Jesus the Ambassador of God who brought prayer on earth.

“I can truly believe only in him who believes in me”

Can two walk together unless they agree? NO!
Agreement is mutual love, belief and trust; therefore, prayer without the oneness of agreement is as good as nonexistence.

The wisdom of God seems to have designed prayer among men to promote oneness and fellowship, interdependence and agreement. This is the most indispensable ingredient of prayer according to the conditions of Jesus for praying.

Human relationships among believers must be the reflection of our relationship of agreement with the invisible and spiritual God to whom no one has seen or can see.

We cannot claim to love God to whom we have not seen if we do not love our brother to whom we have seen.
The first sign of true brotherhood is mutual belief and love as for self.

We are talking about love and not just “tolerance” of one another.
“If you keep the Royal law found in scripture, LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF, you are doing right.” James 2:8.
We cannot claim to have fellowship with God if we do not practice such a fellowship and love with two or three as our own Peter, James and John. Our intimate relationships are our credentials.

Our holy religion is one of relationship based on love and not one based on enterprise that is based on works and performance. The great commission as great as it might be it is not greater than the great commandment.

Fellowship among men is only possible in mutual submissive love, humble trust and oneness. Since such a task is nearly impossible to achieve in the strength of the flesh, it can only happen in the strength of the Lord so that no one can boast.

The most common attitude among those who, in pride and self-rightness give up the practice of reconciliation is indifference or living in denial. Waiting for things to change by themselves for good on their own, is like waiting for a fish to jump out of a pool of water formed by the rain of the day before. It won’t happen. It is also like a contest to see who can holds his breath the longest.

Their frame of mind is like this; “If I am not actively taking revenge or doing anything wrong to anyone, the Lord will understand me”.
There is only one problem with that kind of thinking. According to scripture, “Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins. “James 4:17. There is no room for passive aggressiveness or indifference among the family of God. No one should allow his or her eyes to go to sleep or let the sun go down on his anger.

The job description of Jesus was to be the minister of reconciliation.
All the teaching of Jesus to his disciples was a preparation for them to inherit the ministry of reconciliation.

It is not to conquer the world by proselytism that we are called but to make disciples of one, two or three by being with them in common union and oneness as Jesus is with his Father and the Holy Spirit and as Jesus was with Peter, James and John.

Jesus has died for more than togetherness. Without aggressively seeking the communion of the saints with one another, I am afraid we are “cowards and hypocrites.” Anyone can stay grudgingly together, but it takes the whole power of the omnipotent God to be one in Jesus.

It is not easy to beg for anyone’s acceptance, love and reconciliation, but any and every sacrifice will be worth it if you gain “agreement, oneness, mutual love, trust and belief in one another.”
Should you resist this advice, then, you should forget to get the answer to any and every one of your prayers by special grace.

You will go blue in your lips and face if you keep holding your breath expecting the other person to blink. Holding your breath can be a very dangerous practice that can lead to death. A brain without the oxygen provided by breathing dies first and your thinking is altered and before you know it you have passed the point of no return.

If you died while things on earth were tied, then you will find out in heaven they also remained tied. You do not want to go home to heaven with unresolved issues. You might have your “valid reasons” on earth to start the duel of who holds the breath and keep silent the longest; but in heaven those reasons are not only invalid but also a shameful evidence of your disobedience to your call to be like Jesus as a minister of reconciliation.

An ambassador is one who practices diplomacy, which is defined as “The art of stepping on someone’s shoes without ruining the shine.” The language of the court in not a shoe with spikes but soft slippers of grace and peace.

We are to walk together in unity and agreement and respect, for
without mutual belief and trust, there will be no fellowship of the saints, which is the inheritance of the believer on this earth, purchased by Jesus on the Cross.

Gerry Gutierrez.

PS. I am interested in prayer more than anything else and I will keep focus in my fight against anything that hinders the life of prayer in the believer. Without faith in prayer our lives are powerless and useless to bring about the kingdom of God in our generation and to see the will of God being done on earth as it is done in heaven.
Prayer is the testimony of how we are related with God and with one another.
Prayer is the language of love that reveals our intimacy with God.
Oh how beautiful it is when two or three believe and agree together in prayer in the name of Jesus. Let us truly believe in each other and pray.

Pictures are in Alaska, and family memories.