1. Top 10 Reasons for Missing Church

2. Top 10 Reasons for Missing Church
#10 – I’m Jewish!

3. Top 10 Reasons for Missing Church
#10 – I’m Jewish!
#9 – I’m Sick

4. Top 10 Reasons for Missing Church
#10 – I’m Jewish!
#9 – I’m Sick
#8 – I’m Changing

5. Top 10 Reasons for Missing Church
#10 – I’m Jewish!
#9 – I’m Sick
#8 – I’m Changing
#7 – I’m Working

6. But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
- I Timothy 5:8

7. Top 10 Reasons for Missing Church
#10 – I’m Jewish!
#9 – I’m Sick
#8 – I’m Changing
#7 – I’m Working
#6 – I’m New

8. Top 10 Reasons for Missing Church
#10 – I’m Jewish! #9 – I’m Sick #8 – I’m Changing #7 – I’m Working #6 – I’m New
#5 – I’m Busy

9. 18 And others are the ones on whom seed was sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word, 19 but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- Mark 4:18-19

10. Kingdom Matters are a Priority

11. Top 10 Reasons for Missing Church
#10 – I’m Jewish! #9 – I’m Sick #8 – I’m Changing #7 – I’m Working #6 – I’m New
#5 – I’m Busy
#4 – I’m Hurt

12. Leaving the church because you are hurt:
Does not justify you before God

13. Leaving the church because you are hurt:
Does not justify you before God
Does not solve the problem

14. Better to turn the other cheek then to turn away from God and His church!

15. Top 10 Reasons for Missing Church
#10 – I’m Jewish! #9 – I’m Sick #8 – I’m Changing #7 – I’m Working #6 – I’m New
#5 – I’m Busy
#4 – I’m Hurt
#3 – I’m Lazy

16. Lazy =
One who dislikes physical or mental effort

17. The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again.
- Proverbs 26:15

18. Top 10 Reasons for Missing Church
#10 – I’m Jewish! #9 – I’m Sick #8 – I’m Changing #7 – I’m Working #6 – I’m New
#5 – I’m Busy
#4 – I’m Hurt
#3 – I’m Lazy
#2 – I’m Worldly

19. for Demas, having loved this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
- II Timothy 4:10

20. This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.
- John 3:19

21. Top 10 Reasons for Missing Church
#10 – I’m Jewish! #9 – I’m Sick #8 – I’m Changing #7 – I’m Working #6 – I’m New
#5 – I’m Busy
#4 – I’m Hurt
#3 – I’m Lazy
#2 – I’m Worldly
#1 – I’m _______

22. The Purpose of this Lesson:
What is your reason for not attending all services?

23. The Purpose of this Lesson:
What is your reason for not attending all services?
Is your reason valid?

24. Regular Attendance = Personal + Corporate Growth