Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

We are now in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity which extends from January 18-25.  Prayer is needed.since often times there is competition among congregations, or congregations do not agree on certain points of doctrine and become isolated and are not able to worship jointly or participate in cooperative ministry.

The theme for this year's week of prayer is "What does God require of us?"   The words are taken from the prophet Micah, who in response to this question wrote: "to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God."
 
I personally believe that we will find unity in recognizing our common hope in our Savior Jesus Christ.  With him, we can see where we can help others in their brokenness, especially where there is injustice.  Can we work together as churches for doing some positive work here?  Maybe there is some wrong that has been committed or a group of people in need are being ignored.  Can churches working together address these problems?

What about loving kindness?  How we treat one another in the body of Christ is significant in our witness to outsiders.  Can we show kindness to one another and also to those outside the church?

Then, we are to walk humbly with God.  Humility is that disposition that frees us from acting in an elitist or egotistical way.  We can acknowledge our wrongs to one another and move forward together in miission.

These goals are not easy, which is why prayer might be in order.  Will you take the time to pray for Christian unity?