·       It made some think that I was a pretender.
·       It made many regard my spiritual welfare and that of others as a matter of small concern.
·       It weakened the effect of the church service.
·       It made it more difficult for the preacher to preach.
·       It discouraged the brethren, and therefore robbed them of a blessing.
·       It caused others to stay away from church.
·       It made it harder for me to meet the temptations I faced this week.
·       It gave me a poor Christian testimony with those that know I am a Christian.
·       It gave the Devil more power over lost souls.
·       It encouraged the bad habit of non-church going.
—Author Unknown

Hebrews 10:25: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.