When Praying for Others Is Hard
How do you respond when someone hurts your feelings? Do you let it rob you of joy? Or maybe your emotions run wild?
Luke 6:27-28 tells us what we should do when people hurt us: We must pray for them and bless them.
Can you believe that? We’re to pray something like, “Oh, Lord, I pray that You’d just make them so happy!”
I still don’t get that, but I’m willing to do it in obedience and say, “Lord, I don’t know that I really want them to be happy, but I’ll pray that in faith anyway, because You’re telling me to bless them with Your presence.”
Choosing to pray for them is one of the most difficult things God asks us to do, especially if we believe that whoever hurt us is in the wrong and doesn’t deserve to be forgiven.
But God instructs us to practice forgiveness. And when we choose to follow the path of forgiveness, we will experience the peace and joy that come through obeying God’s Word. When you obey God, He can help you overcome the pain and enjoy life more.
I was so sad that my respected pastora (Redelyn Cruz) works so hard to spread the word of Christ on her facebook account but only few can reach. So I asked her if I can re-post it to my blog so more can read it?
What she said was, "You don't need permission from me, His words are for the world to know."
Please do check her, though I will also still be re-posting everything she posts for us here to have some food for our souls.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156193243139266&id=540859265
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Thank you! Please feel free to re-blog, resteem or just let us know what you think. God bless!