Every week, like clockwork, millions of people flood into buildings labeled “church.”
They sing songs, clap hands, bow heads, recite scriptures, and say “Amen” to sermons.
Yet despite all the noise, many leave as empty as they came, still deaf to God’s voice, still blind to His visions, still unsure if they carry His Holy Spirit.
Let’s call it what it is, People are attending services, not surrendering lives, they are listening to pastors, not seeking the presence of God.
They are following routines, not cultivating relationships, they’re spiritually performing, not spiritually transforming.
And the saddest part, most never stop to ask, why haven’t I heard from God, why don’t I have visions, why don’t I know if I carry the Holy Spirit?
Church Attendance Is Not the Same as Spiritual Intimacy, Going to church doesn’t make you spiritual any more than sitting in a garage makes you a car.
The early church walked in power because they walked in a relationship, they knew God, they didn’t just visit a building once a week, they lived in communion with the Holy Spirit every day.
“Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.” – 2 Timothy 3:5
Many are comfortable with the form, the rituals, the titles, the routines, but deny the power that comes from a true connection with God.
They praise but don’t pray, they read but don’t listen, they shout “God is good” but can’t discern His voice from their thoughts.
You Can’t Hear God If You Don’t Make Room for Him.
People say they want to hear from God, but their lives are too loud, too filled with distractions, social media, gossip, materialism, ego, and sin, God isn’t going to fight for your attention, He speaks in stillness, not noise.
“Be still, and know that I am God.” – Psalm 46:10
If you’ve never fasted, never shut off the world, never made sacred time to seek Him, not just in crisis, but daily, how can you expect to hear Him?
The Holy Spirit isn’t a guest that just pops up when you feel like being religious, He's a resident when you've made your heart His home, the Church Forgot the Blueprint.
In the book of Acts, the early believers didn’t just attend church, they were the church.
And because of that, signs, wonders, visions, prophecy, and divine instruction followed them.
“And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh, your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.” – Acts 2:17
That scripture didn’t expire, but people did, they settled for motivational talks instead of anointed preaching, for the spoon fed pacifying ways, of eat and suck on this to keep you just about full.
Entertainment instead of encounter, religion instead of relationship.
Many Churches Are Spiritually Dead, some pulpits are filled with people who have charisma but no consecration, theology but no revelation.
Popularity but no power, if the leaders aren’t led by the Spirit, how will the people be?
If the pastor doesn’t walk in the anointing, how will the congregation awaken?
“Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! Saith the Lord.” – Jeremiah 23:1
And yet, the pews remain packed. Not because of spiritual growth, but because of habit, culture, emotionalism, and fear of confronting the truth.
Do You Even Know If You Carry the Holy Spirit?
Many don’t, they’ve never felt the indwelling presence, never spoken in tongues, never wept under conviction, never been given a vision or divine instruction.
Yet they convince themselves they’re fine because they’re “faithful to church.”
But Jesus didn’t say, “My sheep attend weekly.” He said:
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.” – John 10:27
Do you hear Him? Or do you just hear sermons?
It’s Time to Get Real With God, stop blaming the preacher, stop hiding behind church programs, ask yourself:
- Am I truly seeking God or just following religion?
- Do I spend time in prayer or only wait for Sunday worship?
- Have I ever fasted for clarity, for power, for the infilling of the Holy Spirit?
- When last did I weep in His presence, feel His hand on my life, or get a word from Him directly?
A Wake-Up Call for the Comfortable, this is not the time to play religious games, the world is dark, deception is deep, and distractions are deadly.
You can’t afford to just “go to church” You need to become the church, alive, on fire, filled, and led by the Spirit of God.
“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove yourselves. Know ye, not your selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?” – 2 Corinthians 13:5
Religion Won’t Save You, Relationship Will, the true evidence of God in your life isn’t how often you attend church, it’s how often heaven responds to your prayers, how clearly you hear His voice, how powerfully you walk in His Spirit, and how boldly you obey His call.
Ask for the fire, Pursue His presence, Empty yourself so He can fill you. Because if you don’t hear from God, it’s not because He’s not speaking. It’s because you haven’t been listening.
If God’s Holy Spirit dwells in people, why are they going to plain and empty buildings of glass, mortar, wood and stone, where God is not, looking for God, when his Holy Spirit supposed to be inside them?
Wouldn't they have a direct feed to God when his Holy Spirit dwells inside them, so why does individuals have to go to someone, that trying too portray that they can control God, to tell God when to speak or pushed blessing, when they can't?
WAKE UP OUT OF THE MIND MANIPULATIONS AND BEWILDERMENTS PEOPLE!