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This week, Paul wants to help us think about how we prepare our hearts for Sunday worship.

Here's this week's Wednesday's Word.

Like every human being, I grew up in a less than perfect family. But one positive thing my family did marked me forever. Every Saturday night, my siblings

and I, one after the other, would take a bath and then deliver our shoes to my dad to be

polished, all in preparation for the Sunday morning worship service at the Toledo Gospel Tabernacle.

There was never a debate about whether we would be going. There was no need to

fit church into the family schedule. The weekend schedule of the trip family was planned around

the one thing we would never think of missing. Sunday worship. For that, I will be forever grateful.

It seemed like we were always the first family to arrive. My dad hated being late for church.

And because he had lost much of his hearing in World War II, we always sat right up front so he could hear.

For my family, there was no exception to this Sunday rule. Even on vacation, my mom and dad would locate a church for us.

I am so thankful that this important spiritual

habit was nailed into my understanding of life. But as I look back, I don't think my mom

and dad ever talked about preparing our hearts for worship. As Christians, we've been taught

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