Holy God, we are one in the Spirit and one with you in Christ. Let our hearts and minds be joined in unity with one another. Let our coming and going not affect the bond of working for your honor. Let the voids we feel in our absence work to draw us back together even closer on our return. May the strength of our friendships and kinship that we build get ever greater, whether we are together or whether we are miles apart. Be our tie that binds. Be glorified in our efforts, Father. I ask in the name and authority of Jesus, who left the disciples to work on his behalf, according to your good an perfect will. Amen.
“‘But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.’ And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, the was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.” (Acts 1: 8-9 ESV)