I have a dream. I have been walking with this dream and been convicted of this in my heart. I would love to see one day, whether I am here on earth or looking down from above that all the spiritual walls being torn down, and we all united together in the name of Christ to carry out His will; the day that we no longer hold these preconceived notions about one another, but can look at each other as Christ sees us.

This separation that we have put together to carry out our own will is not what God intended when His only Son was sacrificed as a lamb for our sins to set us free from the burdens of death. There are so many religions, so many alliances being formed either for profit or based on misconceptions and manipulations of the Word of God to satisfy our own self interests.

We need to be as selfless as Christ Jesus was when He walked the earth and befriended us. He taught us the Will of the Father and how to love one another. With the walls that are being built every day, we are just getting farther and farther away again.

So many times we say “I’m going to church” but we fail to realize that WE are the church, and not the building we go to. Anything can be made out of a building. It can be used for good or evil, but the true body of Christ, the people, is the church, a living organism. If a pastor, priest, deacon, reverend etc. preaches in a building and there is no audience to listen, then they are not conducting a service. However, when two or more bodies come together to worship, pray, praise and share the word of God, then we are having a church service wherever it may be.

Whether two people meet or two million people come together, as long as the Holy Spirit is present and moving through our lives, that is all that is needed. One of my favorite displays of this recently happened when a local pastor travelled to North Carolina to teach at the Billy Graham Training Center and it was broadcasted over the internet; hundreds of people all over the world logged on to hear the messages, shared with each other, and had fellowship from all over the world. The Holy Spirit was surely present. The church was very active over the internet.

It is my passion, my dream, my desire, my conviction, that the spiritual walls that we built be torn down so that there are no obstacles, no obstructions, so that we can freely carry out the will of our Lord. The church is a living, breathing, moving organism within the Kingdom of God and a building will always just be a building. It can be torn down at any second just as God tore down the temple.

O Lord, please tear down these walls that we have built. Please rip the veil in half again from top to bottom so we can have full access to You again through Your Son Jesus the Christ. Please remove all falsehoods and lies far from us so we can see You in your purest form. Create a pure heart in us and bring to us new life.

Please do not allow us to continue to walk blind and selfishly. As you said “if they are not against us, then they are with us;” help us to understand this wholeheartedly. So many people who believe You as the Christ and work miracles through Your name to glorify Your name; yet our foolishness causes us to have a hardened heart because they do not worship like us, praise like us, or pray like us.

You are the Lord of all, not just of us. Rid us of ourselves so we can see with eyes wide open that Your will is being done and we do not have the right to obstruct Your will. Lead us to the cross so we can have full understanding and unite in Your name with others working in Your name.

We understand that there is no particular way to praise You or worship You; as long as it is done in Your name, it is what you require. Whether in this building we worship and praise, or in the next building they worship and pray, allow us to understand it is perfectly acceptable to You. However, what is not acceptable is when we act as an obstacle or a scruple to those trying to carry out Your will because of our selfish desires.

Please, I beg you my Lord, let our faith be selfless at heart so we can join together and unite as one body of Christ, no matter what our religious background may be, so that we understand and execute Your will to the fullest extent and ability You place within us. We know nothing is impossible through You.

Please my God, tear down these spiritual walls we have built and build bridges directly to the hearts and souls of each other so that we can love You and love each other the same way You have loved us.

Please God, TEAR DOWN THE WALLS!  It is to be Your will and not our own. You are a great and mighty God and we thank You for all that You do. It is because of who You are and not because of what You have done, are doing, and will do in our lives that we praise, worship, and bless Your name. Thank you God for being who You are! Amen!