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Pennyworth,'I agree . I am a practicing christian hypocrite, but praying for enemies can be a big help to one's soul. the sermon on the mount works for me. Jesus spoke of loving your enemy, but nothing about having to like them.KirkPennyworth wrote:Pray For The Person You Resent One helpful way to develop empathy for the other person and to change our feelings about the other person is to pray for him or her. This prayer: Opens you to God's power to help you. Invokes God's help to the other person. I've found there are stages of praying for the person I resent. Admit I would rather curse him than pray for him.Pray anyway, through gritted teeth.Pray they get what they deserve.Pray that God will give them what they need. Pray God will bless them as God wants to bless them.I make it a habit that whenever a revenge thought comes in my mind, I pray for the other person. I keep praying until malice turns to charity.

Yes, I did that once and it worked.instead of killing the guy I just kicked his ass I'm sorry I just couldn't resist. PP that is great advise and very effective,Prayer also means to listen, to the other person and what God had to say about it.You can control others by controling yourself.As I age, it gets harder to do all the time, Martha says I am an old grump.I am definatly more easily irritatedmy girls call me Archie

Dealey Joe wrote:Yes, I did that once and it worked.instead of killing the guy I just kicked his ass I'm sorry I just couldn't resist. PP that is great advise and very effective,Prayer also means to listen, to the other person and what God had to say about it.You can control others by controling yourself.As I age, it gets harder to do all the time, Martha says I am an old grump.I am definatly more easily irritatedmy girls call me Archie Hey Joe if you have a son-in-law do you call him meathead?

KenWhen I am trying to be nice to him I do.otherwise I can't repeat it here

Pennyworth wrote:Pray For The Person You Resent One helpful way to develop empathy for the other person and to change our feelings about the other person is to pray for him or her. This prayer: Opens you to God's power to help you. Invokes God's help to the other person. I've found there are stages of praying for the person I resent. Admit I would rather curse him than pray for him.Pray anyway, through gritted teeth.Pray they get what they deserve.Pray that God will give them what they need. Pray God will bless them as God wants to bless them.I make it a habit that whenever a revenge thought comes in my mind, I pray for the other person. I keep praying until malice turns to charity. Speaking of Charity...Ask and you will receive....? Not in some casesWell, at least we got rid of Dan for a while. And he took his road hog Sara with him..How did I do it?Simple....I asked him for money . It works every time...