“Let me tell you something– you don’t let anyone come between us; nothing tears us apart.”
Coach Boone in Remember the Titans

“One hundred worshipers meeting together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be were they to become ‘unity’ conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship.”
A.W. Tozer

“There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are united in their objects and wishes.”
Cisero

“My prayer for all of them is that they will be one, just as you and I are one, Father – that just as you are in me and I am in you, so they will be in us, and the world will believe you sent me.”
Jesus

This morning from 7:20-8:20, students from all denominational backgrounds came together around the flag poles of their schools. All across the country this took place. Their purpose was to pray for God’s action in the lives of their peers, schools, community, nation and world.

My prayer for the Church is to become one, as Jesus intends for us to be, so that the world may know that Jesus is who he says he is. That’s one of the reasons I love to partner with other student ministries. This year, we have the opportunity at different times to join with student ministries from different backgrounds. The purpose is to unify our student ministries and proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of heaven to teens. Our prayer is that our students will desire for their friends to know Christ. Our hope is to provide a space where our teens can share the good news of Jesus Christ with others in a relevant way. We want to do more than simply pray together or bring our youth groups together for a good time. We want to unify the body of Christ for the purpose of showing others the truth of the Gospel.

Our teens will have the chance to join with teens from other youth groups 2-3 times this school year beginning with a 5th Quarter concert we are hosting at LRC on Friday night, Oct. 26 from 10 PM-midnight. The Christian band Three Cord Wonder will be playing. Several different youth groups from the Little Rock area including teens from Agape Church, Parkway Place Baptist Church, Summit Church, Bryant Church of Christ, Levy Church of Christ, Crosswalk Family of God, and others are all challenging their teens to invite a friend to our place for this concert. It will be a great way for our teens to minister to a hurting friend. Please pray for this.

Unity for the sake of unity isn’t unity. It won’t hold together. True unity comes when people rally around something bigger than themselves. That’s what Christ offered to a rag tag bunch of men and women from differing backgrounds. That’s what he offers us today.