{"id":56161,"date":"2022-11-24T20:37:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T02:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=56161"},"modified":"2025-09-11T15:09:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:09:26","slug":"faithfulness-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/faithfulness-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Faithfulness (Unknown)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\tAuthor Unknown\n<p>A preacher was asked to define &#8220;faithful attendance at worship.&#8221; He replied that the best way to understand it was to apply the same standards of faithfulness that we do in other areas of our life. Consider the examples he gave:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If your car started one out of three times, would you consider it faithful?<\/li>\n<li>If the paperboy missed Monday and Thursday, would those papers be missed?<\/li>\n<li>If you didn&#8217;t show up at work two or three times a month, would your boss call you faithful?<\/li>\n<li>If you attend worship only often enough to show some interest but not often enough to get involved are you faithful?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It bears some serious thought.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author Unknown A preacher was asked to define &#8220;faithful attendance at worship.&#8221; He replied that the best way to understand it was to apply the same standards of faithfulness that we do in other areas of our life. Consider the examples he gave: If your car started one out of three times, would you consider&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[356,256],"class_list":["post-56161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-attendance","tag-faithful"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25079,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/two-ways-to-keep-members-faithful\/","url_meta":{"origin":56161,"position":0},"title":"Two Ways to Keep Members Faithful","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 22, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"by Bill Hall There are two ways to keep members of the church \u201cfaithful.\u201d The first way is to be sure everyone is involved. Have a project for each member, and make sure that he feels important in his role. Praise him for the good job he is doing. Make\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Faithful-300x203.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":54634,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/faithfulness-not-perfection\/","url_meta":{"origin":56161,"position":1},"title":"Faithfulness, Not Perfection","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"by Matthew W. Bassford Over the past few weeks, Shawn and I have spent Sunday mornings explaining how it is that we can know that we are heaven-bound for certain.\u00a0\u00a0We've seen that we can put our confidence in the powerful sacrifice of Jesus and in the perfect forgiveness of God.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":42067,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-can-discipline-be-done-when-there-is-only-one-faithful-man\/","url_meta":{"origin":56161,"position":2},"title":"How can discipline be done when there is only one faithful man?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hello, I am a part-time minister of a small congregation of Christians made up mostly of female members. The few male members have dwindled down to three in number due to members relocating and deaths. Currently, the two other male members are unable to take part in the worship\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":58283,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-necessity-of-fidelity-in-marriage\/","url_meta":{"origin":56161,"position":3},"title":"The Necessity of Fidelity in Marriage","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 21, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"by Don Alexander via\u00a0Truth Magazine, Vol. 52, No. 9, September 2008. Behaviors reflect one's values and priorities. Our most important live relationships suffer when our behaviors and words do not arise from a sense of fidelity and trustworthiness. The Psalmist cried out, \"Help, Lord, for the godly are no more;\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":42874,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-moon-as-a-witness\/","url_meta":{"origin":56161,"position":4},"title":"The Moon as a Witness","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jefferson David Tant There is an interesting statement in the 89th Psalm that has a lesson for us some 3,000 years later. The theme of the psalm deals with God's faithfulness to keep the promises he made to David. Notice the first two verses: \"I will sing of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Moon-214x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":63715,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-thomas-missed\/","url_meta":{"origin":56161,"position":5},"title":"What Thomas Missed","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 29, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: John 20:19-29 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We aren\u2019t told why, but when the disciples gathered after Jesus\u2019 death, Thomas wasn\u2019t there at a very notable time. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0What was it that Thomas missed by not being there? 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