Enemies Can Be Friends

    

I hope you enjoyed the fun Pics, they of course are not the real Picture, our enemies to us are not  so cute and yet God tells us to forgive and Love them and to show we do.

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“Is it really possible to learn to care for each other and let go of the bitterness and resentment that we  have in our hearts?”  

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Yes as Christians this is what the Lord asks us to do but without His Love we can not do this, it’s only as we seek His Compassion and Understanding that we can  put ourselves in someone’s shoes and see why they are angry, hurting and in pain.

 

Perhaps it was something we did to  them unknowingly and we need to say sorry, or perhaps they have not dealt with their own hurts and this causes bitterness which they project onto others, so we need to pray for healing for them…

 

Or perhaps there is judgment without Love because of their Pride so Repentance and Forgiveness is needed, but whatever the reason God asks us to Love our enemies and do good to them, to choose to forgive them even if they will not accept our forgiveness through their repentance. .

 

The Scriptures tell us to do good to our enemies and in so doing we will heap burning coals on their head.

 

Does that mean God wants our motivation for doing good to our enemies to be motivated by revenge… No because He then tells us not to be overcome by evil but to seek to overcome evil with good… what God is confirming is if there is no repentance they will suffer the consequences of their evil actions.

 

If we do not forgive others we will not be forgiven because we can’t be unforgiveness is sin and it separates us from God’s Love and Grace.

 

Revenge is not good,  our  motivation needs to be because of Love not hate. When we hold onto bitterness and resentment it’s like mixing poison for those who hurt us but drinking it ourselves, it eats away all that is good in us.

 

We remember Two wrongs don’t make a right!

 

 Does offering Love instead of hate mean that our enemies will always respond back with Love… No sometimes their response will be unloving, this is what God was meaning in regard to the burning coals, but  whatever their response is this should not govern our reactions or actions, what we do needs always to be motivated by God’s Love.

 

The Dictionary defines an enemy… one who attacks or tries to harm another.

 

 

“We  may have an enemy but you don’t have to be one.”

 

 

Matthew 5:44 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;

 

Luke 6:27-36 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.

 

Romans 12:19-21 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.  Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.  Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

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I would like to introduce you to  my American Pastor, Brother  Douglas Bayless, a caring and committed man who focuses on God’s Truth, I’m a heart member of his Church for which I’m very thankful for. 

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A God coincidence is that because of low-speed I was unable to listen to his message on YouTube  until this morning and yet our heart thoughts  are in Unity, we are of the same mind in reference to the message we both  shared on forgiveness  but also on many other important Truths in the Scriptures…

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God bless you and your Loved ones Dear Brother Bayless, I am greatly blessed to be in Unity with you all and Thank you for your prayer support. Christian Love Anne.

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Below is  Brother Douglas Baylass’s  most resent message  on Forgiveness, his first one which I shared about above has been deleted.

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