John 17:20-23 “I do not ask for these only but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.
If you commit to
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John 13:35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
1 Corinthians 13
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never ends…
There is a difference in being in love and being loving.
John 13:34
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
Ephesians 4:3
Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
Colossians 3:14 - And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
In order to be unified, we must not
Proverbs 18:8. The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
Everything that is said should be
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Proverbs 17:4 (NLT)
Wrongdoers eagerly listen to gossip; liars pay close attention to slander.
What you
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Proverbs 21:23
Watch your tongue, keep your mouth shut, and you’ll stay out of trouble.
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29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up… Eph 4:29
In order to be unified, we must
Your unforgiveness is hurting
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Col. 3:13
“Forgiveness is not about keeping
We can show love to those who don’t deserve it because we were shown love when we didn’t deserve it.
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