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John 17:21-22  NLT

I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.  I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one.


That is from Jesus’ final prayer for His followers which included us.  Yes, Jesus prayed for us.  His prayer included that we would be one with the Father and with others.


Being one is a big deal.  That understanding can be wrapped in the word unity, or our choice to work together, and even more in the idea of being a servant.  We are stronger when we are working as one and serving each other.


Jesus gave us this truth beginning with a repeat of something God said much earlier.  We are reminded to love God with all we have and are.  Then, we are pressed to love our neighbor as well.  To love someone makes us one with God and one with others.


Romans 12:5  NLT

so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.


We are one long before we choose to be one.  That is because God made us that we way.


Ephesians 4:4  NLT

For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future.


Further, we have one hope.  That would be our gracious God who makes us one.


Philippians 2:5  NLT

You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.


Being one is best seen and expressed in Jesus.  He lived it out, and we can be and should be like Jesus .


Our church was part of a community service at a local park yesterday.  Several churches came together to worship, and it was a great time.  That looked like one.  We are from several different denominations.  We are not all the same color or from the same area.  There were several differences.  But we had one thing in common.


We have the same God who loves each of us so much.  It is time to work together, to be together and to choose to be one as that is what pleases God.  That is also what gets more done in our community and beyond.


Be one!

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