The Keys to Unity

The keys to unity are humility and love.
The key to humility and love is the cross.

"Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity." Colossians 3:14

"In humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others." Philippians 2:3-4

"Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity" Psalm 133:1

There will be conflicts in the church and in our homes that we must handle with love and humility in order to maintain unity. Unity is not agreeing about everything, it is maintaining loving, healthy relationships despite conflicts. In order to do this we must fix our eyes on Christ. Truly, He is the perfect example of love and humility.

"Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross." Philippians 2:5-8


May we, "[be] diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace"(Ephesians 4:3), and may God bring unity to His Church and to our homes.