February 13, 2018

Oneness Power

“Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey.  And when they had entered, they went up into the upper room where they were staying: Peter, James, John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas; Bartholomew and Matthew; James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot; and Judas the son of James.  These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.”   Acts 1:12-14

Oneness power is something I experienced during a prison ministry campaign in Ohio.  Daily there would be prayer requests sent out over the line to praying people in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Kansas, and Ohio.  Despite the differences geographically, this group came together in “oneness power.”  The group came together, much like the disciples in the Book of Acts:  “they all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication.” 

We were all gathered in one accord, for one purpose.  Ours was a group that though scattered in the natural, was ever so close in the spiritual.  We shared a common bond of unity.  It was the kind of unity Jesus prayed for in John 17.  It was the kind of oneness where the oil of anointing flowed down the beard of Aaron, and the Lord commanded the blessing, as described in Psalm 133.  It was the unity of the body “standing fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for faith of the gospel,” according to Philippians 1:27.  

As we gathered ourselves in these different locations, we prayed.  We continued in one accord with prayer and supplication.  This was our prayer:  that the lost would be found; the broken would be made whole; the wounded would be healed.  We shared a common focal point: Jesus Christ, the one man in heaven who sits at the right hand of His Father and intercedes.  Our earthly intercession was lifted to our Savior, who perfected each prayer through His priestly role as intercessor.  He presented those prayers to His Father.  And the band of faithful prayer warriors witnessed heaven’s response to earth’s request.

Oneness power is where fifteen become one and the one is greater than the fifteen.  Oneness power is dunamis power to use the keys of the kingdom given to us by our Lord, and unlock through prayer what has long been locked.  Oneness power looses love from heaven to earth – enough love to cover every prison, every prisoner.