"There is a saying, 'Love your friends and hate your enemies.' But I say: Love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! In that way you will be acting as true sons of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust too." (Matt 5:43-45 TLB)
If we are honest, this is one of the hardest biblical imperatives to carry out. The last thing we want to do is be good to someone who is being a low down dirty dog to us; let alone pray for them! However, as true sons and daughters, we are called to do exactly that! The lesson is ours to learn; and not so much for the benefit of the offenders.
PRAYER: Lord, your ways are best and will benefit us greatly if we follow them. No matter how difficult it may be, help us to follow your ways concerning those that offend us. Amen!
Matt 5:46-48. . . . If you love only those who love you, what good is that? Even scoundrels do that much. If you are friendly only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even the heathen do that. But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect. TLB
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