DETOX – WEEK TWO
“Detoxing Disunity”
Pastor Dan Levy – May 12, 2024
DETOX
“Detoxing Disunity”
Pastor Dan Levy – May 12, 2024
John 17:20-22 – “I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message. I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me. “I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one.
1 Corinthians 13:4-6 – Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
Instead of being quick to seeing and believing the WORST, we must intentionally look for the BEST in others.
1 Corinthians 13:7 (NIV) – “…always trusts, always hopes…”
1 Corinthians 13:7 (MSG) – “…trusts God always [and] always looks for the best.”
1 Corinthians 1:2-3 – “To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, together with all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
2 Corinthians 5:17-18 – Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!... God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them.”Dishonor reaps DISUNITY, but the intentional decision to HONOR reaps unity.
1 Corinthians 13:6 – “It does not dishonor others…”
1 Peter 2:17 – Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.Pursue the help of the HOLY SPIRIT in your pursuit of unity.
Ephesians 4:13 – Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.