JOHN 17:20-23
20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in
me through their message, 21 that 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. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave
me, that they may be one as we are one - 23 I 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.
PHILIPPIANS 2:1-2
1 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if
any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any
tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being
like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.
PSALM 133:1-3 NKJV
1A song of Ascents. Of David.
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren
to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious oil
upon the head, running down on the beard, the beard
of Aaron, running down on the edge of his garments.
3 It is like the dew of Hermon descending upon the
mountains of Zion; for there the LORD, commanded
the blessing - life forevermore.
1.We WORSHIP together in unity.
2.We LIVE together in unity.
3.We WORK together in unity.
EPHESIANS 4:1-6
1 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the
calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be
patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep
the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one body
and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were
called; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all,
who is over all and through all and in all.
PSALM 133:1-2 NKJV
1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren
to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious oil
upon the head, running down on the beard, the beard
of Aaron, running down on the edge of his garments.
ACTS 15:36-41
36 Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the
believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and
see how they are doing.” 37 Barnabas wanted to take John, also called
Mark, with them, 38 but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he
had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the
work. 39 They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted
company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus, 40 but Paul chose
Silas and left, commended by the believers to the grace of the Lord. 41 He
went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.