{"id":72,"date":"2026-08-11T19:55:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T19:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/believe4more.com\/?p=72"},"modified":"2026-08-11T20:58:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T20:58:06","slug":"dressed-as-the-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/believe4more.com\/?p=72","title":{"rendered":"Dressed As The Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cTherefore, as God\u2019s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Colossians 3:12<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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During my working career, I spent three years as Placement Director for a technical school.\u00a0 One of my duties was to prepare students for graduation and job interviews.\u00a0 There were guidelines I used to encourage them to dress for success so they would appear like a serious candidate for the position. As I interact with the employees at most companies today – even at banks which are to be the most trustworthy of organizations \u2013 I see employees dressed as if they forgot it was a work day!\u00a0 It\u2019s obvious that many people don\u2019t seem to be aware of the connection between what they wear and how it can affect their attitude and opportunities – and the perceptions of others. But it is absolutely a factor in how you face the day and how others perceive you.<\/span><\/p>\n

If we apply this worldly truth to our Christian walk, scripture clearly teaches followers of Jesus Christ that they are to represent Him.\u00a0 In 2 Corinthians 5:20, Apostle Paul says, \u201cWe are ambassadors for Christ.\u201d\u00a0 Imagine for a moment that Jesus actually called you on your phone today and said, \u201cHey there loved one, I\u2019d like you to represent me in the marketplace today.\u201d\u00a0 If your heart has been changed by Christ, would you grab your ripped jeans and stretched out t-shirt and rush out the door?\u00a0 Or would you thoughtfully put together an outfit that communicates that you have a critically important message to deliver? Because, every follower of Jesus does!<\/span><\/p>\n

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My Savior is Jesus Christ and He has asked me in the scriptures to represent Him every day.\u00a0 It is my heart\u2019s desire to do it effectively and with excellence. If He would actually call and ask me that, I would challenge myself to look and to do my absolute best for Him. Why wouldn\u2019t we?\u00a0 He has given us everything. All that we are and all that we have are blessings from Him. James 1:17 states, \u201cEvery good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

That should be our daily practice, but how about when we go to church?\u00a0 How should Christians best represent their Savior and their righteous position in Him at church?\u00a0 The old saying, \u201cWear your Sunday best,\u201d should never go out of style.\u00a0 The Church of Jesus Christ – all believers – are His Body.\u00a0 If we consider how the scriptures describe us in 1 Corinthians 12, Paul tells us we are all parts of one body: a foot, a hand, an eye, an ear.\u00a0 All parts are valuable to the whole body.\u00a0 Each part has its own function.\u00a0 As we represent Him on Sunday mornings, shouldn\u2019t we be the best dressed group of people anywhere?\u00a0 I\u2019m not saying we need to be the most expensively dressed group, because there are ways around that \u2013 one being thrift stores. But everyone has a mirror at home to look at themselves before they leave to see if they look worthy of Who they represent, which includes being clean, neat and confident.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Modesty is another topic we must address. Modesty is the quality of being humble and decent in behavior and dress.\u00a0 Our culture today has objectified women and girls with immodest trends and they don\u2019t seem to realize it. When women and girls don’t wear enough clothing to worship to cover themselves modestly, they can become an object of “worship.”\u00a0 Extremely short skirts and revealing tops are distracting not only for the males at church, but can also be uncomfortable for other females who are keeping good boundaries by being modest.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the biggest reasons we need to discuss this is because all men are susceptible to lust as they are visually stimulated. Young girls should be taught this.\u00a0 They should not be allowed to just go with the flow of what everyone else is wearing. Christian fathers should make sure their daughters are aware and take a pro-active role in protecting them from unnecessary male attention. I was blessed with a dad who cared for me this way.\u00a0 When parents teach biblcal values to their children, modesty will come as a by-product.<\/span><\/p>\n

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1 Timothy 2:9-10 says, \u201cWomen should adorn themselves modestly.\u201d\u00a0 Every daughter of God should be aware of her righteous standing in Christ and dress accordingly.<\/span><\/p>\n

In <\/span>Dressing for Faith: What the Bible Teaches about Clothing<\/span><\/i>, writer Adam Phillips gives these three points – Covering, Temptation and Humility.\u00a0 Why cover? If you have a special item, say a classic car, wouldn\u2019t you cover it?\u00a0 Most people would keep it in the garage or under a protective cover to shield it from the sun or other damage.\u00a0 Our bodies are the most important possession we have!\u00a0 We should absolutely cherish and protect them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Temptation, as I noted earlier, is when a woman\u2019s appearance can attract men and tempt them to have thoughts they would otherwise not have.\u00a0 This is all too common.\u00a0 We must do better at helping women and teen girls understand their power.\u00a0 Author Dannah Gresh pinpoints this power in her book, <\/span>Secret Keeper \u2013 The Delicate Power of Modesty<\/span><\/i>.<\/span>\u00a0 She <\/span>explains that your modesty not only issues a challenge for one man to romantically earn your virtue, but it also expresses your love for and obedience to God.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here are a few practical suggestions for Godly women and girls.\u00a0 If you choose to wear skin-tight pants, stretch jeans or stretch pants, pair them with a long top or tunic that completely covers your hips.\u00a0 Never wear any top to church that ex<\/span>poses cleavage.\u00a0 Nix the tattered jeans. Remember that Jesus redeemed you and you are representing Him!\u00a0 God\u2019s house is no place for women and girls to be wearing torn, skimpy or revealing clothes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And lastly, humility, as mentioned earlier, is defined as the quality of being humble and characterized by modesty and a lack of pride or arrogance.\u00a0 Dressing in a way to call attention to yourself is prideful.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s do our best to represent our Savior well, especially when we go to our house of worship.\u00a0 Might it be that God would grant us more success as His Bride if we were to dress the part? Brides always want to look beautiful, and they should.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in Heaven. Matthew 5:16<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cTherefore, as God\u2019s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.\u201d\u00a0 Colossians 3:12 \u00a0 During my working career, I spent three years as Placement Director for a technical school.\u00a0 One of my duties was to prepare students for graduation and job interviews.\u00a0 There were guidelines I used to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/believe4more.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/believe4more.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/believe4more.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/believe4more.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/believe4more.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/believe4more.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73,"href":"https:\/\/believe4more.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions\/73"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/believe4more.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/believe4more.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/believe4more.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/believe4more.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}