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, (Matthew 5:44)
- Many of our brothers and sisters around the world suffer persecution.
- They live in danger every day simply because they love Jesus and want others to know Him too.
- But there is another form of persecution.
- It may not be life-threatening, but it is heartbreaking.
- It is the persecution from our non-Christian family members.
- When our loved ones ridicule our faith and mock us for what we believe and how we express our love for God, we feel rejected and unloved.
- “All who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution” (2 Tim. 3:12).
- And rejection will come from those we love too (Matt. 10:34-36).
- When the people we love reject the God we love, the rejection feels personal.
- Jesus told us to pray for those who persecute us (Matt. 5:44).
- That includes more than strangers who hate us.
- God is able to give us grace to persevere through persecution, even from our love ones.
- They may mock our message.
- But they can’t stop our prayers for them.
- And we will pray earnestly for them.
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