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Devotional: August 20th

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Fulfill ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem the other better than themselves. Philippians 2:2-3. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 1 John 3:15.

Jesus prays earnestly to His Father for unity (John 17). It must, therefore, be very important to possess it, and to maintain it, and very dangerous to lose it. He who does not watch and pray will be unable to retain this love of unity. It often costs much wrestling and a severe struggle in the spirit to fell and by prayer to drive the devil away. He is ever anxious to cause discord among the brethren. Where dissension reigns, Satan has surely a hand in it. For where there is discord there is Satan’s kingdom, and there he reigns. He always seeks to put asunder what God joins together. His motto is, Divide et impera: Divide, and you shall rule. Watch, therefore, and pray the God of love, the triune God, to maintain unity among you. Tread Satan under foot and let not love, the bond of perfection, be torn asunder. When no one seeks his own, but that which profits others; when everyone fights against vanity, vainglory and conceit in his heart, and strives to have Jesus only in the heart, then love shall never depart, peace never be destroyed, and God shall forever dwell among you. Do not give Satan the joy of seeing you separated from each other and from Christ. For if you agree not among yourselves, neither do you agree with Christ. He who has lost love and humility, concord and peace, has lost Christ and life eternal. Discord breeds hatred, and where there is hatred, Christ, the life eternal, can not remain. Death and hell reign there.

Blest be the tie that binds

Our hearts in Christian love:

The fellowship of kindred minds

Is like to that above.

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