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Morning by Morning Daily Prayer Journey with Tommy Hays of Messiah Ministries
Pray for Those Who Persecute You, Bless Those Who Curse You, Love Those Who Hate You - Morning by Morning, October 15, 2025
“Do not gloat when your enemy falls;
when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice” (Proverbs 24:17).
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Morning by Morning, October 15, 2025 – Pray for Those Who Persecute You, Bless Those Who Curse You, Love Those Who Hate You
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Help me begin my day grounded in Your Word and filled with Your Spirit. ...
“Do not gloat when your enemy falls;
when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice” (Proverbs 24:17).
Rather than gloating over my enemy’s falls, rather than celebrating my enemy’s failures, let these be opportunities for You to develop Your character in me. I admit my temptation. But I also submit to Your invitation to embrace a different Spirit than the spirit of the world:
“But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust” (Matthew 5:44-45).
That’s so hard to do. But by the power of Your grace, I can.
“With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26).
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13).
“(Your) grace is sufficient for (me), for (Your) strength is made perfect in (my) weakness.... Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong” (2 Corinthians 12:9-10).
So by the power of Your grace at work within me, developing Your character in me, creating in me a clean heart and renewing a right spirit within me (Psalm 51:10), I choose to pray for those who persecute me, to bless those who curse me, even to love those who hate me. Not gloating or rejoicing over the falls and failures of my enemies, but seeing them with the eyes of Heaven and the heart of Father, but praying for them that their falls and failures would lead them to You as Lord and Savior, redeeming them and freeing them to be all You created them to be. Just like You’ve done for me. In Jesus’ name I pray.