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The Hardest Prayer You’ll Ever Pray
Praying for the hurting is one thing... Praying for those who have hurt us is something else entirely. Yet that's exactly what Jesus calls us to do. today's Gem: "Pray for your enemies. They may turn from their evil ways, and so may you." Praying for our enemies may be one of the hardest things Jesus asks us to do. But maybe that's because He isn't only interested in changing their heart... He's changing ours too.💎 ✨Click to read the full devotional [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
Today’s One Year Bible Verses: 1 Chronicles 22:1–23:32, Romans 3:9–31, Psalm 12:1–8, Proverbs 19:13–14
Pray For Your Enemies
One of the beautiful ways God teaches us is through repetition.
When He keeps bringing the same truth before us, it is often because He is inviting us to move beyond simply hearing it and begin living it.
For the past week, the Lord has been gently turning our attention away from ourselves and toward those who are hurting. Day after day, He has reminded us to see the broken, show compassion, love faithfully, and stand in the gap through prayer.
Then today…
He raises the bar.
“Pray for your enemies. They may turn from their evil ways, and so may you. Amen.”
I’ll admit, my first thought was, “Ooof…”
It’s one thing to pray for people we love. It’s another to pray for people we don’t know. But praying for those who have wounded us, lied about us, rejected us, or treated us unfairly—that requires a work of God in our hearts.
Perhaps that’s exactly the point.
Notice what the Gem says. It doesn’t only say they may turn from their evil ways.
It also says “…and so may you.”
Sometimes we assume the greatest problem is the other person’s sin. Yet while they may be struggling with anger, pride, bitterness, or deception, we can quietly begin wrestling with resentment, unforgiveness, self-righteousness, or a desire for revenge.
God cares about both hearts.
In today’s reading, Paul reminds us of a truth that levels the ground beneath every one of us:
“For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.”
— Romans 3:23 (NLT)
There are no “good people” and “bad people” standing before God. There are only sinners in need of grace.
That doesn’t excuse evil, nor does it mean we ignore wisdom or healthy boundaries. But it does remind us that the same mercy that rescued us is the mercy God desires to extend to others.
David understood this perspective throughout much of his life. Although he certainly defended himself against evil, he repeatedly refused to take vengeance into his own hands. He trusted God to judge righteously while continuing to seek the Lord.
Psalm 12 reminds us that God sees every act of injustice.
“The LORD replies, ‘I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do.'”
— Psalm 12:5 (NLT)
Because God sees perfectly, we don’t have to carry the burden of revenge.
Instead, we can pray.
Not because our enemies deserve it.
Because we didn’t deserve God’s mercy either.
Imagine what could happen if the person who hurt you genuinely encountered Jesus. Imagine if bitterness gave way to repentance, pride became humility, and hatred was transformed into love. Isn’t that exactly what happened in each of our own lives?
Prayer doesn’t always change the other person immediately.
But it almost always changes the one who is praying.
It softens our hearts, reminds us of the grace we’ve received, and helps us entrust justice to the One who judges perfectly.
Perhaps the greatest miracle begins long before our enemy changes.
Perhaps it begins when our own heart becomes more like Christ’s. 💎
Action (5 Minutes with God)
Take 5 minutes to be with the Lord today. Ask Him:
- “Lord, what do You want me to know about this personally?”
- Journal what He gives you through His Holy Spirit.
- Then ask, “What do You want me to do?”
- Journal what He reveals – then do it!
Allow the Lord to guide you today and transform your heart and free you from any hurt or bitterness that may be lingering.
Prayer
Father, this is not an easy prayer, but I know Your ways are higher than mine. Thank You for showing me mercy when I didn’t deserve it. Help me extend that same mercy to those who have hurt me. I pray that You would reveal Yourself to my enemies, draw them to repentance, and transform their hearts through Your love. At the same time, search my own heart. Remove any bitterness, resentment, pride, or unforgiveness that keeps me from becoming more like Jesus. Teach me to trust You with justice while responding with grace. In Jesus’ name, amen.
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Jesus stands compassionately between two people who are facing away from one another in obvious tension. Neither person is looking at Him as the warm light of sunset surrounds the peaceful scene, symbolizing Christ's invitation to reconciliation, forgiveness, and grace.
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The trinity is the golden calf at Sinai. When the Israelites came out of Egypt (the new covenant) they brought the trinity of Egypt with them in their hearts and minds.
You can take the Israelite out of Egypt, but you also need to take Egypt out of the Israelite! The trinity is the imaginary god of Egypt. The Christian religion is Egypt.
In order to enter the kingdom of God you must repent of worshiping the trinity. God the Father is not a trinity. Only the Father is God. The Christian doctrine of the trinity is the idol the prophets warned us about.
The Unitarian faith is the faith of the Apostles and the only true God. The Trinitarian faith is a false faith in a false, Greek, metaphyical construct.
The Bible is NOT a book of metaphysics. It uses spiritual examples and parables to describe concrete things. The Greco-Roman 'church fathers' poisoned the well by applying pagan metaphysics to the Bible, creating the cargo cult known as the Nicene Creed and the Athanasian Creed.
God the Father is a spirit. He is not a man. He did not incarnate as a man. He raised up and sent a man to be our sacrifice for sin. Everything the trinitarians teach twists the Bible into a lie.
The Christian religion is Egypt, Babylon, Assyria, Rome, Grecia, etc. The Christian religion is the culmination of the statue in Nebuchadnezzar's dream.
Come out of the religion and find the real Jesus and be free!
The promise of the new covenant is that when the new order came, those who follow God the Father will have no need of any teacher or bishop or hierarchy to tell them to know God. God said we would have no need of a man to be our teachers or spiritual fathers. God promised that all of us will know him directly and not need anyone other than Jesus to lead the way.
The Christian religion impersonates Jesus and stands in the way, usurping his throne, as prophesied.
#Bible #Trinity #Christian #Church #Theology #Unitarian #Repent #Gospel
The trinity is the golden calf at Sinai. When the Israelites came out of Egypt (the new covenant) they brought the trinity of Egypt with them in their hearts and minds.
You can take the Israelite out of Egypt, but you also need to take Egypt out of the Israelite! The trinity is the imaginary god of Egypt. The Christian religion is Egypt.
In order to enter the kingdom of God you must repent of worshiping the trinity. God the Father is not a trinity. Only the Father is God. The Christian doctrine of the trinity is the idol the prophets warned us about.
I recently discovered this channel. I have watched some their streams exposing the insanity of militant trinitarians. They are doing good work.
The Unitarian faith is the faith of the Apostles and the only true God. The Trinitarian faith is a false faith in a false, Greek, metaphyical construct.
The Bible is NOT a book of metaphysics. It uses spiritual examples and parables to describe concrete things. The Greco-Roman 'church fathers' poisoned the well by applying pagan metaphysics to the Bible, creating the cargo cult known as the Nicene Creed and the Athanasian Creed.
God the Father is a spirit. He is not a man. He did not incarnate as a man. He raised up and sent a man to be our sacrifice for sin. Everything the trinitarians teach twists the Bible into a lie.
The Christian religion is Egypt, Babylon, Assyria, Rome, Grecia, etc. The Christian religion is the culmination of the statue in Nebuchadnezzar's dream.
Come out of the religion and find the real Jesus and be free!
The promise of the new covenant is that when the new order came, those who follow God the Father will have no need of any teacher or bishop or hierarchy to tell them to know God. God said we would have no need of a man to be our teachers or spiritual fathers. God promised that all of us will know him directly and not need anyone other than Jesus to lead the way.
The Christian religion impersonates Jesus and stands in the way, usurping his throne, as prophesied.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xigWkC9L5_g
#Bible #Trinity #Christian #Church #Theology #Unitarian #Repent #Gospel
"Change can only come to the US if people learn to wield their collective power in ways that don’t depend on the elections."No, change can only come if people repent of their political and religious idolatry and abandon their factional and sectarian creedos and turn to God the Father through his Son Jesus Christ. The nations are failing because the nations have abandoned the truth of God for humanist and sectarian lies, which are their idols. Man is worshiping himself, money, and power, which are the main idols causing all the madness. Madness is a spiritual condition, not an electoral one.
Everything else is worldly-wise mind-poison.