Jesus’ Prayer For The Church of Today
It’s interesting to me that when Jesus Prayed for the future believers (John 17) he didn’t pray for great leaders, amazing worship experiences, compelling authors, captivating graphics and videos or self help mega churches. He prayed for one thing, one simple thing that seems to be the hardest for us to grasp…UNITY. What I want to point out is not even focusing on unity in view of denominations or the question; why are there are 3 or 4 Baptist churches in one town, but rather unity in the body of one “church.” Paul, in Acts, describes the first church as being, “devoted to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and prayer…had everything in common…everyday they continued to meet together…broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people.” Does that sound like your church? If so where do you go? I want to go! Somehow, somewhere we decided that a life disconnected from the unity of The Church, and settling with attending a weekend church service was better than living life together.
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