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It’s one thing to forgive someone. It’s an entirely different thing to pray for them.
If you are carrying a heavy load of resentment, pain, or grief today, this story is for you. Discover how a moment of radical obedience brought a miraculous release.
How can you move on when deep emotional pain takes over? Can you not only forgive the person who hurt you, but actually pray for them?
About six years ago, Tim and I were coming home from a church revival. We were praising God for the evening of grief healing that Tim had just received. I didn't know that, that very evening, my own healing was right around the corner.
Tim had received a miraculous touch of healing from the deep pain of losing his 19-year-old son to suicide. He had struggled with this pain for many months. While we were at the revival, a lead pastor prayed for Tim with such love and compassion. Then another pastor came over to pray for him as well. This pastor shared the grief that the Lord had healed him from—his daughter and granddaughter had been killed in a tragic car accident. He shared his testimony of how God healed his heart and enabled him to move on with life. The pastor explained how he had to forgive the driver who caused that tragic accident. He then helped Tim forgive himself for thinking there was something he could have done to prevent his son's tragedy. As Tim and the pastor wept together over their losses, the presence of Jesus touched them both, and a deep peace surrounded them.
When we arrived home, we walked toward our guest house, where we were living at the time, which required climbing a long flight of stairs. Tim led the way up. As I was walking up the steps, a profound presence of the Spirit of the Lord came over me. I could sense the Lord speaking to my heart: “Are you ready to fully forgive _____?”
I replied, "Yes, Lord, I have done that."
Then I heard the Lord say, “Bless and pray for this person.”
I stopped and cried. I thought, Why would I do that? That doesn’t make sense. Lord, you know what this person did to my life.
Tim stopped, looked down at me, and asked, “Why have you stopped, and why are you crying?”
I said, "The Spirit of the Lord is so evident right now. I hear His voice, and He is gently asking me to pray for and bless ______."
Tim kindly replied, “Then you better do it.”
I knelt right there on the stairs and said, “Jesus, I forgive, pray for, and bless this person, and I fully release them to you.” All of a sudden, a heavy load I had been carrying was lifted from my heart.
My challenge for you this week is to rise above the world’s standard of how to handle it when someone comes against you. Raise your standard to go beyond loving only those who love you back.
Please don't misunderstand: God does not call us to remain in unhealthy relationships, nor does He ask us to be doormats. But He does call us to love and pray for those who have wronged us. From personal experience, I can tell you that one of the most difficult things in life is to pray for and love those who do not love you back. Yet, it is often in those moments of obedience that God brings the greatest freedom and healing to our hearts.
In Matthew 5:44, the scripture reads: “But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”
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