I tell you, love your enemies. Help and give without expecting a return. Youll never - I promise - regret it. Live out this God-created identity the way our Father lives toward us, generously and graciously, even when were at our worst (Luke 6:35). “You’re familiar with the old written law, ‘Love your friend,’ and its unwritten companion, ‘Hate your enemy.’ I’m challenging that. I’m telling you to love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the energies of prayer, for then you are working out of your true selves, your God-created selves. This is what God does. He gives his best—the sun to warm and the rain to nourish—to everyone, regardless: the good and bad, the nice and nasty. If all you do is love the lovable, do you expect a bonus? Anybody can do that. If you simply say hello to those who greet you, do you expect a medal? Any run-of-the-mill sinner does that (Matthew 5:43-47).
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 10:47:01 +0000
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