About 15 years ago we took my mother in law to her Methodist Church for Easter Sunday services. There was no mention of Jesus. None. No mention of His Resurrection. I told Mr. M that I didn’t want to go back.
Yep, it’s hard to defy God and then ask for His blessing. I would say a person’s faith in God means nothing if God has to conform to your lifestyle instead of the other way around.
What Hell must be like. Astonishing!
Sierra Madre (CA) Congregational Church's pastor c. 1970 decided he was an atheist. Of course, he didn't last long. But God used that to (a) cause the refugees to found a vibrant new church across the street and (b) bring in a dynamic young pastor as his replacement, under whose extended ministry roughly one million souls worldwide have been added to the Kingdom. God cannot be mocked.