What Does it Mean to Love My Enemies?
Our socialization, or sometimes how our parents modeled “love,” is not always God’s truth about agape love. Women are often raised to believe that loving others is “being nice,” which prevents the biblical agape love God commands. For these reasons, God’s remedy for wounds that requires loving our enemies can be confusing. Oh, how the enemy loves to twist God’s truth!
What is real love? What does it mean to love our enemies? These are important questions. What we believe about love will direct our behavior when we love our enemies.
When we leave what our parents or the world taught us about love and look to the Father who IS love, we discover how to apply the authentic agape love God commands in his Word. Our effort cannot manufacture authentic agape love for our enemies; it must flow from our maker.
And this is important because agape love is healing and sets the table for genuine reconciliation. God’s kindness – not “niceness” – leads to repentance.
Inside today’s podcast, uncover three common lies about loving our enemies and three truths to replace those lies, so you can live in agape love as God intended.
Nourish Scripture: Romans 12, Mark 12:29-30
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Below are links for extra resources I mentioned inside today’s video:
Bold Love by Dr. Dan B. Allender
The Miracle Moment by Nicole Unice
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