Right before Jesus went to the cross, He prayed that all believers, past, present, and future "may be one, as You, Father are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me" (John 17:21 NKJV). This was Jesus's prayer for us all, yet more often than not, I fear we have not lived up to it. Instead, we fight for our own way, for our selfish desires, for our right to be superior. We build churches centered on our own cultural ideas of God, rather than on seeking to bring us back to Him. And then we fight with other churches and religions about who is serving their personal culture god the best. Come dream with me. Dream of a fight for something bigger, something more important and worthwhile. We need to fight for justice and peace, for the walls between us to come crashing down. John M. Perkins
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The Bible is full of warnings for believers who live in the world, so many of them that it can be easy to lose track of what they all actually mean. On the other hand, there are so many great stories and so many great examples of faith in the Bible that it's too easy to get caught up in the details and forget how much God loves us. I want to offer you an opportunity to get back to the basics. Consider this story: David was a man after God's own heart.

He did what was right in God's eyes, he did good for his fellow man, and he lived a life full of faith and joy. But when it came down to it, David couldn't remain faithful to God. He didn't like how things played out, and he wanted his life back.

And so he went right back to his old tricks and started doing evil in God's sight once again. There are lots of lessons here, but one stands out in my mind. David had built his life on things that are fleeting and impermanent, things that were false in God's eyes.

And he lost his way because of them.

Source: Dream With Me: Race, Love, And The Struggle We Must Win

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