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Since Friday night I’ve been thinking about how we are called as Christians to pray for our enemies: “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew 5&version=NIV
A beautiful prayer is “Oh, my Jesus, forgive us our sins and save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of thy mercy.”
I am stuck on “those in most need of thy mercy.” Those who have committed atrocities against humanity are surely among those who are in most need of mercy.
I think some cynics would say that we should save our prayers for the victims, but isn’t there plenty of prayer opportunity all around?
Praying for the victims and their loved ones and the first-responders isn’t difficult; praying for those who have committed such evil is. But I think this is what we are called to do.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew 5&version=NIV
A beautiful prayer is “Oh, my Jesus, forgive us our sins and save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of thy mercy.”
I am stuck on “those in most need of thy mercy.” Those who have committed atrocities against humanity are surely among those who are in most need of mercy.
I think some cynics would say that we should save our prayers for the victims, but isn’t there plenty of prayer opportunity all around?
Praying for the victims and their loved ones and the first-responders isn’t difficult; praying for those who have committed such evil is. But I think this is what we are called to do.