I have been going to church all my life. I even went to a Private Christian School K-12. I enjoy going to my church it is a Protestant Reformed Church. But you can't rely on church to save you. Our church is going through a major growth spurt and many members are concerned with the mega church stigma. Our minister is pretty grounded, He is a recovering alcoholic but that is what makes him so caring. It has been his mission to not just get people to go to church but to have them be active faithful members.
We soon find it all but impossibe to live the Christian life with our own strength and goodness. It is through God's strength that we know courage, and through his power that we know courage, and through his power that we know goodness, When we realize this, surrender becomes our priority, In seeking to unite our will with God's more fully, we don't want a fixed blissful union with him, one that is filled with passivity. Surrendering to him means growth and progress. It is the freedom of moving forward with and through him, so that each of our relationships and all of our work, worship, suffering, and play reflect what he wants of us.
-Judith C. Lechman