Over 1000 churches. One prayer. The Church stands together like never before. From every continent and every corner, together lifting up the name of the one true God, Jesus Christ. What would you pray if God would answer one prayer for the Church at large?
During this series we will hear pastors from all over answer this question. We see the unprecedented unity of the Church during the One Prayer series as an opportunity to make lasting impact on the globe.
Joining together and using technology to advance the gospel like never before, this is truly an exciting time in the history of the Church! We have the chance in these coming weeks to both make history and change the future. Cross Connection Church is proud to be a part of One Prayer.
Listen to Sunday’s message by Pastor Craig Groschel of LifeChurch.tv
There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope when you were called— 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
It’s no secret that the Church has not been unified in the recent past. It seems we’ve spent the last couple hundred years splitting and dividing over minute issues such as music, seats vs. pews etc… That’s never what God desired. In fact Jesus prayed for all of us before He went to the cross for us that we would be one.
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. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. -John 17:19-23
WOW!! We’ve missed it. We’re not doing a good job. You know, we’re always asking Jesus to answer our prayers…what if we became the answer to His prayer? What would it take to unify believers? What would it take to unify the church? Scripture gives us 3 things:
1. One Enemy- Other churches are not the enemy. We’re not in competition against each other. We’re at war with our common enemy, Satan. He wants to bring division in the church. We need to unite in our fight against him by becoming one.
2. One heart- Not one style or one philosophy. Unity is NOT the same as uniformity. The strength of our unity is in our uniqueness. One heart for Jesus.
3. One purpose - Jesus gave us our purpose in Matthew 28:19. He said “go make disciples of all nations…” A literal Greek translation of the word “church” is called out ones. We are the church, and the church does not exist for the us, we exist for the world.
