Subject: Together We Pray #4, This Glory's Purpose is Christian Unity ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PRAYER EXCERPT FROM "TOGETHER WE PRAY" The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one. John 17:22 ABBA, FATHER, WE YOUR CHILDREN COME BEFORE YOU BROKEN, HURT, SPLINTERED. WE NEED YOUR HEALING. GIVE US THE COURAGE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE HARM WE HAVE CAUSED BY OUR DIVISIONS. GIVE US THE STRENGTH TO MAKE AMENDS TO OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. GIVE US THE GRACE TO FORGIVE THOSE WHO HAVE HARMED US AND BRING US ALL TO FULL UNITY WITH YOU AND WITH EACH OTHER. IN THE DEPTHS OF OUR SPIRITS, WE REJOICE IN THE PRAYER OF YOUR SON OUR LORD JESUS: "I HAVE GIVEN THEM THE GLORY THAT YOU GAVE ME, THAT THEY MAY BE ONE AS WE ARE ONE." AMEN. MOST REV. JOHN ELYA MELKITE DIOCESE OF NEWTON TOGETHER WE PRAY: Christian Prayers for Unity http://www.masscouncilofchurches.org/unity.htm Massachusetts Committee on Ecumenical Observance of the Millennium c/o Massachusetts Council of Churches 14 Beacon St., Room 416 Boston, MA 02108 ********************************************** EXCERPT FROM (CHAPTER FIVE, CONTINUED) OF THE CHRISTIAN UNITY PROPHECY FOLLOWING JESUS, ABIDING IN JESUS, PRODUCES FRUIT AND FIGS, IN CHRISTIAN UNITY According to the Bible, God does whatever we ask for, as long as we believers are abiding united together in that love for all God's children, so that we may truly *be* the disciples of the One sent by God, which glorifies the Father to the whole world. John 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. That's the commandment, by obedience to which we both *are* His disciples, and *are seen* by the whole world as such. John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. One together in that love of the Father for *all* His children, we truly are His disciples (followers) who follow Jesus into His love, bearing much good fruit of the Spirit, and drawing all men in to the one vine, Jesus. This is the good fruit born of the Spirit of God in us, which is desirable to all men, and the first of which is agape brotherly love. This good fruit draws Christian brothers to each other together in Jesus, and draws the unbelievers in to the love of Jesus for them, for Jesus is the Father's eternal love to all His children, whosoever believeth to repentance in Him. Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Ephesians 5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Those drawn together, and those drawn in to this fruit of the Spirit, take the good, desirable fruit we bear them, which makes them want to accept the seed of the word and faith of Christ that's inside that fruit. Then from that seed of the word and faith of Christ they accept from us, they also take and bear more fruit in Jesus, many fold, many times over, fruit that remains to eternity. John 15: 16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. 17 These things I command you, that ye love one another. Receiving any miracle we ask united in Jesus, we glorify the Father with the glory of God's miracles for Christian unity, with the glory the Father gave Jesus, which glory Jesus gave to us, that we may be one in God's love for all His children, of every Christian denomination and group. John 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. John 17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. John 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: The generation that is the fig tree with green leaves and fruit is the growth in due season of us Christians, who now begin to understand and bear much fruit of the Spirit in Christian unity. This green fig tree generation is all of us Christians who now believe in, and work for, with our lives laid down, the unity of all Christians, of whosoever believeth in Jesus to repentance, of all believers in the Bible's account of the sacrifice of Jesus for the remission of our sins, believers of every Christian denomination and group. We are the generation of the green fig tree come to fruition, and we all behold the glory of God's kingdom of love for each other within us, and in the glory of God's miracles done now for Christian unity, in the glory Jesus already gave us that we may be one in His love for all God's children. John 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. Proverbs 27:18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. Daniel 12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. ***************************************************** Hear free email discussion about Christian unity & either join in discussion or just lurk and listen at these links: Antioch-Fellowship email group at YahooGroups Christian unity with a prophetic voice: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/antioch-fellowship Christianunity email group at Associate.com Christian unity in holiness and agape brotherly love: http://associate.com/digests/christianunity/ You can find info about a combined effort on a large prayer for Christian unity, called the "Christian Unity Prayer Project" (CUPP), by going to the following URL: http://www.superior.net/~pjrcmr/prayerparts.html Also please see the Introduction to the Christian Unity Prophecy at the following address: http://home.swbell.net/twarlick/christianunityprophecy/intro.htm * ****************************************************