Church without Walls...

The word church without walls has come to mean so much to us Christians over the years. A gathering of people under the open skies and a place where people can come outside of regular church to freely express themselves before God. I have had this topic in my head for a while, all month to be exact but for different reasons; I have started different pieces and never finished them till tonight.

I believe the term “church without walls” should not exist in the world today. For no other reason but this, it captures the very essence of the church which really is a gathering of believers regardless of location, restrictions and vocation. Why do I say so-what makes up a church? A church is where 2 or 3 are gathered with God in their midst (Matthew 18:20). Need I say more? Paul and Silas started as that, going all about Asia and Europe spreading the good news everywhere they went, with God in their midst. Not on the Sabbath, but on a daily basis. But I digress.

We have reached a point in the history of man where things have been so compartmentalized that life has become full of different little boxes containing answers to everything. Salvation and church going has become a brand name, with people becoming tools to the very thing Paul preached against when he warned the early church about taking sides in the kingdom. We have specialized business healers, specialized miracle workers, young peoples church, old peoples church, specialized demon and enemy killers. All these brands are packaged into 2 or 3 hour specials at different times of the 'holy day'. Choose your time, get your fix and move out back to the world to do your business anyhow you see fit. These brands flourish, turning what started freely and openly to compartments of distrust, competition, greed and strife. Where do we draw the line?

We spend so much time out of our already limited time with God looking for stuff from Him. I wonder how many of us have said today; Lord I will worship you today because you have been faithful even when I have not. Worship for who he is, not for what he can do. The worship of Abel, the worship of Abraham, the worship of Solomon was worship that made them confident enough to stand before His presence. Though we are many, we are one body, one body in Christ with Him alone as our head (Romans 12:5). Regardless of church, religion or location we are one (John 17)

Rather than wall him up to one day, have a church without walls wherever you are and whenever it hits you.

As always, Live strong.



Words of a song came to my mind as I wrote this. It’s my first actual shot at song writing, I will shyly add it for your viewing.

I'll worship you, for who you are

King of Glory, that's who you are,

Creator of everything, that's who you are.

I'll worship you, for who you are.



When I am cold, when I am lonely,

Poor and lowly, tears keep rolling,

My heart is aching, oh Lord I am breaking.

I still worship you, for who you are.



Let your presence, fill my heart,

May your glory shine through my life.

King of Glory, Lord Almighty

I'll worship you, I'll worship you

Why should He trust you?

It has been a while since I have written anything, over a month and I must admit, I am ashamed of myself yes I said it. I am also sorry, no excuses, only apologies. In the light of this, or under the shadow as the case may be, falls my post.

We talk about the grace of God, His mercies, his loving kindness amongst many other things and we talk about our absolute faith and confidence in Him. I read a scripture today Psalm 78 and in it the writer talked about the stubbornness of the people of Israel, quite a read if you ask me. However, I read the post today and I asked myself, why should God trust me? What can I say that he has not heard before? Promises to abstain from sin, to follow him with all my heart, if you have read my post -church without walls, then you see that most times I restrict to particular days and hours of my life, He does not even have full access.

How can He trust me to keep my word and my promises to Him? I have not seen the Red Sea parted, I have not tasted manna, I haven’t spent up to 24 hours a day in his presence and I most definetely haven’t done it 24/7. The Israelites did and yet they still failed Him repeatedly. In that light, who am I?

"But then they would flatter him with their mouths, lying to him with their tongues; their hearts were not loyal to him, they were not faithful to his covenant. Yet he was merciful; he forgave their iniquities and did not destroy them. Time after time he restrained his anger and did not stir up his full wrath. He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return."- Psalm 78, 36-39

We all know the drill, Sunday of praise worship and requests to God, every morning when we remember, more praise, worship and more requests, maybe Wednesday service maybe some other time spent in church. In between those times, struggling hard not to go astray and in most cases failing miserably, I wonder how can He trust me. Obedience is better than sacrifice, you sacrifice your time go to church with lying lips promising obedience and faithfulness which most times we do not keep, I won’t even begin to talk of tithes and offerings, sacrifices that do not matter if obedience is not first and foremost in our hearts and lives.

A loyal heart, faithful to His promise, the promise today of salvation, a Son sent to die that whoever believes would not perish but have everlasting life. Hearts loyal day in day out, even in secret places like Daniel, Shedrach, Meshach and Abednego. Faithful and loyal enough like Job 13:15 to say Yet he slay me, still will I serve Him.

You want to know a sacrifice that will move the heart of God, here it is. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit and a broken and contrite heart. O God, you will not despise, a heart broken in truth.