Would You Pray for Your Enemy!

[Marilyn777]

Would You Save Your Enemy's Life?

Matthew 5:44 "But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you

[Guest shiloh357]

Good reminder Marilyn. It is amazing what prayer and kindness can do.

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Amen Marilyn.

All Praise The Ancient of Days

[Orr v'emet]

Great post Marilyn! I think we would find that our attitudes about the one who is our "enemy" would change!

[Guest ReflectionsofHim]

I've always, always found it such a rich blessing to pray for those that hurt me, hate me, and so forth. I always ask the Lord to bless them ever so richly and give them the desires of their heart and that I forgive them with all that I am. Now, this is not the Ref that does this but the Holy Spirit that lives in me so I give HIM all the credit for being able to love this way! But I have so seen the blessings in praying for my "enemies" and I have a few no doubt and they can be unmerciful continously, but no matter what I will not love them less or stop praying for the richness of God to saturate them and their lives.

When I was raped...a couple of years later I looked him up, we met in a neutral place, I forgave him, and he had since accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior in that 2 years!!! :oww: That is so awesome to me!!! So, despite that horrible rape and it almost costing my life, I did forgive with all my heart and boy were the blessings ever so abundant!!!

Wowzers!!! Our Lord is SOOOOOOOO incredible indeed!!! I so love Him!

Thank you for this post! Very enlightening and thought provoking!

Love to you through our Jesus!

Ref

[Marilyn777]

When I was raped...a couple of years later I looked him up, we met in a neutral place, I forgave him, and he had since accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior in that 2 years!!!  :oww: That is so awesome to me!!! So, despite that horrible rape and it almost costing my life, I did forgive with all my heart and boy were the blessings ever so abundant!!!

Wowzers!!! Our Lord is SOOOOOOOO incredible indeed!!! I so love Him!

Thank you for this post! Very enlightening and thought provoking!

Love to you through our Jesus!

Ref

WOW Ref!! You put alot of us to shame for forgiving that guy let alone meeting up with him again!! I don't know if I could do that!! You have alot more grace and mercy then I do. Thank you for sharing that, it's an inspiration to all of us, if you can forgive someone like that and move on then the rest of us should have no problem forgiving someone who ticks us off or cuts us off on the freeway!!

In His Love

Marilyn

[Catsmeow]

I have prayed for those who've deeply wounded me but this is a good reminder to continue doing so. Thanks for the 'heads up'.

[Guest ReflectionsofHim]

When I was raped...a couple of years later I looked him up, we met in a neutral place, I forgave him, and he had since accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior in that 2 years!!!

[keslc]

My oldest child is 6years old and went to kindergarten at a public school last year. She went through this difficult time were a few third graders would tease her and her friends on the playground. One day (after several days of crying over this) she told me that they had started teasing again and she told them, "I know why you're being mean....because you don't know that Jesus loves you, so I'm going to pray for you so you can learn that" the teacher confirmed watching this exchange and said the third graders looked so flabbergasted they just turned and walked away. She began praying for them every day after that in the van as I drove her to school. I would pray with her as well. I was so glad that my daughter learned this lesson at such a young age.

Edited to add: we also say the verse below in my sig tag before going to school each day as a reminder of WHOSE we are!

[Orr v'emet]

My oldest child is 6years old and went to kindergarten at a public school last year. She went through this difficult time were a few third graders would tease her and her friends on the playground. One day (after several days of crying over this) she told me that they had started teasing again and she told them, "I know why you're being mean....because you don't know that Jesus loves you, so I'm going to pray for you so you can learn that" the teacher confirmed watching this exchange and said the third graders looked so flabbergasted they just turned and walked away. She began praying for them every day after that in the van as I drove her to school. I would pray with her as well. I was so glad that my daughter learned this lesson at such a young age.

Edited to add: we also say the verse below in my sig tag before going to school each day as a reminder of WHOSE we are!

What an evangelist at such an early age! That is awesome!