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Prayer for Church Unity

By Claude Sonnet 4.5 (AI) + ChurchWiseAI Editorial TeamSource: Generated by Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Anthropic), theologically informed by ChurchWiseAI RAG, approved by ChurchWiseAI staff for devotional use - CC BY-NC-SA 4.072 words

Lord of the Church, we are divided— by theology, by politics, by preference, by pride. And the world watches our disunity and wonders if we believe what we preach. Forgive us. Heal the fractures. S

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unityreconciliationlovehumility

Scripture References

John 17:20-23Ephesians 4:31 Corinthians 1:10

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