There's A Church Within Us, O Lord

Okay so maybe just read the lyrics today and ignore the music. Dear me this hymn needs to be updated musically! It could be SO good but this is putting me to sleep! :) I picked today's hymn because of the words and it was nowhere to be found on YouTube and the only place I found it was the link I have included. Oh well. Let's just focus on those lyrics shall we?
So here's the deal about "church". WE are the church, each of us and collectively we make up the church. A building is NOT a church, it simply houses the church. A building cannot and will not save you, make you holy, create good habits, etc. And as the second verse says, "There is potential within us...." There is potential within us as the church BUT unfortunately we have mistaken the building to be the church and we have spent a lot of time and money on the actual building and neglected our own souls. Our buildings may be "pretty" but the people in those buildings have forgotten that they are actually the church. Yes, we have potential but we are smothering it with programs and bookstores and cafes and decorations for the building. The fire verse 3 talks about is barely smoldering, we have done a great job of almost completely dousing it. Verse 4, there's some building to be done...yes there is and it doesn't mean a larger building complete with a gym, bigger bookstore, etc. We, as the true church, need to be building up each other in faith. That's the building to be done, not more landscaping, better coffee in the cafe, etc. Think I'm being harsh? Take a long, HONEST look at the church and you WILL see what I'm saying.
C'mon church!

There's A Church Within Us, O Lord

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