Religion And Relationship

A lot of believers fear that word "religion". But there is nothing to fear. There is a certain aspect of religion in what we do. We pray, read the Bible, go to church, observe the Lord's supper, etc. These are all good and noble things. And to say we have religion is not a bad thing. The point of the whole thing is that when we have only religion and no relationship that our practices are ineffective. There must be an inner relationship with God through Jesus Christ for our religion to effective. So do not fear religion since it is one of the means by which our relationship with God grows.