1. We are better together

2. John 17:20-23 "I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, 23I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. (ESV)

3. John 17:20 "I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word… (ESV)

4. John 17:20-21I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word,21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

5. UNITY

6. Unity is appreciating the beauty of diversity

7. UNITY IS NOT AUTOMATIC

8. (Illustration: burning coals Picture)

9. We can’t reach our Vision in Division

10. If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together

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15. Better Together

16. Ecclesiastes 4:9 9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.

17. 1. Increased Production

18. 2. Increased Protection

19. Ecclesiastes 4:10 10 For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!

20. 3. Increased Passion

21. Ecclesiastes 4: 11 11 Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?

22. 4. Increased Power

23. Ecclesiastes 4:12 12 And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him--a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

24. John 17:21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

25. Genesis 11:4-5 4 Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth." 5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built.

26. Genesis 11:6 6 And the LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.

27. 1. One Vision

28. 2. One Name

29. 3. One Language

30. Better Together