WATCH NIGHT IS FOR WATCHING

HOW MANY PEOPLE BEGAN THE NEW YEAR BY BEING IN CHURCH JUST LIKE LAST YEAR?

OF THOSE PEOPLE WHICH ONES ARE PRETTY MUCH IN THE SAME SPIRITUAL CONDITION THEY WERE IN LAST YEAR THIS TIME , IF NOT IN A WORSE STATE DUE TO SOME BACKSLIDING.

SO MANY CHRISTIANS ARE RELIGIOUS WITHOUT EVEN BEING AWARE OF IT BECAUSE THE MAIN TOOL OF RELIGIOUSITY IS TO BE CONVINCED THAT AS LONG AS YOU'RE DOING THE SAME THINGS, AT THE SAME TIME, AND PLACES WE ARE ALRIGHT.

WHILE THAT IN ITSELF IS THE ACT OF RELIGIOUSITY.

SATAN CONVINCES US THAT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT IN SOME NIGHT CLUB, DRINKING ALCOHOL, OR SOME OTHER WORLDLY PARTY WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO HEAVEN.

SIMPLY BEING IN CHURCH FOR WATCH NIGHT SERVICE IS TO NO AVAIL IF WE ARE NOT WATCHING.

WE CAN WASH MORE FEET THEN A PEDICURIST, SING MORE BLOOD SONGS THEN THE ANGELS, AND HAVE MORE COMMUNION THEN MONKS.

IF WE ARE NOT AT WATCH NIGHT SERVICE TO THANK THE LORD FOR BRINGING US THROUGH THE EXITING YEAR, AND PRAYING FOR A CLOSER WALK WITH HIM IN THE COMING YEAR WE MAY AS WELL STAY HOME FROM ANOTHER RELIGIOUS EXERCISE.

ANOTHER COMMON CHRISTIAN MALADY IS KNOWN TO CREEP INTO THESE EVENTS, AND THAT IS PRIDE.

HOW MANY WATCH NIGHT ATTENDEES USE THEIR PRESENCE AT THESE SERVICES TO HANG OVER THE HEADS OF THEIR UNSAVED RELATIVES, FRIENDS, CO-WORKERS, AND EVEN OTHER SAINTS THAT WEREN'T IN ATTENDANCE.

THIS IS DONE AS THOUGH SOME CERTIFICATE OF ENTRANCE WAS ASSURED THEM DUE TO THEIR ATTENDANCE TO A TRADITIONALLY HUMDRUM, CUT AND DRY, NOT VERY SPIRITUAL SERVICE.

I AM NOT AGAINST ANYTHING THAT WILL AFFORD US OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER WORSHIPPING, AND PRAISING OUR GOD.

I AM AGAINST HOLLOW OBSERVANCES THAT HAVE LOST ALL MEANING, AND SPIRITUAL CONTENT OTHER THEN PERFORMING SOME ACTS THE LORD AND THE DISCIPLES DID, WITHOUT THE SPIRIT OF THE ACT BEHIND THE ACT.

CHRIST WASN'T SIMPLY ATTEMPTING TO GIVE US SOME MUNDANE ACTS TO FOLLOW TO PREVENT OUR BOREDOM.

THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THEN POSSESSING THE ABILITY TO QUOTE SCRIPTURES VERBATIM BUT NOT LIVING THEM, OR QUOTING THEM IN THE SPIRIT OF THE WORD.

SAINTS WE HAVE JUST GOT TO DO BETTER WHEN IT COMES TO SERVING THE LORD, AND DOING THE THINGS WE SAY WE ARE DOING FOR HIM.

THE TIME IS AT HAND TO EXAMINE EACH AND EVERYTHING WE DO, REALIZING THAT THE TIME FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD IS NOW, AND THE TIME FOR HIS JUDGEMENT OF THE BODY IS RIGHT NOW.

SO WHAT, WE WERE IN CHURCH AT MIDNIGHT DECEMBER 31.

WAS YOUR HEART IN THE SERVICE ?

WAS OUR MIND ON GOD, WHAT HE'S DONE FOR US, WHAT HE WANTS FROM US, ETC...?

DID YOU REALLY WANT TO BE THERE, OR WERE YOU THERE TO PREVENT THE OTHERS FROM TALKING ABOUT YOU, OR BECAUSE YOU HAD NO WHERE ELSE TO GO ?

WERE YOU POSSIBLY THERE BECAUSE YOU WERE THERE LAST YEAR AND IT'S NOW TRADITION.

HAVE YOU EVEN ASKED YOURSELVES WHY YOU WERE THERE AND WHAT ANY OF IT MEANS ?



2DAYS PROPHETIC ADMONISHMENT: THIS YEAR WHY DON'T WE ALL MAKE A COMMITMENT TO EXAMINING ALL OF OUR RELIGIOUS ACTS, WHAT THEY MEAN, WHY WE DO THEM, THE MOTIVES BEHIND THEM, AND HOW THEY BENEFIT US.

REMEMBER. JUDGEMENT TIME FOR THE HOUSE OF GOD IS RIGHT NOW, AND THE TIME FOR CHRIST RETURN IS NOW.

EMPTY GESTURES WILL BRING US NO CLOSER TO GOD, THEREFORE THEY WILL NOT BRING US ANY CLOSER TO HEAVEN.

EACH ACTION, WORD, AND MOTIVE SHOULD BE BE GEARED TOWARDS OUR SEEKING THE FACE OF THE LORD, AND HIS WILL FOR US IN THIS LIFE !

WHEN WE ATTEND OUR NEXT WATCH NIGHT SERVICE WE SHOULD BE WATCHING OUT FOR THESE THINGS CREEPING INTO OUR LIFES.

SO THEN OUR WATCH NIGHTS WILL TRULY BE FOR WATCHING.