But the real battle we're fighting isn't political; it's the spiritual battle of division in the Church, the root-cause of the most visceral polarization our nation has ever experienced.
The simple truth is that our nation is only divided because we, the Church, are divided.
An overflow of brotherly love.
Along with a few stalwart pastor-friends, I'm heading to Philadelphia tomorrow (Monday) to partner with some local/regional pastors as we prayerwalk throughout the city and its environs, believing for a breakthrough according to its holy namesake...that "brotherly love" would overtake this spiritual epicenter, that ripples of revival-unity would flow out from Philadelphia to the ends of the earth, acording to Christ's High Priestly Prayer:
I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be ONE, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be ONE in us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. (John 17:20-21, emphasis added)
No matter who we elect, unless we repent and come together as friends, our nation will never be ultimately healed. Jesus says so: Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. (Matt. 12:25)
Source: Tom Demaree - Pentecost Walk e-Newsletter, 6 Nov 2016, http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1101890603611&ca=06af368b-6e1c-4580-9e3b-690d5b14c240