Unity And Revival

Slowly, each board went together and soon the bridge was finished.

The angry brother pulled in his drive way from their vacation in Hawaii, and his other brother walked across the bridge

and greeted him on his return.

They hugged and cried. They talked and remembered their old gray haired Momma and Daddy.

The brother started back across the bridge and said, COME on over, eat with us tonight.

The brothers lived several more years, brothers, yes, FRIENDS --- yes!

If the old pastor had built a wall, they would still not be talking to each other.

By this shall men know --- LOVE!

Today we must seek unity:

Sometimes there are things in our hearts that we don’t even realize have affected us!

A dark cloud passes over and we don’t even realise it

Attitudes ~ Prejudices ~ mindsets”

We may not have even dwelt on the matter at all but a shadow has darkened a corner of our soul and the Father wants to free us from it!

Song of Solomon 2:17 Before the dawn comes and the shadows flee away, come back to me, my love. Run like a gazelle or a young stag on the rugged mountains.”

When we come together to worship do we come in one accord to worship the king? Or are we more concerned with the songs or the worship leader or the building or whatever.

There is a power and an anointing that brings His presence in corporate worship…If we want to see His glory we have to come together in unity!

THE IMPORTANCE OF UNITY

The last major prayer prayed by Jesus is found in John 17 & the theme is Unity!

John 17:20-23

“I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me because of their testimony. 21 My prayer for all of them is that they will be one, just as you and I are one, Father—that just as you are in me and I am in you, so they will be in us, and the world will believe you sent me.

22 “I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are—23 I in them and you in me, all being perfected into one. Then the world will know that you sent me and will understand that you love them as much as you love me.

This is the key: Jesus & the Father are One.

You & Jesus are one

We are of the same Family ~ The same Father ~ He is OUR FATHER

“I have given them the glory you gave me so that they may be one, as we are

The body of Christ is made up of many ethnic groups ~ Many cultures~ But if we want to see the Glory of God we must walk in our diversity and accept our difference and be in unity!

There is a beauty in the wildflowers they have sown on the southern motorway verges. On there own they seem like weeds but together they paint a symphony of colour

The thing about wild flowers is that they just pop up

In these last days of Harvest and glory we will see many new brothers and sisters just pop up! They will be different to you but they are of you. As you are of Him!

We can choose to see our brothers and sisters as Dads kids or we can walk in dis-unity and grumble all day long and wonder why we never see and anointing in the house.

If its going to be its up to me!