God's Word on That

Tag: Unity

  • A Prayer for Unity in the Church

    How good and pleasant it is when brothers can live together in unity! (Psalm 133:1)

    May we all grow to be of one mind and Spirit for the sake of our Lord.

    My prayer, Abba Father, gracious God of the Cosmos, is that we may be one, united on earth now as we will be when we are all together around Your glorious throne in heaven. I pray for unity among all those who call upon Your name and share Your Spirit, so the world may know there is a solution to conflict, strife, and division. Through Jesus, my Savior, I pray.

    Jesus is not in the world any longer, but we are in the world. Holy Father, keep us safe by the power of Your name, the name that You gave Jesus, so that our unity may be like the unity between Jesus and You… I pray that all people accepting Jesus’ message continue to have unity in the way that You, Father, have with us. I pray that we may all be unified with You and Your Son, so that the world will believe that You have sent Jesus to show Your love. Jesus has given us glory so that we are united in the same way You are: You in Jesus and Jesus in us. As we are completely united, the world will know that You have sent Jesus to us and that You love us in the same way You love Him. (John 17:11, 20-23)

    May our love for You and for one another increase and overflow!

    The foreigner will join them and be united with the house of Jacob (Isaiah 14:1). Anyone joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him (1 Corinthians 6:17).

    Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all say the same thing, that there be no divisions among you, and that you be united with the same understanding and the same conviction (1 Corinthians 1:10). Above all, put on love – the perfect bond of unity (Colossians 3:14). I want [your] hearts to be encouraged and joined together in love (Colossians 2:2).

    If then there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy by thinking the same way, having the same love, sharing the same feelings, focusing on one goal. Do nothing out of rivalry or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves (Philippians 2:1-3).

    I, therefore, a prisoner in the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, accepting one another in love, diligently keeping the unity of the Spirit with the peace that binds us (Ephesians 4:1-3). And He personally gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, for the training of the saints in the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ, until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God’s Son (Ephesians 4:11-13).

    For if we have been joined with Him in the likeness of His death, we will certainly also be in the likeness of His resurrection (Romans 6:5). Now may the God of endurance and encouragement grant you agreement with one another according to Christ Jesus, so that you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ with a united mind and voice (Romans 15:5-6).

  • A Prayer for Oneness with Jesus

    My prayer, Abba Father, is that we may be one, united on earth now as we will be when we are all together around Your throne in heaven. I pray for unity among all those who call upon Your name and share Your Spirit, so the world may know there is a solution to conflict, strife, and division. Through Jesus, my Savior, I pray.

    That we may all be united under the cross of Christ Jesus!

    We pray to the Father in the name of His Son, Jesus, through the ministry of the Holy Spirit. When we pray to the Father, our prayers are accepted by Jesus and interpreted to God by the Holy Spirit.

    In the same way the Spirit also joins to help in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with unspoken groanings. And He who searches the hearts knows the Spirit’s mind-set, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God… Christ Jesus is the One who died but even more, has been raised; He also is at the right hand of God and intercedes for us. (Romans 8:26-27, 34).

    How I rejoice that through Christ Jesus I am all right as a person, now and forever! Totally clean, every stain removed, every guilt atoned for. Totally forgiven, no matter how great or recent a failure I’ve had to confess, or how often I have failed. What amazing grace! What undeserved acceptance and favor!

    How wonderful that You ask me to do absolutely nothing to earn Your forgiveness – no striving to measure up, no self-punishment, no prolonged remorse, no self-blame, no deeds of penance. That I don’t have to sink down into regret, or into shame, or into denial, or into excuses for things I do wrong.

    I am so thankful that You, dearest Lord God, do not hold a pair of scales and ask me to pile up enough good works to outweigh my sins, my failures, my unworthiness… that it is all by grace through faith in Christ Jesus to save me – my soul and body and spirit from death and hell. Thank You so very much, O God, King of the Cosmos.