“There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” Ephesians 4:4–6
Read Ephesians 4:4–6
Lord, just as you have saved us to one body through one Spirit, we pray that the Jesus Festival would unify your local churches, that we might come together to make much of your name. We pray that the unification of local churches would be a clear display of how you have restored us into one body through grace. Holy Spirit, please show me how I can support brothers and sisters across local churches.
Lord I thank you for all the different expressions of churches that you are using to make disciples. Thank you that you are using different methods, in different contexts, all to point people to the person and work of Jesus. I thank you for the many pastors and church members with different gifts and talents who are partnering together to see a greater impact for your glory, a greater impact than we could ever see in isolation.
Thank you for such a broad church family to be a part of, with one Father in Heaven who rejoices over our unity. May this broad church family continue to grow in numbers and in unity over the coming year. Lord, I pray that this growth would culminate in an amazing celebration of your grace and provision at the Jesus Festival in the summer of 2014. May it be a time in which rejoicing abounds in our hearts and yours over the unity we have in Jesus, in ways we can’t even imagine today.
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