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Speaker 0The title of this prayer time today is big Pray for your enemies . Wow , jesus . Let's just ponder on that a moment . Pray for your enemies , matthew , chapter five , verse 44 . But I tell moment , pray for your enemies , matthew , chapter 5 , verse 44 . But I tell you , love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you . Lord , I've got to be honest this morning . This is a tough one , jesus , but , lord , help me , father , in the name of Jesus Christ and by the blood of the lamb that was shed at the cross of Calvary . Lord , I come to you through the gospel writer of Matthew , chapter 5 , verse 44 . But I tell you , love your enemies , lord . Help me to love my enemies in the name of Jesus , lord . Help me , lord , to pray for those that persecute me , according to the gospel writer of Matthew , chapter 5 , verse 44 .
Speaker 0God , will you give me strength , lord , will you help me , lord , will you help me , god , will you bless those that have wronged me ? Will you bless those , lord , that have brought trouble to the door ? Will you bless those , lord , that are tearing me down , that are wearing me out , father , I pray for their salvation and spiritual growth ,
that they will know Jesus Christ as their Lord and their Savior . So , father , I pray , lord , for the enemies of life . I pray for those that persecute us , for those that are trying to tear us down , for those that are trying to wear us out , lord , I pray that the love of God will be over them and they will feel the presence of the Father , the Son , the Holy Spirit . Lord , will you bless them , lord , where our haters are , where those are , lord , that are just trying to pull us down . Lord , we pray that you will bless them from the crown of their head to the sole of their feet . Will you help me , lord ? Also , lord , through this prayer time , to be more forgiving . Lord , to bring it to the cross and not carry the weight .
Speaker 0Lord , help me to lay the rucksack down . Cut the straps of the rucksack , lord , let it fall off my back today . Lord , if I've got any anger in the rucksack , I've got fear , I've got doubt , lord , I've got hatred . Lord , I've got bitterness . Lord , I'm holding a grudge . Lord , will you cut the straps today , lord , please , father , cut the straps of the rucksack , in the name of Jesus and Lord , I need freedom .
Speaker 0But , lord , you tell me through the gospel writer of Matthew , 5 , verse 44, . But I tell you , please , god , help me . But I tell you , ben , love your enemies and pray for those that persecute you . Lord , I need grace today because I'm struggling with this . Lord , help me to seek understanding for the struggle of pain , the fear , the doubt . But , lord , I bring before you right now , I bring all those that have persecuted me . I pray for my enemies , all
those that are wishing me ill harm , all those that are trying to see me stumble and fall . For those , dear God , that are trying to trip me up , lord , through the hazards of life , I pray that you will bless them from the crown of their head to the very sole of their feet , lord , that you will intercede in their lives , that they will know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior . Holy Spirit , I ask you to guide my words and actions towards them . Guide me , lord . Guide my words . Help me to control my mouth and my tongue and the actions that I have to those that have brought harm to my door . So , lord , help me to love my enemies and I pray for those that persecute me . Father , I thank you for the gospel writer , matthew , chapter 5 , verse 44, . Spirit of the living God , help me to carry grace , help me to carry forgiveness . You are the good God . Lord , by the power of the Holy Spirit , intercede for us today . We ask in Jesus name , amen .
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