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Travis Wingrove
on 10/30/2023 at 02:43 AM
Wow. What a powerful devotion! I needed this today. My flesh always wants to respond viciously when I'm attack. I need to follow the model set forth by Christ. I pray that I can live a life worthy of the calling place on my life by the most high.
Austin G
on 10/29/2023 at 06:46 PM
This was very needed for me today. I lost my gf to my friend and felt so back stabbed by someone who I feel like is a big step down from me. I wanted to just get so mad and hate him but I turned the other cheek. I just ask for your prayers to stay strong and for her deliverance back to me. Thank you Lord for all your help, it’s been so hard but I’ve been able to get through it with His help.
Mathew
on 10/29/2023 at 05:53 PM
More true words cannot be spoken in 1 Peter 3: 8-16! May the lord watch over you today and throughout the week protecting you from the evil one. When the evil one does attack you may you find the strength in the living God to repay evil with kindness… Amen!
Jim A
on 10/29/2023 at 04:10 PM
Satan attacks me every day to the point of me wanting to move from Christianity. I ask for prayers in this time. I pray for each of you who are going through your trials, tribulations, and evil people in Jesus name.
Brandon Pembleton
on 10/29/2023 at 01:51 PM
My best friend said to me once Brandon I want you to imagine that whole seen again but imagine Jesus is standing there, would your actions be the same? It was about the time I caught my teenage daughter smoking pot in her bedroom. I switched that anger on high mode and chewed wholesale booty and dumped a big cup of ice water on her to “sober her up”. At the time and for awhile after wards I told myself Jesus beat those merchants disgracing Gods house and yelled at them. What’s so different in my actions. Well a lot. My house is not exactly on the same level as Gods house. My anger at that time was very self righteous and filled with ego. How dare you in my house my house me me get it. My actions put a bad strain and wide distance in my daughter and I’s relationship for a few months. We both had to own where we messed up and it took time for that to happen. And time to meet back in the middle. God had to pave that path for us and I had to get back to surrendering to God my own daughter and then things got better and are really great today. Be patient should you run aground like this. Don’t expect quick turnaround. Hurt feelings take time to mend. God will do it though if you’re patient and willing. I love You God amen 🙏
john larson
on 10/29/2023 at 01:42 PM
i’ve been retired for a couple years now but every once in a while i recall a work interaction that made me angry or upset. and many of those times, i can still feel that frustration and when i do i have to remind myself that Jesus told us if we ask our Father for forgiveness, we need to forgive others. Such a hard challenge! but so necessary.
christopher wielis
on 10/29/2023 at 01:37 PM
I deal with this at my job every single day. I pray to God for the strength to respond like a good Christian man. It is hard dinner days and I have to dig in deep to make sure I don’t let the evil in, cause we all know how easy that can be when we are vulnerable. Dig in dig deep praise God for the strength every day!
Boyce Moses
on 10/29/2023 at 12:39 PM
Let us lead with our heart, not with our temper. Many times this is hard for me to do. Anger repels but love attracts. Hard to share God’s love and word if you’re repelling people. Share the love and grace you’ve been given. Love you Jesus! 🤍💛💜💙
Elliott
on 10/29/2023 at 11:19 AM
Good morning, brothers. this last year has been filled with people trying to it seems like tearing me down to nothing. But with prayer, meditation, and wisdom from our father. I have been able to overcome all the pain with gratitude. I could have tried to get people back for hurting me. But what I did was something that I didn't want to do, and that is to forgive today, I see the benefits that our heavenly father has blessed me with, and that is not to be quick to temper. In James, it tells us that our tongue is so powerful even though it is such a small part of the body. It's like a forest fire starts with a little spark. So today when it seems like everyone is out to get me. I thank God for the wisdom to know what I need to do the next right thing and that is to pray for them.
Tommy Williamson
on 10/29/2023 at 11:06 AM
Couldn’t say it better myself Barry. Father please help me to continue to show your love and compassion to those that continually see a need to be on the attack against me. Help them to see your reflection through me and my reactions towards their attacks. Let me not show them the old angry me but the peaceful lovely person that You have brought forth in me no matter what they throw at me. In the name of Jesus.
Robert McFaddin
on 10/29/2023 at 11:04 AM
The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. Sometimes the flesh is strong too. I do what I don’t want to and I don’t do what I should do. Thank God for his all sufficient grace for EVERY situation and circumstance.
Barry LaForce
on 10/29/2023 at 10:25 AM
Good Sunday morning my brothers. Heavenly Father I thank you for helping me control this very hot temper that I have. The pass life truly is so hard to crucify every day, but with you it is possible. Stay strong. Amen.
302/365: Dealing With Those Attacking You
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. ~ Romans 12:17
So you took a sucker punch? Blindsided by that comment? Stabbed in the back by your co-worker? Did that "low-life" break into your life and steal your peace?
How will you respond?
Repaying those people who wronged you by doing the same to them doesn't make you better, it makes you worse.
We should expect evil to treat us poorly. It's what evil does. God-driven men never stoop to the low level of evil. We get back up, we rise, and we demonstrate God's love and hope while becoming examples of Christ for our neighbors to follow.
Are you dealing with someone who seems to be on the attack?
GO DEEPER: 1 Peter 3: 8-16