Tuesday, November 4, 2008

unity

John 15:18-17:26, Mark 14:32-42, Matthew 26:36-46, Luke 22:39-46

Christ's desire for us is to be united with Him in the fellowship of the Triune God!  What else could we desire that would compare to such LIFE?

John 17:20"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: 23I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. 24"Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. 25"Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. 26I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them."

What?!  You have got to be kidding!

Prayer
Heavenly Father, I pray that you will accomplish Christ's prayer in my life.  Lord, I ask that I will be united with you - that I will reject all of the junk of this world so that I may run to you and experience the joyous fellowship you desire.  I pray that I will experience unity with my wife - a picture of Christ and the Church.  Lord, I pray that you will bring unity to my Bible study group, to our local congregation, and to the congregations in this city. Lord, I ask you to miraculously unite the splintered denominations that claim to follow Christ - may we truly follow Christ in unity so that we may be the True Church.  Lord, I ask in the name of Jesus Christ, the Head of the Church.  Amen.

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