{"id":467,"date":"2012-11-26T13:53:48","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T13:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thesupernaturallife\/?p=467"},"modified":"2012-11-26T13:53:57","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T13:53:57","slug":"a-prayer-for-harmony-in-relationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thesupernaturallife\/2012\/11\/26\/a-prayer-for-harmony-in-relationships\/","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for Harmony in Relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jesus prayed that His disciples would live in unity. In His last hours on the earth, this was foremost in His thoughts (John<\/em> 17). His greatest desire was that His individual disciples would function as \u201cone\u201d, that they would get along and work together and partner together for the single interest of God\u2019s glory.<\/p>\n

Getting along is a key to productivity and fruitfulness. Kingdom outsiders would look at true disciples and say, \u201cFaith must be real because it works. They love each other. I want that!\u201d<\/p>\n

David understood this a thousand years earlier when wrote of the same idea. Being a musician, he called it \u201charmony.\u201d Harmony, he says, is the key to anointing. He called it \u201cwonderful\u201d and \u201cpleasant\u201d and \u201crefreshing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Twentieth century music popularized a new sound of dissonance, and our ears have come to appreciate it. But dissonance in relationships will never be pleasant. It might be comical at times, as we can observe for hours without end in modern sitcoms, but it is not pleasant nor never will be.<\/p>\n

A Prayer for Unity:<\/p>\n

Father,<\/em><\/p>\n

Make us one as You and the Son are one. Help us to be \u2018united in spirit, intent on one purpose,\u2019 that of loving and serving you and loving and serving one another. This will be our key to supernatural joy in this life. Make our music harmonious. Make us one in You.<\/em><\/p>\n

Amen<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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