Tuesday... There is power in it.

I just heard a leader of our country say that we needed to get together and find a remedy for Cancer. He said that Republicans and Democrats can be unified on that. And that is true. There is power in unity. It would have been great if we had come together to find a solution for Covid. It would have made such a difference.

Erin, our speaker Sunday said that two horses pulling together have four times the power of one horse by itself.

Proverbs 13:1 (NIV) says, "How good and pleasant it is when God's people live together in unity!" And the Evil One knows that. That is why he uses every method he can to keep us from being unified.

Paul in his second letter to the church in Corinth in chapter 2:10b-11 (NLT) says, "And when I forgive this man" this man had brought a lot of unrest in this church. Paul goes on "I do so with Christ's authority for your benefit, so that Satan will not outsmart us. For we are familiar with his evil schemes." Satan uses whatever he can to keep us going at each other but God wants us to live together in unity."

It is so true that Satan has used what we have been going through to bring great anger and great divisions among us. He doesn't want us unified, he wants us divided. And maybe we should get smart and do a whole lot of forgiving and get back together.

Psalm 133:1 (NIRV) says, "How good and pleasant it is when God's people live together in peace." And the last verse in Psalm 133 says, "And there the Lord gives his blessing. He gives life that never ends."

He wants us to be unified not only in the church but also at home and He will bless it. And I want God's blessing, don't you? Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Monday... He did it by Himself

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