DAY 7 - Pray for Unity and Fellowship in The Body of Christ
Pastor Derrick Greene
Word of Faith
Southfield, MI
Hello. My name is Derrick Greene, one of the staff pastors at Word of Faith. I get
the honor and privilege to share with you about another day campaign in our 30
days of prayer. The subject today is praying for the unity and praying for fellowship
in the body of Christ. Of course, Psalm 133, particularly verse 1 says how we are
to dwell together in unity. That’s not a choice. That’s a directive. That means God
holds us responsible to walk with that same heartbeat in the earth as He operates
in heaven. Of course, Jesus made it clear that the same grace that is upon Him,
is upon us. That means this is easy to do. We just have to decide to do it. Drop all
of the petty stuff and make the decision, “I am doing this for the Father and He is
depending on me.” It’s almost like saying that we have to be committed to each
other’s success when it comes to walking in unity and walking in fellowship. John
chapter 17 - Jesus makes this famous statement. He said, “Father make them one
with us, as we are one.” That means that Jesus and the Father are unified and have
fellowship. That means we can do the same thing with the brothers and sisters
here in the earth. So lay aside all the petty stuff - all of the little childhood stuff, and
make a decision that: “I am going to endeavor.” That is particularly the terminology
that Ephesians used about endeavoring to walk in the unity of the faith and in the
bond of peace. Endeavoring is like saying, “I’ve got to see this through, despite of
my emotions, my feelings, even despite of what happened. I’m doing this because
of Jesus and the Father.” So the attitude to endeavor to do it is like press your
way; set yourself, that you will pass the test to be unified with your brothers and to
walk in fellowship with your sisters in the Lord. Amen. Now, one more thing that is
really interesting that he said about endeavoring to walk in the unity of the faith, and
in the bond of peace, meaning you have to handcuff yourself to the commitment
that, “I am committed to my brother and my sister’s success to be in unity with
them regardless to what happens.” Because if you take that position, there won’t
be nothing that the enemy can trick you with because you already have the same
grace. You don’t have a similar grace; you have the same power that raised Jesus
from the dead. That grace is inside of you. So you can do it. Be encouraged. Set
yourself. Endeavor. Commit yourself and carry it out. See you tomorrow for our next
day of our campaign.