Christians: How do you show love to your enemies...?

Question

Challenge yourself; so you can grow spiritually with God.

Stories? Experience? Opinion? Reflection? etc.

Answer 1

We do not consider anyone our enemy. If a person dislikes us or hurt us for any reason, we consider it as his mental problem. We do not reciprocate the way others do in such situations. We simply accept it and ignore it even though it hurts us sometimes. But then, we realize how our Lord suffered despite being totally innocent. He could have finished all of those who persecuted him, but instead of doing that, he prayed for them. We are inspired by our Lord. We try to patch up with those who are against us for no fault of ours. If we are at fault, we do not hesitate to ask for pardon from anyone. We consider ourselves to be the lowest of all others and we try to serve them like humble servants for the sake of the Lord. But we also sometimes fall to errors, but we keep on rectifying.

Answer 2

not all of them.. sure, some do... but many are filled with hatred because they dont believe the same thing they do.

Answer 3

by not hating them..

praying good things for them..

helping them...

loving them..

Forgiving them even though they don't ask for forgiveness....

Answer 4

By treating them well. Don't go the angry way, but the way that Jesus told us to do, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

I find this throws people off, especially if you are sincere about it. It requires putting away the 'self'. Something that most people feel humiliated in doing, so they won't do it.

Answer 5

Put them out of their misery.

Answer 6

Hi my name is Bryeisha Richardson and I am a 14 yrs. old Christian who just got baptize 4 months ago. If somebody talked about you, you don't give talked about them back you just walk away, pray for them, forgive them, and move on with your life because they person is sleeping at night and you tossing and turning you can't never let it go and God/ Jesus what you do that.  

Answer 7

Be friendly to them

Talk to them

I had a neighbor who ran a drug house.

They threw their garbage in my yard.

They flatten my tires and broke my windows in my car.

They put holes in my radiator.

I would go to work and see all the drug deals going down.

I had a package delivered to my house they took it and never told me until four days later they had it and it had been opened by them.

A women lived there that was pregnant. Every time she had problems she would call for help but use my name and address so that they would try to bill me. When the child was born they tried to use my name and the hospital tried to bill me for all their visits.

I just talked to them as regular people. I was not mean to them or hateful. After a while the women was diagnosed with Aids. She later I heard became a christian before she died. The people that had lived there moved and several months later we heard she had become sick.

Answer 8

have s*x with them

Answer 9

By forgiving them in my heart & praying for them that deceitfully use me. I pray for Muslims to come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. I give to those in need that have no way to repay a kindness.I practice treating everyone with a smile & respect. Sometimes just a kind word helps someone in ways we will never know. Everybody has their own problems they are dealing with. So, treat them with respect & love & unexpected kindness.

Answer 10

Pray for them, forgive them, be kind to them.  

(Thank you for the disclaimer Acid.)

Answer 11

Mostly they rail against evolution, atheists, and homosexuals on R&S.

OBVIOUS DISCLAIMER: not all of them do this.

Answer 12

Stop killing them.

Answer 13

I Smile at them, talk to them, act like I don't even care that they have been mean, I turn the other cheek, (metaphorically speaking.) In the  silence of my own apt. I pray for them. Jesus instructed us to love our enemies and to forgive. I live in a senior apartment complex. There are many who will talk about other residents.  I believe that the gossip  is worse than Jr. High sometimes.

  I never let them know how much they may have hurt me. I also pray that God will take away my hurt.