FOCUSING ON LOVING YOUR ENEMIES Loving your Enemies – MATTHEW 5:43-48 (NLT) Teaching about Love for Enemies 43 “You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy. 44 But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! 45 In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike. 46 If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much. 47 If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that. 48 But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect How can we look at people who have done us wrong and honestly look at them with a heart of love? It is not easy to love and to overlook sin, BUT JESUS DOES THIS DAILY FOR US! JESUS TELLS US EXACTLY HOW. –          Let not the enemy steal your blessing –  really take a look at how this love is important. –          Look beyond the head knowledge you may have and let’s get into our hearts –, “What is your heart’s condition? Look deeper into your own life and ask yourself one question: “Could I really learn to love my enemies?” # 1 – The Reminder (v43) Do we really recognize the importance of loving one another? Think to yourself of someone who just aggravates you to no end – do you love them? If someone would catch fire in front of you, would you put the fire out? How about if it came to saving them from the fires of hell – would you tell them how they could be saved? This is the love... Read More