BY TAMMY PHILLIPS
MAY 13, 2024
“But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven.“ (Matthew 5:44-45 CSB)
It was a quiet Tuesday morning. I had unpacked our luggage from vacation and was washing a few loads of clothes. I sat down to process the mail that had collected. Then I thumbed through a Talbots catalog I had received, and began perusing Talbots online for details, as the clothes washed.
Understand, I am looking at a catalog, when I heard the Lord say out of nowhere:
“PRAY FOR YOUR ENEMIES!
Pray for the one who stabbed you in the back.
Pray for the one who lied to you.
Pray for the one who lied about you.
Pray for the one who deceived you.
Pray for the one who betrayed you.
Pray for the one who wronged you.
Pray for the one who tried to destroy you.
Pray for the one who stole from you.
Pray for the one who cheated you.
Pray for the one who hurt you.
PRAY FOR YOUR ENEMIES.”
How’s that for a word from the Lord after a return from paradise?
Do I want to pray for my enemies? To be honest, no. Will I? No! I am not doing this alone. My husband and I will tackle this one TOGETHER!
“Again, I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. 20 “For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.” (Matthew 18:19-20 NKJV)
I enCOURAGE you to pray for your enemies because Jesus said so!
Pray by faith. Call those things that ARE NOT as though they were!
PS. Two days later, I was telling my son and daughter in law about “praying for your enemies.” My son said , “I just read that yesterday, Matthew 5:44.” God confirming His word to both of us!”
LALALA! Living Amazed!
Viva Magenta: Live. Breathe. Be praying for your enemies!
Complete in Him 