Rivals or Allies?

I start every morning with coffee with God through daily devotions from Our Daily Bread. Today’s devotion is titled “Rivals or Allies?” Kirsten Holmberg wrote this devotion. The scripture reading is from 1 Corinthians 1:10–17 with the key verse, “Be perfectly united in mind and thought.”, 1 Corinthians 1:10. My beloved children, grandchildren, cousins, nephews, brothers, and sisters in Christ; for all I write, I first pray to God to guide my words to serve as spiritual food and guidance. I desire God to be my sole source of writing. All the credit goes to God, not me. I am his humble servant. I thank God that He led to use Our Daily Bread Ministries as my inspiration for comments.

This time in our history, we are a politically and racially divided nation. We have demonstrations every night in almost every city. How were got to this point is not important.

As Christians we must hold to The Gospel and what is taught about Christ. Christ Himself is not divided, we, as His earthly representation, His body, must not allow differences over non-essentials to divide us. Instead, let us celebrate our oneness in Him.

Reflect:

Over what nonessential spiritual issues are you likely to allow division? How can you foster unity instead?

Prayer:

God, help me to remain focused on You and Your sacrifice for Your people. May I not be distracted by the less important issues but call others to oneness as a community of faith.

My Prayer for You:

May God bless and help you call others to oneness as a community of faith.

Our Daily bread Ministries (2020/08/18) Rivals or Allies?, Kirsten Holmberg, retrieved from www.odb.org 18/08/2020 Refined in the Fire.