Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of images and lyrics from the The Sidewalk Prophets singing Come To The Table ... poignantly singing of how Christians must come TOGETHER to Christ’s table as the body of Christ.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Ephesians 4:4 [NKJV] ... 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; …
... In our bond of unity in Christ we are called to come TOGETHER in unity - the Body of Christ.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Ephesians 4:1-6 [NKJV] ... USE THIS LINK ...
... God, thru Paul, calls all Christians to come together in the Spirit of their calling as disciples of Christ.
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Reference Passage : ... Psalm 133:1 [NKJV] … 1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
... God, thru David’s song, calls His beloved to come together in their pursuit of The Messiah.
Reference Passage : ... John 17:23 [NKJV] ... 23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
... Jesus. calling all of His disciples to come together in following Him.
Reference Passage : ... Colossians 3:13-14 [NKJV] ... USE THIS LINK …
... God, thru Paul, calling the body of Christ to come together in unity.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Estera Escobar, uses a historical example of a group of 18th century Christians finding that they only way they could live together in community was to come together in their Christian faith. … The ODB author wrote: In 1722 a small group of Moravian Christians, who lived in what is now the Czech Republic, found refuge from persecution on the estate of a generous German count. Within four years, more than 300 people came. But instead of an ideal community for persecuted refugees, the settlement became filled with discord. Different perspectives on Christianity brought division. What they did next may seem like a small choice, but it launched an incredible revival: They began to focus on what they agreed on rather than on what they disagreed on. The result was unity.
Who wins when Christians bicker and divide in disunity? … Satan, of course? … But when we, as declared disciples of Christ, come together at the cross (see photo) or at at the Lord’s table of grace (see linked song), … Who wins? … DUH!!!
So, my fellow Christians, let’s all pray that we - as Christians - can do what David sung about in Psalm 133:1, … or what Jesus called for in John 17:23, … or what the former persecutor of Christians, the Apostle Paul, called Christians to do in Eph. 4 and Col. 3 … i.e., … to come TOGETHER in our calling as followers of the The Messiah, … King Jesus.
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, ... for calling us, thru Your word, to come together in unity at Your table where love, and mercy, and grace are served in abundance.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me in the body of Christ to come TOGETHER as pictured in the attached photo. … Amen
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