Today is Friday and there is no reason to cheer. I work on all Saturdays except the second one of every month. It is very stressful because I don't have a Sunday to sleep in either. Every Sunday I am expected to be in church at 9:00 am. I must be happy to go to church, but when I am physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted I just don't feel like sitting through a 3 1/2 hour service on a Sunday morning. Plus I don't connect with the church on an intellectual level. The people are nice and loving, but that's not enough to make me feel connected. There is hardly any intellectual benefit that I get from this church. They have a lot of doctrines and teachings, but only a few follow them with conviction. The rest follow it as a ritual or a tradition.
Given my situation, I would like to go to church for an hour of worship in the evening. Good music, lovely songs and the presence of the Spirit of God. Maybe a short message for a few minutes would be nice. Not a 3 1/2 service where only 1 hour is for worship and 1 1/2 hours is for the sermon.