A couple months ago, I spent a day having a little min-retreat with God. I went and hung out all day in this mother-in-law apartment at a friend’s house and sat, worshiped, prayed, read from a book that I’ve been reading, and read in my Bible. While I was in my bible, I came a across a section that really stuck out to me and has stuck with me since that time.

I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought. My brothers, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas”; still another, “I follow Christ.”

Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul? I am thankful that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, so no one can say that you were baptized into my name. – 1 Corinthians 1:10-15

I think the reason that this has stuck with me so much is because of how much I’ve been noticing division in The Church. There’s so much distrust and bad blood between churches and denominations. We fight and argue over aspects of faith and focus on ways that we can separate ourselves from each other instead of what eternally binds us together, Christ. It breaks my heart when I hear the bashing that Christians do on one another, and I pray that we would be able to come back and unite as one Church in Jesus’ name.

What scripture is kicking your butt right now?

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