Before Jesus is betrayed, arrested, tried, and crucified—he prays. ““I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message. I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.”

This is not a prayer of wish…Jesus doesn’t wish that one day we’ll be united. It’s a prayer of promise, we will be united as one, just as He and the Father are one. Over the last 6 days, we’ve prayed the prayer Jesus taught. And the prayer He taught is ultimately for our focus to be on God—his holiness, kingdom, will, provision, forgiveness, and deliverance. This world, our sin, our theology, our flesh, the enemy pulls us away from where our focus should be. And because of that, the church (worldwide) which should be united and a hospital, has become divided and in many ways abusive. The church is not the building we attend on Sundays, the mega-church, the old church, or any other ways we point the finger—we are the church. We are the body of Christ, the living stones, the priesthood of saints, the bride of Jesus. May the garden prayer of Jesus be our prayer as the church.