20"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one- 23I in them and you in me-so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. 24"Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. 25"Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. 26I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them."
We've all heard the adage: "A house divided cannot stand." Yes, Jesus prays for unity among his followers right from the beginning; it is one of the foundation stones he left for his followers for it makes the love he commanded visible and guarantees a fruitful future. . What a powerful statement:that would be: billions of people loving one another! Unfortunately, such unity has not yet been established, much to our shame, but also the result of the brokenness of our human condition. To help this prayer become a reality, might we start within our own families and communities to mend the divisions and fuse the fragments into ONE through prayer for one another, listening to each other and serving one another.
Bro. Rene
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