Thought for the Week

Christians and the Church should expect trouble, opposition and even persecution from the world around them. But nobody ever hopes trouble will come from within the Church. Jesus, in His "high-priestly-prayer" prayed His followers would be one even as He and His Father were, are and always will be one. He said Church members would be identified by how they loved one another. Paul wrote to the Ephesian Church (4:3ff) "...to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. And there is one body, one Spirit, one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all.....