This week's "Reflection" by Jeff Taylor, Pastor of Teaching & Worship
How's the experiment going? Have you had an opportunity to pray for someone who ticked you off yet? What did it do to your mood and attitude?
In case you were not at church this weekend and have not watched the video or listened to the podcast, one of the things we talked about was loving people who make life difficult for us. Matthew 5:44 says, "But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!" The experiment is to see what praying for someone who makes you angry or wrongs you does to your attitude and heart for that person. Instead of allowing it to boil inside you and generate anger or resentment that could cause us to respond in an unloving way, take it to the Lord. So try it this week: When someone offends you or makes you angry, right there in that moment pray that God will work in you and through you in the situation. Pray that hearts would be open and God would give you the opportunity to be salt and light in the life of a person who is your enemy.
In case you were not at church this weekend and have not watched the video or listened to the podcast, one of the things we talked about was loving people who make life difficult for us. Matthew 5:44 says, "But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!" The experiment is to see what praying for someone who makes you angry or wrongs you does to your attitude and heart for that person. Instead of allowing it to boil inside you and generate anger or resentment that could cause us to respond in an unloving way, take it to the Lord. So try it this week: When someone offends you or makes you angry, right there in that moment pray that God will work in you and through you in the situation. Pray that hearts would be open and God would give you the opportunity to be salt and light in the life of a person who is your enemy.
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