Praying Against

Praying Against 

 Pastor Blake Hanson 9.3.25 

Is it ever OK to pray against someone?

Matthew 5:44 (NLT)

44 But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!

Psalm 3:7 (NLT)

7 Arise, O Lord! Rescue me, my God! Slap all my enemies in the face! Shatter the teeth of the wicked!

Psalm 10:15 (NLT)

15 Break the arms of these wicked, evil people! Go after them until the last one is destroyed.

Psalm 54:5 (NLT)

5 May the evil plans of my enemies be turned against them. Do as you promised and put an end to them.

Psalm 109:9–10 (NLT)

9 May his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow. 

10 May his children wander as beggars and be driven from their ruined homes.

A HEALTHY WAY TO PRAY FOR AN ADVERSARY… 

1.  Name the pain . 

Psalm 6:6 (NLT)

6 I am worn out from sobbing. All night I flood my bed with weeping, drenching it with my tears.

2.  Ask God for . 

Psalm 59:1 (NLT)

1 Rescue me from my enemies, O God. Protect me from those who have come to destroy me.

3.  Ask God to . 

Romans 12:19 (NLT)

19 Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say, “I will take revenge; I will pay them back,” says the Lord.

4.  Pray for their . 

2 Timothy 2:25–26 (NIV)

25 Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, 

26 and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.

5.  Pray for your own heart. 

Psalm 139:23–24 (NIV)

23 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 

24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

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