This is a great example of the christian who walks in recovery, this should help you in your step 4..the thing is we have done people wrong and likewise we have hurt ourselves and we have hurt others...it has been my experience that everytime I feel someone has wronged me once I begin to practice this principle of praying for them, I am able to release the burden of unforgivness,pain,doubt and unbeliefe to my heavenly Father who says to to cast all my burdens on Him for He cares for me; His yoke is easy and His burden is light. Also in His word He says'to give a gift to the person who back bites,hurts,and slanders you. I believe their are two principles at work here, one is obediance in His word "obediance is better than sacrifice" and the second is "you will reap what you sow." WHEN WE OPPERATE IN BIBLICAL LAW, which is found in both principles, we are walking in faithfullness to His Word "which will never return void" This is also true when we pray for our enemy, our flesh does not want to pray, and our flesh certainly does not want to bless our enemy it wants to get what's ours, or to shun the person we believe has hurt us...listen people can never repay, what We think they owe...our flesh is never satisfied.
Not to long ago, I was responcible to teach a class..something happened and to this day I'm not sure how I hurt this person so much that I was not aloud to do the class anymore, I was no longer part of the ministry, and I had been turned away. Now to be honest my feelings had been hurt, I had been rejected (again), and I wanted to hurt them back...then Jesus spoke the words that you read below. I cried out to God why? During my prayers He started having0me pray for ministry,the leaders,all the people that have come through,and all that will go through. I new I was supposed to bless this person with a gift, I had lost my job, and really going through personal trials,and instead of them embracing me and praying for me,they turned me away, I did not want to give a gift. I prayed about it and asked Jesus, if this is an enemy, and if I am to give them a gift, Father You will need to provide the gift, because I need Your help in this. You see they were part of a ministry,although I did not see them as an enemy, for whatever reason I had become an enemy to them" well our Father is so faithfull within a couple of days He blessed me with two big moving boxes full of diapers I knew to give to them, through prayer and suplication He continued to walk me through the forgiveness and the freedom that comes when we are "doers of the word and not hearers only"
My prayer today is for you to experience the fullness of God as you read,meditate,and walk His living word out in your daily life. Praying the Lord is our teacher in all we do,and in all we are. That we pray for those who have hurt us and we give a gift to those who have slandered us, so the enemy will not have any place in our hearts or minds. Praying in agreement for balance, for a continuous prayer life,for His perfect will ,and not our own. Praying Jesus will think through our minds and speak through our mouth, praying for our pastor Gunter, Grant and Dani, Phillip & Amanda, Larry & Kay, Sue,Janet,amanda and all the members of Milford ,the families and the children, praying for our own families to forgive us for any harm we have caused them, while praying for Jesus to bless them. ,In Jesus name amen amen amen
in Jesus Delena
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From: Daily Manna <dailymanna@biblica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 1:32 AM
To: delena duffy <delena.duffy@yahoo.com>
Subject: Daily Manna from the Net - Text
Daily Manna from the Net for Tuesday, September 6, 2011
You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy; But I tell you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, To show that you are the children of your Father Who is in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the wicked and on the good, and makes the rain fall upon the upright and the wrongdoers [alike]. For if you love those who love you, what reward can you have? Do not even the tax collectors do that? And if you greet only your brethren, what more than others are you doing? Do not even the Gentiles (the heathen) do that? You, therefore, must be perfect [growing into complete maturity of godliness in mind and character, having reached the proper height of virtue and integrity], as your heavenly Father is perfect. - Matthew 5:43-48 AMP
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 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; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.- Matthew 5:43-48 KJV
'You have heard the law that says, ?Love your neighbor' and hate your enemy. But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike. If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much. If you are kind only to your friends, how a
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