I'm trying to be a better Christian and have been thinking a lot about Jesus' exhorting "praying for your enemies."
Now normally thats tough enough and ive been doing it, but our enemies now are quite literally satanists and possibly demon-possessed. I come away feeling dumb praying for Fauci and the like who would just as soon kill my sons and I as look at us, provided the former option increases their ROI or their prestige. Likewise Gates, Schwab, the whole litany of evil people playing God right now with no repercussions.
Any advice? Like i said its hard and im doing it but some backup or hearing from others might help.
Heap coals on their heads, no one is beyond redemption. As hard as it seems, how can we expect to be forgiven if we can't forgive others:
Luke 6:27-32 “But I say to you who are listening, love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who are cruel to you. If anyone slaps you on one cheek, offer him the other cheek, too.
Mark 11:25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins
Matthew 6:19-25 Pray then like this: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 18:21-22 Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times