Uniting the dIvIdEd Through Love and Prayer

The Spirit of God confirms that the way to unity , real long lasting unity in Spirit and in Truth is through Prayer and Love. These two powerful pillars hold everything together in relationships. And isn't that what life is about...relationships. They make everything that is good grow in our relationships with God and each other. It doesn't matter where we are, what country we're in, nor what laws and regulations rule over us. Prayer and love are the laws that must regulate humanity for there to be any progress in unity. The differences between people are appreciated in true love and prayer. True love and prayer rejoice in what is right and good not in what is improper or destructive.  Learning and studying and practicing these two things in faith in God will challenge the world, and be the pathway to unity for all the many people groups of this world on down to the little family that lives across the street, and the single lady who lives down the road. Let love and prayer be what they are,  accept them for what they are. Don't let misunderstanding of what they are influence today's decisions. Alternatively, seek out what prayer and love are so that they are understood and become the powerful forces for change in every circumstance. 

Everything depends the clarity of our relationship with God and our fellow neighbor. The two can not be separated. A heart that is not right with God nor his neighbor does not succeed. Matthew 5:23-24, says we must deal with any unforgiveness before we can really approach God and have his open ear. To really love God is to love man. Mark 11:25 says that We must forgive others in order for God to forgive us of our trespasses.  Matthew 6:12 and 18:35 says, that if we do not forgive others that God will not forgive us. 

Forgiveness is a by product of faith and love which is all strengthen by prayer. When you begin praying, if there is something not right between you and your brother the Spirit of God will remind of these verses. Our relationships with one another and how we are treating each other is of utmost importance to God. God is glorified in a life that is loving others ...so he will hold us accountable by convicting us to  correct our relationships together. Additionally, our prayers will be hindered if we are not right with our fellowmen or if there is some sin in our life we are not dealing with. So we must have a forgiving heart to approach God. Nothing strengthens faith as much as the consciousness that we have given ourselves in love and compassion for those whom God loves. When we do what Colossians 3:13 says, forgive others just as Jesus Christ has forgiven us, we are living in the fullness and freedom of what Christ intends for us. All of our prayers and love depend on our faith in God's pardoning grace toward us. God sets the standard of forgiveness so that we can begin clean and fresh with one another and himself. If God dealt with us while keeping our sins in mind, not one prayer would be heard. 

Forgiving opens the door to all God's love and blessing, and once we have asked God to forgive even our own sins (which implies we will no longer go on sinning ourselves) then our prayers will become heard and powerful. We pray in faith when God's forgiveness takes hold of our hearts because we start to see the results. When the Spirit of God takes hold of us his nature is manifested to those around us.

It is obvious that today very few people have surrendered their whole hearts to the Living God. It is critical to know and believe that by Doing so ( surrendering all to God in faith) is not religious act. It is not a man effort to reach and please God. It is only a yielding to the only Living God out there. When we yield it's by faith. The Word of God says that it is impossible to please the Living God without faith. he wants you to trust in him fully, and the Bible is His book to you which is like no other book. The main theme of the whole Bible is this: The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses selfishness from our conscience and our whole being, and by us trusting in the power and love that is in the life blood of Christ, God the Father with his Holy Spirit can possess us. WHAT A MYSTERIOUS REALITY .....that a human being can be possessed by someone. All in all, we are to be possessed by the Spirit of the Living God so that nothing else rules over us. We are not to remain empty in ourselves and we are not designed to be possessed by evil demonic spirits which can happen because people mess around with the things of the Devil. When we sin we invite the wrong spirit to come into our souls and rule, BUT when we repent and turn from our sins, and forgive one another just as Christ did for us we invite the Living Spirit to rule and reign. It's all about who you are going to yield to. LET'S YIELD TO GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT AND SEE HIS AMAZING WORK BEGIN TO HAPPEN EVERYWHERE! The time for this is truly now! The world is literally dying for love in every place, every nation, every family, every school, every heart. All the promises of God towards humanity are a resounding Yes and It will be so through Jesus Christ alone. I pray for your heart that you would see Jesus today as the narrow gate to life with God forever and the gateway to amazing change in your life. The blood of Jesus cleanses you of all your sins. The love of God ino Christ is a pardoning love that takes possession of you and flows through you to others. Your forgiving love toward men is the evidence of God's forgiving love in you, and this is a necessity for the work of prayer to be performed through you in faith.

Regarding today's concerns, the true remedy for the problems is to not focus nor glorify the problems themselves, but to begin focusing on the solution in humility. Only the Gospel has the power to change a life in today's world which is becoming quickly harsh, and violent, and intolerant of what is really good. Only by hearing the clarity of the Gospel can a heart and mind that thinks it's ok to sin, be convicted to the core and see things and themselves as they really are before God. God, by his Holy Spirit, is the one who enables a person to see themselves as they really are. Are you really righteous in his sight my friend? You are not going to stand before him with anyone else. You will be alone and accountable to the One who sees all things, and knows all that you have ever done or thought. Are you really righteous before him? He requires perfection! The only way he will see you righteous is if your heart and faith is trusting in his son Jesus Christ ALONE for the forgiveness of your sins. Jesus is perfect in his eyes and it is God's eyes that really matter. If the blood of Jesus is not upon you in Spirit and in Truth you have no justification. You have no forgiveness. You will have his judgement and wrath for all eternity. God's mercy is upon you if you believe in the One who he sent to you to save you from your unrighteousness. Give your heart and faith to Jesus right now! Ask him to forgive you of all your sins and to give you the faith to believe in him with all your being. This is reality and He will do it! Let your life be Born Again into eternal life so that you can be used by God for his Glory for the rest of this short time we have on earth. You will glorify God if you love him and people! Your prayer will be heard and will be a force of good for others!

Andrew Murray writes, "God's opinion of what we really are, and what we desire is not based on the feelings we conjure up, but rather the tone of our lives during the day. Our relationship with God is part of our relationship with people, and failure in one of these is failure in the other. The effective prayer of faith comes from a life given up to the will and the love of God. My prayer is answered by God, not as a result of what I try to be when praying, but because of what I am when I am not praying." 

Let's all give ourselves to the Living God in personal selfless love for those whose lives need God. Neither faith nor love will profit if we don't have love. Love unites us with God' and it proves the reality of faith. BUT WHAT IS GODS WILL IN all these judicial, political, religious realms and all the endless issues that arise out of man's heart within these realms. His will is that we realize that our efforts in justice, governing, and religion are NOT THE ANSWER. The real answer is to surrender to Him by faith, and to have FAITH IN HIM ALONE (Mark 11:22). It's to put our trust in the Holy Bible and read it for ourselves, let the Spirit of God interpret it's message to us. HE IS A LIVING GOD and maybe that is the hardest to believe for the people of the world.