Learn the lesson from the
mule when it comes to criticizing others ; when he is kicking he cannot be
pulling, and when he is pulling he cannot be kicking.
Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working
together is a success.
I Peter 3:8-9 8 To sum up, all of you be harmonious,
sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit; 9 not returning
evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you
were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing.
Romans 14: 19 So then we pursue the things which make for
peace and the building up of one another.
Phil. 2:1- 4 1
Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any
consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any
affection and compassion, 2 make my joy complete by being of the same mind,
maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. 3 Do
nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard
one another as more important than yourselves; 4 do not merely look out for
your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.
Matthew 5:23-24 23 “Therefore if you are presenting your
offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something
against you, 24 leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be
reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering.
John 17:20-22 20 “I do not ask on behalf of these alone,
but for those also who believe in Me through their word; 21 that they may
all be one; even 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 sent Me. 22
“The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they
may be one, just as We are one.