John 17:20-23 (NIVUK)
20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
One of the reasons unity is so precious is because it reflects the unity that exists at the heart of God. God is the unity of Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, it is a fundamental part of who he is. This means as the church, we can only truly reflect him and his love if we live in unity as well, and as we do so, in some wonderful way we are brought into the unity of the trinity as well.
Holy Trinity of Father, Son and Spirit, help us to find unity in you, so that others may see you in us and come to know you too.
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