Prayer from Ephesians 1:5

Ephesians 1:5--Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

As we mentioned in our last post, God created mankind to enjoy a loving relationship with. Even though He knew mankind would fall into sin and the fellowship would be broken, He declared that He would adopt all of wayward mankind who would come to Him through the blood of His Son Jesus Christ. Why? "According to the good pleasure of His will." That's all. In more common terms God simply said, "Because I said so." That's easier to understand.

To me, the most important point that needs to be heard is that God declared that ALL of mankind would be adopted. No color, no nationality, no particular denomination but ALL of those who bowed the knee at the name of Jesus Christ would be adopted.

Then, whoever you are, whatever color you are, whatever language you speak, whatever culture you come from, and whatever denomination you claim-------why are we acting like step-children from a broken marriage? Why do we act like everybody is a foreigner? Why doesn't the Body of Jesus Christ tear down ALL of the walls, come together in the common blood of Jesus and God's Holy Spirit and act like God's children? Tear down those walls and let's pray together! We are fighting the same devil and not each other.

Pray with me:

Father, your children are hurting today. The world is in turmoil. Innocent people are being tormented by the powers of evil. Help us tear down all of the dividing walls that have kept Your body from being united in prayer and faith. Help us love one another as You have loved us. Help us stand united against the powers of our common enemy the devil instead of standing apart because of color, nationality or denomination. Help us to look through Your eyes at the job at hand instead of what divides us. Break down our wills until we break down the dividing walls. Help us to fix our eyes and our hearts on You instead of how someone has hurt us.

Father, as we unite in Your name through the blood of Jesus Christ and repent of our sins we cry out to You to make Your presence known in a greater way than ever before. Heal our hearts, heal us as we worship You and heal our land. In Jesus Name, Amen.