Most of us can recite The Lord’s Prayer from memory. “Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name...” But this is not the Lord’s Prayer I want to talk about. That was Jesus giving us a frame work for our prayers. Basically step by step instructions on our how to have a great prayer life. What I want to bring light to, is the prayer we have that Jesus prayed, just for YOU. That’s right. He prayed for you. And He prayed for me in John 17.
20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.” John 17:20-23
The prayer we find in John 17 has a constant them. UNITY. He speaks of His unity with the Father. His unity with His disciples. His unity with those WHO WILL believe. And HE prays for UNITY among HIS believers.
Amazing things can happen when everyone is unified. Think of the Tower of Babel. God said there is no limit to what man can do if he is united. Consider the Upper Room; they were all found “in one accord”, the Holy Spirit fell on them, and THEY CHANGED THE WORLD!
First Priority is all about helping churches come together in unity to reach every student with the HOPE of Christ. If we truly become united in our pursuit to train and disciple our students to be a light in the darkness, the supernatural will happen. It will be an “Upper Room” experience that could change our world.
What an amazing motto we have, “Connecting the Church with the Campus for Christ.” Exactly what Jesus prayed for; UNITY.
In His Grace,
Amy Hall
Adminsitrative Assistant
First Priority of America
