Why don't people like church anymore?

I remember as an unsaved person how much I HATED church. I didn't want to talk about it - and I didn't want people even bringing it up. Yucky ---that's how I felt about church. I felt church was for a bunch of self-righteous losers who thought they were better than everyone else. And then......one day....

God entered my heart, and I became a new creation, and all that old stuff, INCLUDING how I felt about church, disappeared! Boom...It was gone. (2 Corinthians 5:17) The old me was put away, and the new me was born. I began to think wholesomely, and with reverence for the things of God. So here's my point:

I can't help but wonder how people who are supposed to be changed, new creatures can still think in the worldly way? How can church still be the enemy to them? Haven't they been transformed by the renewing of their minds? If so, WHY IS CHURCH THE ENEMY TO THEM? As a Pastor, my heart weeps for those who are "His children" who do not desire to be at His house giving reverence and honor to Him! Church is a place to grow in the presence of God, to learn about Him, to worship Him, to get encouraged, to encourage others, to love God, to be loved by God, to do so much! So why are people's hearts so ANTI-CHURCH? We'll leave the answer for another day.

But for today, I pray that people will transformed into children of God who love to be in His house, and that the prayer of the Psalmist will their prayer too:

One thing I have desired of the LORD, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD, And to inquire in His temple. Psalm 27:4

God bless!
Myke Harbuck