We say it every week.

“I’m going to church.”

We load up the car, grab our Bibles, maybe a coffee, and head to the place where we gather with other believers. But here’s what Scripture reminds us — you don’t go to church. You are the Church.

That doesn’t mean the building doesn’t matter. The church building is sacred. It’s a place God uses to meet His people. It’s where we worship, where we learn, where we build community. It’s a house of prayer, a place of healing, a space set apart for God.

But the building is not the heartbeat — the people are.

Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 3:16, “Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?” The presence of God doesn’t wait behind locked doors until Sunday morning. His Spirit lives in you every single day.

That means when you walk into your school, your job, your home — the Church just walked in with you. You carry His presence wherever you go.

Still, Scripture also reminds us not to neglect gathering together. Hebrews 10:25 says it plainly. We need each other. Church is where we grow, where we sharpen one another, where we lift our hands in unity and remember we’re part of something bigger than ourselves.

The building gives that unity a place to breathe. It’s a visible picture of an invisible truth — that God’s people, filled with His Spirit, are being built together into one body.

Peter said it this way in 1 Peter 2:5: “You also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house.” That’s us. We’re the living stones. Each of us plays a part in what God is building.

The early believers in Acts didn’t have cathedrals or sound systems. They met in homes, shared meals, prayed, and took care of one another. They didn’t go to church once a week — they lived as the Church every day.

That’s the call for us too.

When you step out of those church doors, that’s when your ministry begins. Church isn’t meant to stay in the building. It’s meant to go with you — into your relationships, your work, your words, your kindness.

So yes, keep showing up. Keep worshiping. Keep serving. But remember this truth: the Church isn’t the building you walk into — it’s the people who walk out carrying Jesus with them.

You don’t just attend church.

You embody it.

Because the Church isn’t made of walls.

It’s made of people.

It’s made of you.

When you’re not sure how to pray, A.C.T.S. gives you a simple path to follow: Adore, Confess, Thank, and Ask.

Adoration: God, You are holy and worthy. Thank You for choosing to dwell within us.

Confession: Forgive me for treating church like just a place instead of a people.

Thanksgiving: Thank you for Your spirit and for the Church You’ve built through us.

Supplication: Help me carry Your presence everywhere I go and live as Your temple.

In Jesus name, Amen

“You Raise Me Up” by Josh Groban

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