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But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for those… Matthew 5:44

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But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
Matthew 5:44 love persecution
Arise, O Lord! Lift up your hand, O God!
Do not forget the afflicted.
Psalm 10:12 neighbor poverty

Hear my prayer, O Lord;
do not be deaf to my cry
or ignore my weeping.
For I am a wayfarer before you,
a nomad like all my ancestors.
Psalm 39:13 sadness humility
Father, allow those you have given me
to be with me where I am,
so that they may behold my glory,
which you have bestowed on me
because you loved me
before the foundation of the world.
John 17:24 Jesus Father
I have made your name known to them,
and I will make it known,
so that the love with which you loved me
may be in them, and I in them.
John 17:26 love Jesus
And forgive us our debts
as we forgive our debtors.
Matthew 6:12 debt forgiveness
They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayers.
Acts 2:42 community obedience bread
And do not lead us into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
Matthew 6:13 temptation desires evil
Therefore, I say to you: ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
Luke 11:9 seeking reliability
Give us this day our daily bread.
Matthew 6:11 bread dependence
When anyone turns a deaf ear to the law,
even his prayer is detestable.
Proverbs 28:9 obedience listening law
On one occasion, while they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set Barnabas and Saul apart for me to do the work to which I have called them.”
Acts 13:2 worship fasting Spirit
After John had baptized all the people, and while Jesus was engaged in prayer after also having been baptized, heaven opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my beloved Son; in you I am well pleased.”
Luke 3:21-22 baptism Spirit Jesus
Likewise, you who are husbands must show consideration for your wives in your life together. Treat your wife with respect, for even though she is the weaker partner, she is also an equal heir of God’s gift of life. Thus, your prayers will not be hindered in any way.
1 Peter 3:7 marriage grace sexuality
I will strengthen the house of Judah,
and I will save the house of Joseph.
I will bring them back
because I have taken pity on them,
and they will be
as though I had never cast them off;
for I am the Lord, their God,
and I will answer them.
Zechariah 10:6 strength listening compassion
Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed and broke them and gave them to the disciples to distribute among the people. They all ate and were satisfied. Then they gathered up what was left over—twelve baskets of fragments.
Luke 9:16-17 miracles food bread