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The Most Valuable Connection

MARTY GABLER—Jesus had the most valuable connection of all, connection with the Father and His desire was that we might experience that connection. The Father set things up in such a way that we may have connection with Him through Jesus so that we can do what Jesus did. Jn.17:21  “I pray that all of these people continue to have unity in the way that you, Father, are in me and I am in you.” (GW)  Then Jesus goes on to illustrate to us the flow of power and energy to the branches of the vine which produce the grapes. That flow and fruitfulness is a result of that connection. Jn 15:4  “Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can’t bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you can’t bear fruit unless you are joined with me. 5  “I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you’re joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can’t produce a thing.” (MSG)


When Unity Increases

The “you” in “you shall chase your enemies” (Lev.26:7) is a plural you. Watch how Jehovah’s plan for unity and agreement works. While v.8 says that five of you shall run through2chase 100, it shows the unpredictable increase of 100 putting 10,000 to flight. This scripture shows us the principle that the supernatural kicks in and increases as unity increases. The enemy simply cannot predict that kind of outcome. When unity increases, you throw off the devil’s strategy; what he developed doesn’t work any more. Now, maybe we can see why he doesn’t want us having the same mind, moving in the same direction with the same heart.  “And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.” (Lev.26:7-8)


Wall Without Gaps

As the people of God assemble today, may they each set their hearts upon being in unity with the others so that their lines cannot be broken and the wall has no gaps.  (Psa 133:1) “A Song of degrees of David.  Behold, how good and how pleasant [it is] for brethren to dwell together in unity!”
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Unified, Care, Vision

As the people of God assemble today may they become more unified in their connections with one another, their care for one another and their vision for their city.  ”So that there should be no division or discord or lack of adaptation [of the parts of the body to each other], but the members all alike should have a mutual interest in and care for one another.”. (1Cor.12:25, Amp)
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Pleasant Unity

Unity
As the people of God assemble today, may they each set
their hearts upon being in unity with the others so that their
lines cannot be broken and the wall has no gaps.

Psa 133:1 <A Song of degrees of David.> Behold, how good
and how pleasant [it is] for brethren to dwell together in unity!