Zanzibar is an old city in East Africa. A city with an unfortunate past. It is filled with ornate architecture, and it is the home of the Swahili Institute, the official guardians of the Kiswahili language. But, for nearly 300 years it was the home of something else. It was the home of one of East Africa’s largest slave markets. But, something happened in Zanzibar. About 150 years ago a single man walked out of the interior of Africa with a message of liberation and a determination to announce that message to those who were bound by slavery. That man’s name was David Livingstone. Even today, the name of David Livingstone commands deep respect in East Africa. Today, in Zanzibar, a Christian Church rises on the very site of the former slave market, and the platform holding up the high altar of the church is the very same platform that for 300 years displayed slaves as they were being auctioned off to Arab slave traders. This is a picture of how God wants to redeem your life. He will meet you at the very point of bondage in your life. He will meet you at your very point of shame, the very place where Darkness is holding you captive. And, He doesn’t hide in embarrassment! He will take that very place and turn it into the very place where His Grace is released into your life, and into your family, and into all your relationships.
10. I want to grow! Weekly worship attendance is the most important behavior to spark spiritual growth! Weekly, you are exposed to God’s Word & God’s People. It resets the clock of your priorities on what’s really important & what kind of person you want to be. 9. I want to do what God says! Gal. 6: 10 "Let us do good to all people especially to those who belong to the family of believers.” Also, God says, “serve one another in love”…”Submit to your spiritual authorities… "Take the Lord’s supper"… "Get teaching" …"Worship the Lord in the beauty of Holiness"…”Don’t give up meeting with one another..” 8. I want to be around people who sharpen me. People who have similar goals, values,etc. “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another…” I want to be sharpened by folks pointed in the same direction as I. 7. I want to live a longer life. Secular surveys show that people who attend church at least 3 out of 4 weekends pe...