The Church Song: We are the Church by Jay Beech Band

Saturday July 27^th, Luke 10: 41 "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."  At what point does “church” become work?  At what point does it cease to be fun?  I remember picking up some brewing supplies one day and listening to the lady who ran the store after a phone call. The lady at the store just got off the phone with someone who was all in a tizzy about how to do things absolutely correctly and her comment was, wow, when you get that stressed out over a hobby you need a different hobby.  Not that religion is or should be a hobby, but at what point do committees and programs operate for the sake of committees and programs instead of ministry?  At what point do we stress out so much over doing church that we forget to be the church, the body of Christ?  Whatever you do in church, don’t just “do” church, be church.  Worship is a must in our lives, we need it, it is a gift from God.  When you do church, I would recommend a song by the Jay Beech Band Called; “The Church Song.”  The words and link are as follows:

The Church Song

REFRAIN

We are the Church,

   the body of our Lord;

We are all God's children,

   we have been restored.

The Church is not a building

   where people go to pray;

It's not made out of sticks and stones,

  it's not made out of clay.

REFRAIN

You can go to worship

   but you cannot go to Church;

You can't find a building that's alive

   no matter how you search.

REFRAIN

The Church is not a business,

   a committee, or a board;

It's not a corporation

   for the business of the Lord.

REFRAIN

The Church, it is the people,

   living out their lives

Called, enlightened, sanctified

   for the work of Jesus Christ.

REFRAIN

Text and music by Jay Beech, ©1988.

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