The Key to Effectiveness in the Church
Read Exodus 24:3
Today’s Truth
Few things are more painful than watching a talented team fall apart. It happens in every Olympics and every World Cup. A nation puts its most talented players on a team but forgets that talent will only get a team so far. Without unity, players pull in different directions and the team never reaches its potential.
Discussion Questions
- What’s one way you’ve seen divisions in the church push people away from Jesus?
- Why do you think unity matters so much to God?
- What’s one step you can take this week to build unity instead of division in the global church? Maybe you need to forgive someone or reach out to an old friend. Will you do it today?
Application
Satan wants nothing more than to draw our focus away from Jesus with petty, divisive bickering. When Christians argue about politics, policies, or procedures, we lose focus on our mission: to love God, love people, and love doing it together.
Divisiveness slows the work God wants to do in and through us. But when churches value unity more than ideology, the good news about Jesus spreads like all-consuming fire throughout the world.
