How good and pleasant it is How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live when God’s people live

together in unity!together in unity!

(Psalm 133:1)(Psalm 133:1)

What is What is UNITY? UNITY?

What What HINDERSHINDERS UNITYUNITY??

What Do All These Things What Do All These Things Have In Common? Have In Common?

• PoliticsPolitics

• Race Race

• Religion Religion They all They all

• Money Money CREATECREATE

• Sexuality Sexuality conflict and conflict and • GenderGender hinder UNITY!hinder UNITY!

The The IMPACTIMPACT of disunity of disunity??

• A lack of vision = no A lack of vision = no directiondirection

• A lack of action = nothing A lack of action = nothing gets done gets done

• A lack of peace = constant A lack of peace = constant fighting fighting

Where Does Where Does REALREAL come come from? from?

Paul, an apostle of Christ Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to Jesus by the will of God, to

the saints who are in the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Ephesus, and are faithful in

Christ Jesus: Grace and Christ Jesus: Grace and peace from God our Father peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christand the Lord Jesus Christ

REAL UNITY beings with REAL UNITY beings with knowing our knowing our PURPOSEPURPOSE

Paul, an apostle of Christ Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of GodJesus by the will of God

What is your purpose? What is your purpose?

How do we How do we DISCOVERDISCOVER God’s purpose for our God’s purpose for our

UNIFIED life? UNIFIED life?

#1 – We #1 – We STARTSTART with the with the obvious obvious

To the saints who are in To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are Ephesus, and are faithfulfaithful in in

Christ JesusChrist Jesus

• God’s will for our life is to be God’s will for our life is to be SAINTSSAINTS

• God’s will for our life is to be God’s will for our life is to be FAITHFULFAITHFUL

#2 – We #2 – We EXPANDEXPAND our our horizonshorizons

• We identify our We identify our GIFTSGIFTS

• We recognize our We recognize our REPSONSIBILITIESREPSONSIBILITIES

• We listen to God’s We listen to God’s PROMPTINGPROMPTING

#3 - We #3 - We LIVELIVE with the with the blessings of UNITY! blessings of UNITY!

Grace to you and peace from Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the God our Father and the

Lord Jesus ChristLord Jesus Christ