Prayer & Fasting: PRAY FOR UNITY OF OUR LOCAL CHURCH
Hey Everyone!
It is Tuesday, and that means it's time to pray and fast in preparation for the upcoming election. The prompt for this week is to pray for unity within our local congregation. If we are not careful, we can easily be persuaded to prioritize unity with people who have the same earthly political views as us rather than with people who serve the same eternal King as us.
I'd encourage you to read Ephesians 4:1-6 today. Pray that God will give you an eager heart to pursue unity with members of our local congregation, even amid significant earthly disagreements. Pray that God will give you the strength and the wisdom to see His Kingdom first this election cycle. Pray that as our church cultivates a counter-cultural unity during this election cycle, the community around us will see our unity, and it will cause them to be curious about the message of Jesus!Finally, I will leave you with this quote from Austin Fischer, a pastor of a politically diverse congregation in Texas. “I am not saying all of our differences are inconsequential; some of them are very consequential. But if Jesus just holds us together in inconsequential differences, then that’s not very impressive.” My prayer as the pastor of our church is that we would allow Jesus to hold us together in unity as the family of God amid consequential political differences.
Blessings,
It is Tuesday, and that means it's time to pray and fast in preparation for the upcoming election. The prompt for this week is to pray for unity within our local congregation. If we are not careful, we can easily be persuaded to prioritize unity with people who have the same earthly political views as us rather than with people who serve the same eternal King as us.
I'd encourage you to read Ephesians 4:1-6 today. Pray that God will give you an eager heart to pursue unity with members of our local congregation, even amid significant earthly disagreements. Pray that God will give you the strength and the wisdom to see His Kingdom first this election cycle. Pray that as our church cultivates a counter-cultural unity during this election cycle, the community around us will see our unity, and it will cause them to be curious about the message of Jesus!Finally, I will leave you with this quote from Austin Fischer, a pastor of a politically diverse congregation in Texas. “I am not saying all of our differences are inconsequential; some of them are very consequential. But if Jesus just holds us together in inconsequential differences, then that’s not very impressive.” My prayer as the pastor of our church is that we would allow Jesus to hold us together in unity as the family of God amid consequential political differences.
Blessings,
Ryan Miller
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