Bless Those Who Persecute You
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 14 June 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Our Scripture for today comes from Romans 12:14, and today's worship is Mercy by Amanda Cook.
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| 0:00.0 | In the middle of our week, on the marks of a true Christian, today we're looking at Paul's command to bless those who persecute you. |
| 0:13.0 | Truly blessing those around us that seem to be against us is an incredible act of love, producing fruit not only in the lives of others, |
| 0:23.4 | but in our lives as well. May God give us insight into his heart for this command today, |
| 0:30.2 | as well as the courage to live it out. Welcome to the First of teen podcast. |
| 0:52.5 | Our verse for today comes from Romans 12, verse 14, where Paul writes, |
| 0:56.0 | bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse them. |
| 1:02.0 | Think back on an unresolved conflict you've had. |
| 1:06.0 | Maybe a friend, spouse, family member, or coworker wronged you. Reflect on the anger, spouse, family member or coworker wronged you. |
| 1:12.8 | Reflect on the anger, frustration, and sense of injustice you felt. |
| 1:19.0 | Maybe you still feel those feelings today when you remember that situation. |
| 1:25.3 | Conflict without grace and forgiveness is like a small hole in the fabric of our emotions |
| 1:31.0 | that seems to tear larger and larger with every passing day. |
| 1:36.6 | The more we play the scenario over in our heads, the worse it seems to get. |
| 1:43.1 | The feelings of unforgiveness and the need for fairness |
| 1:47.0 | carry with them an increasingly heavy burden. |
| 1:51.0 | And the Bible teaches us that unforgiveness and seeking fairness |
| 1:56.0 | are weights we were never intended to bear. Jesus completely turned our system of fairness on its head. |
| 2:06.6 | In Luke 6, 27 through 31, Jesus said, I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who |
| 2:16.6 | hate you, bless those who curse you. Pray for those who abuse you. |
| 2:23.2 | To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also. And from one who takes away your cloak, |
| 2:30.6 | do not withhold your tunic either. Give to everyone who begs from you, |
| 2:36.0 | and from one who takes away your goods, do not demand them back. |
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