"Perfect one"
It's very clear in this prayer below, that Jesus is praying to His Father for us, for this day. He is not praying for the visible global church with its disunity, plainly; He is praying for those who will believe in Him, the born again believers of today, us, His Spiritual Body.
In this scripture, Jesus is not telling us to make ourselves one, or united. His prayer request, clearly is to His Father, and our only response to this scripture and Jesus' prayer, is do we believe it, do we believe the Father granted Jesus' request?
In this scripture, Jesus is not telling us to make ourselves one, or united. His prayer request, clearly is to His Father, and our only response to this scripture and Jesus' prayer, is do we believe it, do we believe the Father granted Jesus' request?
I do not pray for the disciples alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; 21 that they all 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. 22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: 23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me. Jn17:20-23
The Holy Spirit tells me, that we must believe He did, because first, He would never deny His only begotten Son, and second, we know faith always comes before the proof. Unless we believe our God refused His Son's prayer request, for all who believe in Jesus to be spiritually one, with Himself and His Father, just as they are one in Spirit.
22 they may be one just as We are one
I don't know about you, but I can't believe Jesus was denied by His Father, which would mean that our enemy must have deceived us, because far from believing we are one
22 just as Jesus and the Father are one
As Nicky points out for us, we now clearly find ourselves believing we should be achieving this unity for ourselves.
"What if the body of Christ as a whole could come together in unity"
We know exactly what Nicky means, and not one of us would disagree.
But surely, that wouldn't be any different than trying to achieve, or improve upon our own salvation, which as we know, spiritually disarms us, and bingo, we've lost our best weapon.
"What if the body of Christ as a whole could come together in unity"
We know exactly what Nicky means, and not one of us would disagree.
But surely, that wouldn't be any different than trying to achieve, or improve upon our own salvation, which as we know, spiritually disarms us, and bingo, we've lost our best weapon.
We know our enemy's usual strategy is to try to draw our focus onto his worldly 'achieving' perspective. "Unity, that's what you need", he says getting under our spiritual radar, he disguises it as a Godly aspiration, in this case 'our own understanding of unity'.
But if this were true for the whole body of Christ, it would be a colossal global deception, that must be costing billions of unreached souls. The Lord is telling me that this is what this attack on our belief is all about, and is where we must now take the fight, doing battle to reclaim our faith in what God has already done.
But if this were true for the whole body of Christ, it would be a colossal global deception, that must be costing billions of unreached souls. The Lord is telling me that this is what this attack on our belief is all about, and is where we must now take the fight, doing battle to reclaim our faith in what God has already done.
Thanks for this amazing photo Jair Garciaferro
Our enemy knows this is where the real battle is, and he knows he doesn't want us to go there. So to steer us away from there he gets us focused on the practicalities, "What's our plan for going forward", he says.
But the only planning we need to do going forward, is to plan out how we are going to pray and worship our way back into faith, not achieving. It's really not difficult, once we refuse to focus on his mountain of practicality difficulties, which are all of this world.
It's not hard to imagine the father of deception already being one step ahead of us, regarding the importance of our faith in our oneness in God. I believe his demons are in stealth, breaching from our blindside, the undefended spiritual wall of our belief in the spiritual oneness our Father has already given us, with a catastrophic effect on our ability to reach the lost. All we need to do is defend our old forgotten wall, just as fervently as we are reaching the lost.
I can't stop thinking about all our tireless love, for just one precious soul, what about billions, because this is what it's all about.
Never underestimate your opponent,
but never make him bigger than you.
Philipp Schranz
but never make him bigger than you.
Philipp Schranz
We must stay focused on the real battle, where our enemy is focused, which is, what are we believing?
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Calligraphy by Timothy R Botts
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Eph 2:8
We had no comprehension of the Kingdom of God until we first stepped out in faith and believed, and then our eyes were opened. The Holy Spirit is telling us that our oneness in Christ is no different, and the same rules of spiritual warfare apply, regardless of the size of this 'giant' as we perceive it. Yes there are many demons of division, but just like every other demon, they cannot stand against the truth, if we know it.
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it will spring forth; shall ye not know it?
I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:19
Take heart, for I have overcome the world. Jn 16:33
I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:19
Take heart, for I have overcome the world. Jn 16:33
We're not being asked to understand, any more than we understood our salvation,
only to continue to believe and walk in it, in faith.
only to continue to believe and walk in it, in faith.
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is,
and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jn 14:26
to those who believe in His name,
to them He gave the right to become children of God.
Jn 1:12
and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jn 14:26
to those who believe in His name,
to them He gave the right to become children of God.
Jn 1:12
However there is an enemy stronghold in our thinking, irrelevant practicalities everywhere, and we're seeing those as mountains and giants.
Please pray and consider the possibility, that every thought that we've ever had,
that legitimizes our belief, and acceptance of these 'mountains' in Satan's world,
that they have all been purposefully put there by our enemy, to deceive our spirits. Fabricating this stronghold in our thoughts, painting an extraordinary all-encompassing worldly theatre backdrop, which discourages us, and steals our faith and belief in our unrelated God-given spiritual oneness.
However there is an enemy stronghold in our thinking, irrelevant practicalities everywhere, and we're seeing those as mountains and giants.
Please pray and consider the possibility, that every thought that we've ever had,
that legitimizes our belief, and acceptance of these 'mountains' in Satan's world,
that they have all been purposefully put there by our enemy, to deceive our spirits. Fabricating this stronghold in our thoughts, painting an extraordinary all-encompassing worldly theatre backdrop, which discourages us, and steals our faith and belief in our unrelated God-given spiritual oneness.
Even though we have no doubt we are one in spirit, we can't help seeing this impossible 'giant', that we feel in some way is our responsibility. Satan then knows he will see the fruit of his deception, we will see things from his false achieving perspective. Then as good Christians wanting to please our Father, and the sound of distant echos from our past true spiritual oneness memory, we strive anyway for unity, and with some success.
But Satan knows, relatively speaking, the Body of Christ has now lost her God-given oneness power. Instead of receiving Her free gift of oneness, and walking in it in faith, she is now looking for unity in Her own understanding. That is our enemy doing what he does, steal, and he has, our best weapon.
We must simply look away from it, and put our eyes back on the truth, we are one in Christ, and we must believe that way before we try and fathom or bring about unity in our own understanding, in what we see in the visible global church.
We don't need to perceive, comprehend or explain our spiritual unity-path-plan ahead. We walk by faith, just as Jesus did, and we normally would, trusting the Holy Spirit to lead us. We know it is at these times of our walk on our journey of faith, when we see our Father's miracles, and He has plenty lined up for us.
Its God who puts the next 'stepping stone' under our feet, when we step out in total faith, and we know this. It's just the size of that Goliath that's crippling our faith. But that Goliath is really about nothing, and we can easily prove it.
4 whose height was six cubits and a span. 5 a bronze helmet, a coat of mail five thousand shekels of bronze. 6 bronze armor, a bronze javelin. 7 his spear as a weaver’s beam, iron spearhead weighed six hundred shekels; and a shield-bearer went before him. 8 Then he stood and cried out to the armies of Israel, and said to them,
“Why have you come out to line up for battle"?
Then the Philistine said, (again) “This day I defy the armies of God"! 1 Sam 17:11
And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were
in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Numbers 13:33
27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us,
and surely it floweth with milk and honey; (oneness) and this is the fruit of it.
28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled,
and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once,
and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
“Why have you come out to line up for battle"?
Then the Philistine said, (again) “This day I defy the armies of God"! 1 Sam 17:11
And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were
in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Numbers 13:33
27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us,
and surely it floweth with milk and honey; (oneness) and this is the fruit of it.
28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled,
and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once,
and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
I'm not saying I'm another Calab, I'm just reminding us,
WE are the Bride, the mighty army of God.
WE are the Bride, the mighty army of God.
The Holy Spirit has the answer, and He is waiting on us to seek diligently,
and ask Him to reveal this truth to us.
"that they may be one; just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You,
that they also may be one in Us...
so that the world may believe that you sent me.
Jn17:21
and ask Him to reveal this truth to us.
"that they may be one; just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You,
that they also may be one in Us...
so that the world may believe that you sent me.
Jn17:21
Calligraphy by Timothy R Botts
I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one.
Jn 17:22
As I said, the battle as always is for our belief,
and that is where we have to spiritually go to war.
Turning half our resources, and big guns around and away
from the battlefield as we've been seeing it,
and onto the attack coming from our blind side.
We need to fight and take back our faith.
Holy unity, surely the ultimate evangelism!
so that the world may believe that you sent me Jn17:21
Perfect for these end times
Perfect for these end times
Give us the courage Father God, to follow You into our promised land, the land You have already given us.
Knowing Satan's expertise is influencing our belief, surely we must expect him to have already meddled with our believing, regarding something so significant, and battlefield changing, as our faith in our spiritual oneness in Christ !
So casting out any thoughts of practicalities, and instead focus on what we are 'believing'. Then the Holy Spirit can lead us in faith, with our eyes off of the giant, and this worlds impossibilities, along instead the path of our destiny, as the bride of God.
Fighting in the spiritual realm for our oneness, just as we do for our salvation, starting from our ONE, we can then easily defend our 'Old forgotten wall'. (If we want to).
So casting out any thoughts of practicalities, and instead focus on what we are 'believing'. Then the Holy Spirit can lead us in faith, with our eyes off of the giant, and this worlds impossibilities, along instead the path of our destiny, as the bride of God.
Fighting in the spiritual realm for our oneness, just as we do for our salvation, starting from our ONE, we can then easily defend our 'Old forgotten wall'. (If we want to).
We've already experienced some of the blessings and power of unity, we already know how it works in our own individual churches, ministries, and further afield. So there cannot be any question in our hearts, that when rolled out across the whole, it would be 'there' that we would find the power we seek.
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion:
for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for ever more. Psalm 133:3
for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for ever more. Psalm 133:3
Taking the perspective of a mighty army under siege..
The weaker aggressor, his strategy, being to attack the under-valued, and undefended wall. We must reassess, and recalibrate our recourses, and our spiritual focus,
this is The Word of the Lord.
The weaker aggressor, his strategy, being to attack the under-valued, and undefended wall. We must reassess, and recalibrate our recourses, and our spiritual focus,
this is The Word of the Lord.