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25th Anniversary Documentary on Tetris

by Mike on Jun.06, 2009, under article

why do we wear hats in church?

by Mike on Apr.05, 2009, under Uncategorized

something i read on facebook of my good friend Cameron:

“For the longest time in my life, I have always been told to take my hat off when we pray to God. You ever been told that? It’s from your parents, some teachers, older people. They tell you that you need to take your hat off when you pray because it is a sign of respect to God. That is something that I have always blindly followed.
In fact, there are alot of things as a Christian that I have, for the longest time, taken as my daily recommended dose without questioning to the doctor why we should do this. This is something that we have been doing for many, many years as young people, as believers in Christ Jesus. After a discernment process that I had done for one of my classes at school, I found out that I am not one to merely sit by and let things lie; but rather I will constantly be seeking out the truth in things. When i heard that from my good friend, it stirred up a passion inside me. something that I realised to be true.

Back to this ‘wearing the hats when praying.’ Some people out there place alot of emphasis on this sort of thing. And only girls can wear hats when praying is happening. What would happen if all the youth started wearing hats during the church service? I agree that there would be an uproar. Something like taking your hats off during prayer has become more of a tradition rather than a biblical teaching. Yet people get up at arms when some of us wear the hats during prayer, etc.

I am not telling us to rebel against the authorities, or do a peaceful protest. I want to get you thinking. We are a generation that are stuck behind computer monitors, and large flatscreen TV’s that need to start thinking about these things.

Taking our hats off is supposed to be a sign of respect to God, a sign of reverence to Him.
So if we are supposed to take our hats off when we pray, then why aren’t we all ON OUR KNEEs in prayer, or lying flat down on our faces in reverence within the church while we pray or worship? We place alot of emphasis on not wearing hats in church, and less on our attitude of worship.

We talk about reverence to God, and worshiping in fear and trembling before Him. If that is the case, then why does it feel like every time I am at church, it seems like a chore? It is like no one wants to be there on a sunny Sunday morning. They check their watches, cough a bit, maybe glance down at their Bibles, but there is no reverence!!

We are the generation to turn this around. To bring the joy, the community back into the church.

Blessings”