For Awareness of Need

I have been praying about unity. Believers seem to be choked with complacency, self-righteousness (measuring their effort as sufficient), and indifference. In teaching about unity in 1 Corinthians 12:21 Paul wrote:

The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”

It seems that at least part of the issue of unity (as well as complacency, self-righteousness, and indifference) is a lack of awareness of need. The following prayer seeks to address these issues by gaining awareness of need. If each of us were to add this to our daily prayer, I believe that the results of our united prayer will be beyond what we can imagine.

Father, in the name of Jesus I ask you to