(Luke 6:35 NKJV) “But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.
Learning how to love our enemies is completely opposite of what our flesh wants to do to them. We all struggle with this at times.
The flesh says, let’s get them back. How can we punish them? What can we do to make them angry or cause problems for them? How can we make them hurt the way they hurt us? How about we just run from them and never want to see them again?
Our hearts need to understand that there is only one way to handle our enemies. If someone has messed with us and caused trouble for us, if he/she is considered to be our enemy, then we need to love them, in spite of the difficulty, the pain, the sorrow, the problems, etc,. they have caused for us.
There is no way that a person can do this without the help and strength of Jesus Christ and our Helper, the Holy Spirit. If there is someone in your life that is considered to be your enemy, ask Jesus today to help you to love them and treat them respectfully, and let the Holy Spirit guide you in the decisions you have to make regarding the situation.
For even Jesus Himself is kind to those that are unthankful and evil.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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