Greetings Prayer Warriors,
We have lost sight of our ancestry, our inheritance. Too many define themselves by their feelings and behaviors rather than their provenance. We are not our bad behavior, our worst decision, or the hurtful names we were called. We are not defined by the height of our careers or their lowest points. We are not trailer trash, the underprivileged, or the privileged rich. None of that describes who we are or our true identity. We are royalty, sons and daughters of the Most High King, with a rich inheritance if we choose to claim Him as Father. Just as in a family, unification comes under the headship of the father, similarly, only by coming together under the banner of the King, can there be true unity of the peoples. Any other identity creates division and is the tool of the Evil One.
“I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me. John 17:20:21
We are given the grace through the prayers of Jesus to the Father to impact others through our testimony, that the fruit may be unity. We have a long way to go in this world, but our witness begins in the family to those who will hear, and pours forth from there. We must bear with one another in patience and kindness and must watch over our “family flock” and seek to win their souls to Christ by radiating his love, mercy, and compassion.
Keep watch over yourselves and over the whole flock of which the holy Spirit has appointed you overseers. Acts 20:28
Knowing the enemy, and with a heart filled with love, Jesus prayed to the Father for our protection from the Evil One and that we may come to know Truth and whose we are.
I gave them your word, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world but that you keep them from the evil one. Consecrate them in the truth. Your word is truth. John 17: 14-15, 17
How blessed we are to have God who treasures us, prays for us, and calls us to our heavenly inheritance. Let’s be imitators of Christ and continue to pray for our families and one another, that we may all one day claim our eternal reward..
Father, they are your gift to me. I wish that where I am they also may be with me. John 17: 24
Peace, Joy, and Love,
Janet
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