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“What we cannot obtain by solitary prayer we may by corporate…because where our individual strength fails, there union and agreement are powerful.”
John Chrysostom, 400 AD
“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.”
-John 17:20-21
Tomorrow, we will begin a new week of prayer together. Reflect for a moment on our Gospel focus this week. Do you realize that while we may be dispersed around the world, we are reflecting on the gospel together and praying the same prayer? Men and women from Jerusalem to China, America, India, England, Tanzania, Brazil, Australia, Japan, France, Korea, Indonesia, Chile, and dozens of other countries have been praying together this week. What an awesome privilege to join our hearts together as brothers and sisters in Christ.
Can you imagine the implications – that men and women all around the world, from such different cultures and peoples, have something so important in common that they would unite in one heart and spirit? It is something powerful enough to unite Palestinians and Israelis, Americans and Arabs, Croatians and Herzegovinians, Koreans and Japanese, Hutus and Tutsis. It is the Gospel of God.
And all of this is from God and for God! May it glorify him everywhere and always!
As we end our reflection on the good news of the Gospel for everyone, let’s join together in passionate praise to the one who has “purchased men for God from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation”. He has purchased us and joined us together as his children. The Gospel is the “glue” for God’s people – despite the differences in our locations, our colors, our incomes, or our vocations. Celebrate the truth that, in Christ, the dividing wall has been torn down, never to be rebuilt. As brothers and sisters in Christ from around the world, let’s commit to praying for one another and doing all we can to support one another in sharing the good news of the gospel, until all have heard.
Father, your Son died to unite a people who would, by their unity and love, prove to the world that you sent him. May it be so with us! Let the Gospel shape us daily into a people more and more completely united, for the glory of your Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen
This blog is a part of the Lausanne Global Prayer Focus. We invite you to journey with The Lausanne Movement in prayer throughout the month of May. This journey will be a personal one, and a collective one. It will be focused on the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, his good news for all people.
In week 1, we are focusing on The Message of the Gospel. 
Download a prayer guide for the week, or visit lausanne.org/pray to access the new content daily. You may also enter your email on this page to be sent a weekly email reminder with the new prayer content each week of May. Be sure to select “Prayer” as a Topic Interest.