Sunday, April 2, 2023
“Invite Someone to Worship”
Why should we invite someone to worship? Simple. The LORD asks us to invite others.
God entrusts us with the joy and life that we’ve received. In response to God’s blessings, we are supposed to pass those blessings to others so that they, also, may experience a personal relationship with the LORD.
Inviting someone to worship is not an invitation to a theological discussion. It won’t turn into a detailed synopsis of one’s beliefs. People who do not have a church or chapel home are not seeking answers to the meaning of life. Instead, they are seeking something stable and constant. They are seeking something hopeful, safe, and inspirational. They are seeking the same thing that we are all seeking: a place to be received and valued.
As we begin Holy Week with the traditional waving of palms to remember Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, consider offering someone an invitation to worship. Your local church is beginning Holy Week today. The best music is ready. The best sermons and messages are prepared. Local Churches will be offering egg hunts, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday services, special picnics and cookouts, and all kinds of other special things.
Following a couple of years of messed up events due to COVID, our local churches are counting on us to offer invitations. Sure, our invitations help increase attendance, but the reason to offer someone an invitation is not to add another number to the church roll. The purpose is to give someone else an opportunity to have a positive and hopeful experience this Easter.
Inviting someone to church is a selfless act. It is also courageous and humbling, and, even if the invitation is turned down, it is refused with the greatest of respect and honor to those of us making it. Yes, people will be happy to be invited, because sometimes, all of us need to know that we are loved and valued.
Invite Someone to Worship this week!
“Come and see God’s deeds; his works for human beings are awesome: He turned the sea into dry land so they could cross the river on foot. Right there we rejoiced in him!” (Psalm 66:5-6, CEB)
