ono: After the terrible ordeal I went through earlier this year in the hands of loved ones, I sought for ways to have peace with myself and them. So far, it has been futile. But yesterday, the daily verse from the Bible site I read was about forgiving our enemies.

''But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you'' - Luke 6:27.

I was dumbfounded by that verse of the Scripture. For a while, I couldn't think straight. If the Lord had not rescued me from the hands of those people, I probably would be dead meat by now. How is it then that the Lord commanded us to do this? - maybe he wants us to just want him fighting ALL our battles.

Then, I typed the words: ''how to love your enemies'' into google search engine, and several sites popped out - as usual. But I picked this particular one, because after reading through (it's very long but interesting), I got some direction on how to go about it. And it was a sermon on the topic by the famous American Baptist Pastor, Martin Luther King. Now on a second thought, I decided to share with folks on this board. Happy reading - if you can!

I found there's an audio recording of the sermon too - so you can play that back, if you want to listen to it.
http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/documentsentry/doc_loving_your_enemies/

indoorlove: A man who is always good would bring himself to ruin among great numbers of Men who are not, therefore, for a prince to maintain his authority he must learn how not to be good and either use this knowledge or refrain from using it as the case maybe- The prince

femmyb: Martin Luther King is a freaking traitor. Black Americans because of segregation owned their own businesses and were on the way to building a prosperous black nation within a nation, until he told them to abandon everything and integrate with the
white folks, now they don't own Poo and are fvcked up in the head. If he was still alive he should be arrested and put on trail for treason.

franciskaine: u are right though, but to what extent has this Machiavellian scruples solved man's problems, more especially in a time like ours? the 'an eye for an eye' strategy against book haram has yielded minimal positive result. it is high time we started changing our attitude and mentality about life and problems dat comes with it.

chinaman666: Christianity makes no sense. In the Old Testament, the Israelites were punished for not completely committing genocide to their "enemies" as decreed by their god. In the New Testament, we're told to love our enemies and turn the other cheek.

checkdate: = ;D1st: we start to love boko haram sect members...
=2nd: stop hating our pastors that own private jets. . .

checkdate:
PLEASE START LEARNING TO DO SO. FOR YOU OWN GOOD.

tobechi74: Tired of listenin to various sermon

your action should do the preaching not your lips

ono: After the terrible ordeal I went through earlier this year in the hands of loved ones, I sought for ways to have peace with myself and them. So far, it has been futile. But yesterday, the daily verse from the Bible site I read was about forgiving our enemies.

''But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you'' - Luke 6:27.

I was dumbfounded by that verse of the Scripture. For a while, I couldn't think straight. If the Lord had not rescued me from the hands of those people, I probably would be dead meat by now. How is it then that the Lord commanded us to do this? - maybe he wants us to just want him fighting ALL our battles.

Then, I typed the words: ''how to love your enemies'' into google search engine, and several sites popped out - as usual. But I picked this particular one, because after reading through (it's very long but interesting), I got some direction on how to go about it. And it was a sermon on the topic by the famous American Baptist Pastor, Martin Luther King. Now on a second thought, I decided to share with folks on this board. Happy reading - if you can!

I found there's an audio recording of the sermon too - so you can play that back, if you want to listen to it.
http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/documentsentry/doc_loving_your_enemies/

pesty100: God forgive my enemies.. Becos i wont

ono:

Ironically, this was one of the exact things MLK spoke against!

"Love your enemies." Because if you hate your enemies, you have no way to redeem and to transform your enemies. But if you love your enemies, you will discover that at the very root of love is the power of redemption''

''Another way that you love your enemy is this: When the opportunity presents itself for you to defeat your enemy, that is the time which you must not do it.''

''When you rise to the level of love, of its great beauty and power, you seek only to defeat evil systems. Individuals who happen to be caught up in that system, you love, but you seek to defeat the system''