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Enemies

May 21, 202636 min
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Summary

This episode from Focused Prayer with G. Craige Lewis delves into the profound act of praying for one's enemies, drawing inspiration from scriptures like Matthew 5:44. It guides listeners through a journey of personal confession, intercession for others, and actively choosing to bless those who cause harm. The prayer emphasizes releasing bitterness and unforgiveness, engaging in spiritual warfare, and ultimately seeking the conviction and salvation of opponents, reflecting God's perfect love and mercy.

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Invoking God's Presence, Forgiveness, and Intercession

Let my prayer come before thee. To focus prayer. In Jesus' name. Lord, you are an awesome God. Father God, we come before you. We love you, Lord. We adore you, Lord. Extol you Father God, we just give you all the glory we have to give right now in this moment. The God of our salvation, the God of our creation. You are the So Lord, we thank you for not only making us, but also for loving us. for being our. No other God like you. Father, we love you. Anything that we have even lived in.

We give you praise for being the one true. That stepped out of nothing and Absolutely everything. God, we give you glory. We give you honor. Psalms one. Five and one says I will extol the O King, I will bless thy name forever and ever. Are you gonna bless his name forever and ever? His name forever and ever. And God, we ask that you forgive us for all Against ourselves, Lord, and even against your plan for us, God, we ask that you Father God that we Um Commission.

Things that we knew we shouldn't do and we did do. Father God, we ask that you forgive us of our God, we wanna live for us to live. Yeah. Practice. So we pray right now for forgiveness. First John 2 and 1 says, My little children, these things write I unto you that ye sin not. But if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous. So God forgive us for our sins. We have an advocate.

For our forgiveness to the Father God for anything that we Pray right now that you hear our cry. The depths of our heart, God, let it speak to you right now. Hear our cry, answer our prayers. God, answer our prayers and be in the midst of us as we share our deepest thoughts, feelings. Psalms with you. Psalms 102. It says hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble. Incline thy ear unto me in the day when I call. So we're asking for speedy answers today.

We don't want to be a part of this in time. Constantly fight each other, feel they have to constantly defend themselves, feel they have to constantly battle. God, we want to. Father God. In this time, God. And Lord, we stand in the gap for others right now. God, we get people in our minds right now. that we are standing in the gap for. Have mercy on those that want it and have grace. heal them Lord deliver those that are

Heal them, Father God, right now. Those, Father God, with ailments in their body, heal them right now. Deliver them. Those that need deliverance, Father God. Battle in spiritual. And all kinds of other spiritual things, God, deliver them and then set them completely free. You said whom the Son has set free is free indeed. So set them free in Jesus' name. Timothy two and eleven says I exhort therefore that first of all supplies. That you would just receive this prayer. God convict us.

Convict us any hatred, any malice, God convicts us. got clear our

The Command to Love Our Enemies

In Jesus' name we pray. Matthew five and forty-four. And it starts out and it says, But I say unto you, love your enemies, love your Help us with this, Lord. Love your enemies, those that are attacking you, those that are against you, those that are making your life harder, those that seem to be relentlessly positioned. Thank you. Against you. Stop you from excelling. Peace. The Bible tells us to love our enemies. So, Lord, help us. those that act as if they do not or no longer.

Whether it's a relative, whether it's a friend, whoever it is, Father God. They have been in our lives been dear. dear to them. Father God, we pray that you Even if they Yeah. Yeah. Attacking others while harming themselves and their own relationships in the process. Father God. Whoever it is, no matter what they are dealing with, no matter how they are So we will continue to love them. Proverbs 10 and 12: Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love That covereth all That love that covered

When we were wild and when we were wild, we were out there. God, that sin that covered us when we Fighting with others and Father God before your fruits of the Spirit even took a cut. You had love for us. Hãy đăng ký kênh để ủng hộ kênh của mình nhé. That through our behavior and this prayer of love, that you will move them to God that is what we want to see. Anybody hurt? We don't want to see anybody dead. We don't want to see anybody uh just in disparity or

Restored. So we pray that right now That our enemies would And be restored. Those that are against us, those that are against your truth that is in us. Father God, we pray that they would repent. Be restored. And we speak.

Extending God's Mercy and Compassion

There is hatred. Father God, shine your light of love on their hearts and let them see their error and that their ways will not have a good day. Father God, wake them up and let them see that what they're doing, Father God, is not gonna have a good end. Proverbs fourteen and twelve says there is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. So we pray right now again. ways of death. Father God, that they would come to the light. Those that are an easy

You and your truth, and Father God, an enemy of us. Father God, we pray right now that they would. You show them First show us Father God. Let us have that mercy. ご視聴ありがとうございました Father God to love us and care for us through all our life. Ups and downs through all the various cycles. seasons father god through hardheadedness and through disobedience all the things that we have gone through father god that mercy god give us that so we can extend that same mercy to those father

Be against us. And just as you gave your life to save us, we must give up. So just like you love Lay down our emotions for others, God. Help us to lay down. For others in Jesus' name. First Corinthians 13 and 4 love is patient and kind. Love does Boast love is not arrogant or rude, it does not insist on its own way. It is not irritable. Resentful. Love. Even when we're upset, give us that love. Even when we feel like we have a right. Give us that love so that we can. In Jesus.

five and forty four also says bless them Good God. Good to them that hate you. Bless them that curse you. Do good to them. I hate you.

Renouncing Revenge and Speaking Blessings

I feel the Lord breaking some things. Right now in here. it down. You told yourself you'll never forget it. God is coming. Blessed by you. Whatever is called They're internal issues. Whatever's causing their plan and malicious actions, we speak. Forgiveness over it. so that it would no longer control them. Forgive us, Lord, for wishing harm or revenge on them. Forgive us right now, God, for everyone that we wished harm upon. Everyone that, Father God, we wish.

Everyone, Father God, that we envision their punishment. Father, just forgive us right now. We want to be blessed with what we're doing. need. Mm. Romans twelve and fourteen. You bless and curse not. So five. Father God, calamity come upon someone for God. Renounce that right now and ask that you just find it. Financial prosperity on blessing them. We bless with what God has given us to help them. So Father God, whether that's prayer. with what you've given us, Father God, to help.

And God not only do we re That they may have sent our way. Blessings talk. us. When you're able to do this, you are a mature believer. Father God no matter what they said how they Whatever it was, Father God, we send back blessings to all that have cried. Every evil word. Declaration. All curses are broken. And we speak blessed. We speak can walk in newness and forsake their wicked. God, this is about us Yeah. Father God, no matter how angry they are, we used to Father God, no matter how.

No matter how vengeful and wrathful they are, we We pray against all curses. We break them right now and we speak blessings that will free our enemies so that they can walk in newness and forsake. wicked intentions. Isaiah fifty four and seventeen. No weapon. This is the heritage of the servant. The Lord. Amen. And God, when they hate on us, we will love on them.

Warfare in the Spirit for Salvation

When they hate on us, we will love on them. When they try to publicly shame us or privately call their names in prayer. When they publicly shame us, we will We won't make a post. We won't slide into the DMs. We won't Father God, we won't do any of that. We will go. the prayer for our enemies. When they attack us Do good too. We will not change what the power of God has done.

By fighting with those we should love and bless. We do not fight people, Lord, but we war in the spirit so that we Be victorious and others kill. Help us to not Help us to be able to do that. Help us to keep our mouths off one another. Everyone Secret uprising against the and not fight with each other. But we war in the Ephesians 6 and 12, for we wrestle not against flesh. Darkness of this world against spiritual wickedness in high places. Our fight is against one another.

It is against spiritual wickedness in high life. Places. And that same passage also says, pray for them which spitefully you despitefully use you. And persecute you. We want to pray for those, Father God, that use us even in the wrong way. Against us. Jealousy and envy that rises up in the hearts of those that seek. Us, our family or our and ministries. Those that rise up against

Pray, Father God, that you confuse their plan and their actions. There's nothing wrong with praying that. Confuse their That's the same thing. We pray that right now that anyone that rises up Family, our church, our ministries, Father God Whatever they say. back and overtakes them. Create a situation for them. That only you can get them out of. We pray that right now. Create a situation that only you can

Get them out of. Then they will call upon your name with a pure heart and desire grace and mercy instead of judgment. Psalms 83 and 16 says it like this, fill their faces with shame. That name O Lord. Give them over, Father God so that's the same. Father God, so a soul.

Releasing Personal Bitterness and Unforgiveness

Can be And God saved. That are against us. Anyone followed? our families, God, even in our homes. God, we pray that you save them. That way we were child. that way we were husband or wife, we pray for their salvation right now. Uncles and aunts and grandparents and just whoever it is, Father God. We pray for salvation in this hour. The last hour. It is almost over.

Almost up. So, Father God, we want to see people saved, Lord. They are against us because of you, and they are our enemies because they hate truth. So we pray that your truth can reach them. Saved. Delivered and set free. just like you have set us free, just like you, God, walked us through the deliverance from our issues and That easily beset us, all the different ways we've grown in you. Father God, we want that for our loved ones. And just as you arrested the heart of Saul.

While he persecuted your people, we pray. get their attention no matter what. 1 Thessalonians 5 and 14. Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly. Some people are just feeble-minded. Toward And help us with this prayer, Lord. Help us to not Stubborn. Help us to not hold on to any emotions toward negative emotions toward anyone. Right now Harming us, hurting us, or just being hard to live. Hard to deal with. We get them in our minds right now. Pray God, blessings.

We believe that the prayer of faith is effective. And follow me. in this place today. Like you instruct. So uh Good to though. And pray for So that our reward in heaven. Hallelujah Halleluja. And to pray. You can stand to your feet. But God wants you to release that bitterness, that just whatever that is. Seems like it just won't break Sitting in the way of the He wants to catch Father God, we just Important. Not one. Important enough to sit in our hearts. You wantin' us free.

Release that person. Release that. that action.

Embodying Divine Love and Perfection

Free. Hallelujah Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Matthew says. And uh five and the continuation of the passage, it says Children of your father which is in heaven. Anybody want to be a child of God? Amen. Child of God can't carry, you can't you you you you gotta love your enemies. The Bible tells us that Stephen impressed Jesus so much that he stood up. next to the father, and Stephen was the one that God, don't even charge this to their came out as they stoned him to death. Anybody in here been

Have you been stoned to death? I'm talking about real stoned. No. Somebody roll their eyes at you. Smack their lips. So we gotta be better. We gotta grow up. He can properly represent the Father in heaven. He maketh the sun to rise on the evil and on the good. So he allows people to even be Unjust and actin' a fool Folks cross you one time. And you ready to shank? For if we love them which love you, what reward has? Salute your brother only? You know that's a click.

When you in here, you only talk to the same people, you clicking. You clicking up. Amen. But he said, You only salute those that you like, or your brethren only? What do ye more than others? ดับกับกับกับกับกับกับกับกับกับกับกับ He said, but be ye therefore perfect. Which is in heaven is are praying.

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