Goals For 2025: Unity

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You're listening to the My Morning Devotional podcast, episode 1187. Today's Devo is called Goals for 2025 Unity. Hey there. We're the Alessies, a ministry family working together in our church in Miami, Florida. And if you're like us, when days get busy and to do lists get longer, it can be hard to find devotional time. That's why we've partnered with our friend Allison to produce a five minute daily dose of heaven. This is the My Morning Devotional Podcast. Good morning, everybody. My name is Stephanie Molina and we're going to continue on in our goals for 2025. This is inspired by my dad's message from this past Sunday at our church here in Miami, Florida, called Metro Life Church. And I thought, this message is so good, I want to bring it to all of you guys. So let us know if you are liking this, if it is inspiring you send us messages and our subscribers let us know because we want to hear from you guys. But let's dive into it. So my second goal for 2025 is that I want to commit to unity in my relationships.

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Relationships, it's always a tough one, but let's get into it. So back to the story of Jericho. The Israelites acted together as one. They were marching seven times, they were blowing trumpets and they were shouting, all following the exact same instructions that God gave them. And it was their collective obedience and it was their unity that brought them the victory. Let me say that again.

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It was the Israelites collective obedience and unity that brought them the victory.

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Committing to the discipline of unity within your relationships will amplify God's strength and it will allow you to achieve great outcomes. And listen, I know it could be hard to make friends, to keep friends, and to prioritize friendships. And with your family too. Relationships are hard, you know, they bring sometimes more problems than they do solutions.

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Because people are imperfect. And we have to learn how to navigate this life with imperfect people. And we're imperfect. But there is something special when we decide to prioritize our relationships and pursue unity in our relationships. Because the Bible says in Genesis, in the first chapters of our Bible, it says it is not good for man to live alone. If you have a problem with someone last year, here's my challenge for you today.

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Let it go. Do not carry the weight of it into this new year. It's old baggage. If somebody hurt you, forgive them. And commit to keeping healthy boundaries around your emotions. And that may also mean that you need to move away from certain people and unhealthy environments. Because your goal for this year is to commit to unity. You know why? Because the blessings of unity, it's too precious a gift to let others steal from you. So the goal this year is to not give into being offended. It's not causing strife with unnecessary fruitless arguments or taking on the anger that's in the world and pulling others down. But the goal this year is to focus on building a friendship circle with healthy people who are committed to unity. That's the trick right there. Committed to unity and then building each other up.

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12 says, Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves, and a cord of three strands is not easily broken. Let's pray.

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God, even though relationships may be hard, we know that it was your command that man should not be alone. So Father, we pray that you open up the door to the right relationships and you close the door to the wrong ones. And we pray that you give us a clear vision to commit to unity in our relationships. If there's any unforgiveness, God, we give it to you. If there's any bitterness towards the people in our life, we give it to you. If somebody hurt and offended us, we give it right back to you. Heal our hearts today. Help us forgive, help us overlook, help us navigate our friendships with the eyes of grace so that we can commit to unity in 2025. Because we know that the greatest blessings come through our relationships and the greatest victories come through unity in our relationships. And we thank you Father, for all the people that you have already placed in our lives.

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We pray that you will bless our relationships, that you will grow fruit from our relationships, and you will only make our relationships with healthy people, healthy Christians, stronger and unbeatable. And in Jesus name, we all pray.

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Amen. So there you have it. Your 5 minute daily dose of heaven. Thank you so much for tuning in today. We pray these devotionals empower you to take on your day. If you found value in this devotional, share it with a friend. Leave a comment or review for us on the app you're using right now. Until tomorrow. We pray that your latte is strong, but your love for Jesus is stronger.