Dr. Juli Slattery

So why don't we just pray for that, Hannah, as we close this podcast.

Lord God, we just start by confessing how much we have adopted the strategy of the world, how much in our own fear and our own pride we've just wanted to, like, carve out our own little corner of Christianity and defend it.

And I pray, Lord, that you would give your body, your church...

your Holy Spirit, deep, deep levels of your Holy Spirit that would give us the fruit of the Spirit, that would give us the patience and gentleness and kindness and humility that you call us to.

We pray that you would teach us what it is to contend for the faith in a way that doesn't engage as the world does.

But Lord, as

drawing people to you.

And this is a work that only you can do, God.

It's a supernatural work.

And so we pray that you would help us each to pursue what this looks like in our own personal relationships, in our behavior and engaging with culture, in our own church spaces, and Lord, in our own thinking.

We just pray, God, for supernatural unity, that those who love you

and who are your sons and daughters would truly be unified.

In Jesus' name, amen.

Well, thanks so much for taking the time to listen to this conversation because it gave me a chance to share a deep passion that God has put in my heart for this year and the one in front of us.

I hope it's encouraged you and challenged you to think biblically about what you disagree with other believers about and most importantly, how to disagree with them well while pursuing unity.

If you want to go deeper on this topic, I recommend you check out the book that I mentioned by Francis Chan called Until Unity.

And that's in our show notes.

And please stop by authentic intimacy.com slash give and help us reach our year end giving goals so that we can be in a strong position and hit the ground running in 2026.

Well, that is it for this week and for this year.

Thank you so much for listening.