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Pray For not against your Enemies


    Sometimes, some Christians, while praying, would say, “Whatever evil my enemies have planned against me, Lord, give them double! Anyone who wants me dead let that one rather die a sudden death!” No, this isn’t the right way to pray as a Christian; not when you’re full of the Spirit! Galatians 5:16, “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh”

   You are Superior To Death

      Those who pray like that are praying according to the desire of the flesh, not according to Spirit. Galatians 5:16 says, “…Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” It’s the desire of the Spirit is to see their salvation.

   When you pray against your enemies, that’s walking in the flesh; that’s praying in the flesh. What God wants is for us to pray in the Spirit: “praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit…” Ephesians 6:18. Stay in the Spirit; don’t be perturbed by whatever your enemy may be scheming against you.

    Jesus said, “Pray for,” not against, your enemies: “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” Matthew 5:44. You may feel hurt, and upset or angry, but refuse to hate. You’re too full of love to hate or curse anyone. You’re too sweet in your spirit to be bitter or take record of the wrongs done to you.

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    Don’t give attention to your adversaries, for they don’t count. It makes no difference how many people gang up against you, they’re not a factor. You’ve been raised together with Christ! Greater is He that’s in you than he that’s in the world. Psalm 27:2; “When the wicked, even mine enemies and foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.”

    There was no need for him to pray against his enemies; they simply took their place: they stumbled and fell. That’s the fate of anyone who professes to be your enemy. If they don’t repent, they’re doomed. But your role is to pray for them, hoping God would grant them repentance unto the acknowledging of the truth.

 

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