Unity in the Body of Christ

Paul writes in his letter to the Ephesians 4:1-3, "As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace."

He is writing while in a Roman prison and is urging them, and us, to live a life worthy of the calling we have received. I believe this requires us to obediently seek and follow the leading of the Holy spirit in our life.

In much the same way as this prayer circle represents Unity in the Body of Christ, these interlinked rings could represent unity and wholeness of the trinity... Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Through obedience to the prompting of the Holy Spirit in our lives, we will experience the bond of peace and be as one with others and in the unity of the Spirit.

Dear Father in Heaven, please make us one in the Body of Christ. Amen.

The Spirit of God knows the thoughts of God...

In 1 Corinthians 2, Paul says "The spirit searches all things even the deep things of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him. In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the spirit of God. We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. The man without the spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them because they are spiritually discerned." Paul gives us a perfect analogy of God's Spirit working within us. Let us seek the indwelling of the Holy Spirit each day and pray for the courage to be obedient to God's leading today.