The People’s Revival

Hey you.

You were right when the sermons felt hollow, when the pastors preached empire instead of empathy, when the sanctuary turned into a showroom for power and profit.

You were right to stop pretending that love could live in a system built on fear, ignorance, and hate.

And if they called you backslider, a rebel, or heretic — wear it like a badge. That’s what they called every prophet who ever told the truth.

Because what you walked away from wasn’t Christ. It was the corporation that took His name hostage.

You left the building. Not the Light.

I know the ache, believe me.

You once believed that church was supposed to be family — not hierarchy. You gave your gifts freely, only to watch them monetized. You searched for the sacred, but found a marketing strategy.

You wanted God. You got the Venus De Milo.

And somewhere between the smoke machines and the slogans, you began to wonder if faith itself was the lie.

But it wasn’t. It was the counterfeit that lied to you.

You were right to leave.

You didn’t abandon God — you escaped the machine that sold Him.

What you walked away from wasn’t Christ.

It was the corporate counterfeit that traded mercy for marketing, love for loyalty, truth for brand protection.

God was never locked inside their buildings.

He’s still in the streets, in recovery circles, in the kitchen feeding strangers, in the ones they call lost.

Faith isn’t what you left.
Faith is what survived after you did.

So don’t come back to the cage.
Let’s build something better — open tables, honest hearts, mercy without management.

You don’t need permission to love.
You don’t need a steeple to shine.
You just need the courage to keep walking toward the Light.

I love you and there’s nothing you can do about it.

JC