What’s Wrong With Us?

 

What’s Wrong With Us?

We often wonder why there’s so little depth in our faith communities, so little transformation despite our gatherings. Maybe it’s time to ask ourselves hard questions—not out of condemnation, but for the sake of genuine revival.

  • If we seek to please people more than we fear God (Galatians 1:10)

  • If we choose speakers who soothe our ears rather than stir our hearts (2 Timothy 4:3)

  • If we attend fellowships but neglect private communion with God (Matthew 6:6)

  • If our presence in fellowship is to gain approval, not to grow in faith (John 5:44)

  • If we serve ourselves and forget the call to bear one another’s burdens (Galatians 6:2)

  • If we notice others’ faults but never speak in love to correct (Matthew 18:15)

  • If we show partiality—favoring some while avoiding others (James 2:1-4)

  • If we speak much of God, but our hearts remain far from Him (Isaiah 29:13)

  • If we raise hands in worship but refuse to lift a hand in service (1 John 3:17-18)

  • If we hunger for platforms, but not for the Word (Amos 8:11-12)

  • If we pray in public but never weep in secret (Luke 18:11-14)

  • If we talk about revival but resist repentance (2 Chronicles 7:14)

  • If we expect growth without surrender, and fruit without abiding (John 15:4-5)

A Heart Check Before the Lord

These reflections aren’t meant to shame, but to awaken. God is not looking for performance—He longs for hearts that are real, repentant, and ready. When Scripture reveals our condition, it’s not to leave us there, but to draw us back into the arms of the Father.

Let us not settle for surface-level faith. Let’s return—not to routine, but to relationship. Not to appearances, but to authenticity.

“Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us, that He may heal us;
He has struck us down, and He will bind us up.” — Hosea 6:1

A Prayer to Return

Lord, search me and know me.
Expose in me what’s fake, what’s proud, what’s afraid.
Revive in me a sincere love for You and for others.
Let my walk match my words, my devotion match my attendance,
my heart match Your heart. Amen

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