Church Of The Lost Sheep

Jesus Prays for All Believers “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 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. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one — 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 in the New International Version [This is the  28 th  lesson of  this series ] Jesus prayed for his disciples and as we read from the excerpt above, He also prayed for all future believers (all of us) those who will believe because of the teachings of the disciples He left in the care of the Holy Spirit.  He prayed that all believers be united. Yet humans being humans, it didn't take long before disunity among them take place, and in time

"Summing up: Be agreeable , be sympathetic, be loving, be compassionate, be humble. That goes for all of you, no exceptions. No retaliation. No sharp-tongued sarcasm. Instead, bless—that’s your job, to bless. You’ll be a blessing and also get a blessing." 1 Peter 3:8-9 MSG [This is the  32nd  message of this series] This lesson is intended for mature believers (or adulting believers). For a more orderly study, please go through all the previous messages first, if you haven't yet. 1 Peter [This will be the  2nd of a  series  within a series] Living the Blessed Life Peter instructed the first church (among other things) to be agreeable, agreeable with one another. In other English translations, it is to be like-minded, be of one mind, be single minded, have unity of mind and be harmonious. Unity This is probably among the hardest things that we are called to do in living this blessed life God has given us. I know, I know, some preachers have often equated this bl