Love & Pray

I love how Jesus links loving and praying together in His sermon on the mount: "But, I say, Love your enemy and pray for them." [Matthew 5:44] I think these two need to be interconnected. To love we need to pray. If we pray, surely we will be enabled to love.

Not only is this true for your friend, but even more so for your enemy. I don't know who your enemy is, but Jesus pushed us beyond loving our friends and neighbors to that barbaric desert place of loving, caring, and praying for those who are not.

If you need help to love, pray.