Father, I habitually miss the worship meeting. Forgive me this. It’s been hard after being home with Johnny, worshiping with him via TV services, to find a place where I feel I belong. Nothing seems to fit. That coupled with not feeling good or sleeping well makes it hard to leave the TV services.

You showed me that the practice of habitual selflessness must extend to my practices toward You. It seems to me that this denial of self for the purpose of fulfilling Your call to ministry as a worshipper in the meeting together of Your people must extend to You through obedience to this call. Help me deny the tired, the sleeplessness, the “feel bad”, the headache, the lazy-don’t-wanna-do, the social anxiety, to honor and glorify You in the worship meetings. In Jesus, amen.