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     How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity! It is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron’s beard, down upon the collar of his robes. It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the LORD bestows his blessing, even life forevermore. Psalm 133

     Dear Jesus, it was wonderful to fall asleep last night having just witnessed a small but real outpouring of “the oil and dew of unity” among weary friends. “Good and pleasant” seems to be an egregious understatement—a woefully inadequate description of what happens when you show up and begin to thaw the tensions… deconstruct the divisions… and enable your people to move forward together in unity.

     It’s obvious, that where there’s unity, you bestow your presence and blessing. It’s equally obvious that where there’s disunity, Satan bestows his darkness and evil.

     Boldly and shamelessly, I ask you for an even greater outpouring of the of the Spirit of unity… not uniformity, but “the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace” (Ephesians 4). Drench us with the humbling and unifying dew of the gospel. We want to be sopping wet, not merely damp. Saturate and satiate us with the fullness of the Holy Spirit.

     We don’t look to Aaron and his beard, but to you, Jesus, and your enthronement at the right hand of the Father. You are our great High Priest who has received the Spirit without measure, so you can deploy Him without reservation.

     As I think of our own church family, I pray for new church plants meeting resistance and older church families needing renewal… for missionary teams under fire and in duress… and gospel ministries of various and sundry sorts. Jesus, bring the grace and truth of the gospel to bear in observable and transforming ways.

     No one has done more to secure our unity than you, Jesus (Ephesians 2:14-22). No one is praying more for our unity than you (John 17:20-21). No one is more glorified by our unity than you (John 17:22-26).

     Continue to heal us… reconcile us… and deploy us into your ripened harvest and broken creation together. So very Amen, we pray, in your glorious and gracious name.

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