Give me Jesus

I'm weary, disheartened, and disgusted by denomination-centric religion.

Watching a local station last night I listened to the minister of a large (3000+) congregation as he was interviewed. He made reference to the 'competition' more than once.

Why do we take so much pride in the particular group of believers we worship with? In fact, why does our domination/sect-association even muster the smallest molecule of pride?

Can we simply not take pride in my savior, Jesus Christ? ... and in only Him?

I've grown up in the Church of Christ, and the pride is very strong there. Lately we've been worshipping with another denomination. I had naively assumed that the CofC had the monopoly on this type of pride, but I was wrong. The stench of this pride is still there.

There's a wonderful movement back toward unity among the groups of believers that came out of American Restoration Movement, and that's fine and well, but it's not enough.

I'm still at a loss as to why we simply can't unite as believers of Jesus Christ. Period.

I'm not saying that we should attempt the impossible task of dissolving all the various sects and denominations, but we should at least celebrate and support our common beliefs. As believers in Jesus Christ, we're asked to do that, but so many times we choose not to. Why?

"I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me."

Seems pretty obvious to me.

In the morning, when I rise
In the morning, when I rise
In the morning, when I rise, give me Jesus

Give me Jesus,
Give me Jesus,
You can have all this world,
But give me Jesus

When I am alone
When I am alone
When I am alone, give me Jesus

Give me Jesus,
Give me Jesus,
You can have all this world,
But give me Jesus

When I come to die
When I come to die
When I come to die, give me Jesus

Give me Jesus,
Give me Jesus,
You can have all this world,
You can have all this world,
You can have all this world,
But give me Jesus