurt you by their behavior then you've been impacted by other peoples sin. People come to church to understand what must be done to be saved from the bondage and punishment of sin.
3. To be a Witness for God
Think about it, if no one shared the Bible and taught people about Jesus, there would be no Christians. We who have been entrusted with the message of reconciliation to God and bear witness to his truth when we come together as believers.
4. To give thanks and worship God, in fellowship with other believers
People encounter God through his word outside of church and come into church as a testimony of his presents in there lives.
5. To learn who God is
Who is this God that heals people like Nick Vujicic, Joni Eareckson Tada and Corrie ten Boom? Who is this God that establishes Feed My Starving Children, Compassion International, Good Will, Salvation Army and others who change the world through education, healthcare and grace filled love of God?
6. Because they were invited
We are in a "grace period" where all people are invited to come to Jesus for salvation and to live a new life with him as Lord.
http://www.minnesotamarion.com/mature/leadership/#more-478
https://www.openbible.info/topics/hope
http://www.faithgateway.com/bible-verses-about-hope-20-scriptures/#.VyQLMFsrLnA
1. Desire for Healing
Many crowds came to Jesus for healing and he healed them. Matthew 14:14;15:30-31
2. Hope, "what must I do to be saved"
If you've ever had a behavior that kept hurting yourself or people you love, you've been impacted by what the Bible calls personal sin. If someone has hurt you by their behavior then you've been impacted by other peoples sin. People come to church to understand what must be done to be saved from the bondage and punishment of sin.
- Romans 15:4,13 - through the Scriptures we might have hope. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
- Romans 12:12 - Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
- Romans 5:2-5 - We rejoice in hope of the glory of God...More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings
- Hebrews 6:19 - We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain
3. To be a Witness for God
Think about it, if no one shared the Bible and taught people about Jesus, there would be no Christians. We who have been entrusted with the message of reconciliation to God and bear witness to his truth when we come together as believers.
- Psalm 78:4 We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about his power and his mighty wonders.
- Deuteronomy 4:9 Watch out, be careful, don't forget what you've seen, be sure to pass them along to children and grandchildren.
- Galatians 6:9 - And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
- Hebrews 10:25 - And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.
4. To give thanks and worship God, in fellowship with other believers
People encounter God through his word outside of church and come into church as a testimony of his presents in there lives.
- Luke 17:11-19 - One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him.
5. To learn who God is
Who is this God that heals people like Nick Vujicic, Joni Eareckson Tada and Corrie ten Boom? Who is this God that establishes Feed My Starving Children, Compassion International, Good Will, Salvation Army and others who change the world through education, healthcare and grace filled love of God?
- 2 Timothy 3:16 - All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
- John 14:6 - Jesus is the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except through him
- 1 John 1:9 - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness
6. Because they were invited
We are in a "grace period" where all people are invited to come to Jesus for salvation and to live a new life with him as Lord.
- John 3:16-21 God so loved the world that he gave his only son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life
- Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
http://www.minnesotamarion.com/mature/leadership/#more-478
https://www.openbible.info/topics/hope
http://www.faithgateway.com/bible-verses-about-hope-20-scriptures/#.VyQLMFsrLnA
