“ME IS WE.”
Psalm 133:1-3
You know, you can dwell and yet not be together.
The last prayer Jesus prayed in John 17 – He prayed it five times in one chapter, the same prayer request. “Make them one.”
If the devil can divide us, he can conquer us. If the devil can create division, then the VISION dies.
DI-VISION- is actually too many VISIONS.
- ME IS WE –When it ceases to be about me and my, and it becomes about us, then there is a commanded blessing on your house.
1. UNITY INCREASES THE CORPORATE ANOINTING. Numbers 11:17
- Jesus said, “Pray this way.” Matthew 6:9
“Our Father. Not My Father. I’m not praying for me. But He said the way that you begin prayer is by praying “our.” It’s about us. It’s not about me and my.
- The HOUR of power. Not “H, O, U, R,” but “O, U, R.”
- James 5:16, “When you begin to pray for others, God says pray one for another, that you may be healed.”
- Benjamin Franklin, at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, said: “We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.
I Cor. 1:10; Eph. 4:3
- Jesus is now interceding in Heaven for us, but His last prayer request was, “Father, make them one.
2. PARTICIPATION INCREASES UNITY. Acts 2:1
POINT: How much more, those of us who’ve been filled with the spirit, ought we to be in one accord, in one place, all together, praising and magnifying God?
- The Pareto Principle – The 80/20 Rule
- 80% of crimes are committed by 20% of criminals.
- 80% of sales are from 20% of clients.
- 80% of project value is achieved with the first 20% of the effort.
- 80% of your knowledge is used 20% of the time.
POINT: What if we could reverse the Pareto Principle (80/20) in this church and make it THE ROL 20/80 rule?
- 80% OF THE PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN MINISTRY, AND 20% ARE NOT.
- Pray this prayer: “Lord, Unify Us.
- If you get raptured, it will not be about me and my.
1 Thessalonians 4:16
3. CHURCH IS WE, NOT ME. John 17:21
We can’t have the power, anointing, and blessing of the commanded blessing without unity.
Ephesians 19:34-The heathen shouted for 2 hours to a false God. Can we not shout to Jesus?
I need a commanded blessing on my family. I need a commanded blessing on my business. I need a commanded blessing in my endeavors. I need a commanded blessing and anointing in my life. It happens when we come together. Genesis 11:6
We can’t have the power and anointing and the commanded blessing without unity. John 5:5
In other words, don’t be the last one to clap. Don’t be the last one to get up on your feet. Don’t be the last one to raise your hands. Don’t wait on somebody else to move when God says move in the altar service. God loves first responders. He loves people who just understand that if I obey God, I move from me to us.