Here’s a prayer for
enemies from the German Reformed theologian, Jurgen Moltmann.
Prayer
(inspired by Matthew 5:43-48, Luke 6:27-38,
Romans 12:9-21)
Heavenly Father, we
call upon you in Jesus’ name.
We come with empty
hands.
We have not been
able to love our enemies.
As a rule we have
never even seen them.
We have avoided
them.
When we saw them, we
felt only fear and anger, not love.
So we come to you,
not as the children of your love,
but as the enemy of
our enemies,
beseeching you for
ourselves and all the others;
Bless those who
curse you,
do good to those who
hate you.
Forgive us for what
we have failed to do for our enemies.
You lead us out of
the constriction of fear
and out of the
prison of hate,
into the wide space
of freedom.
Let us see your sun,
which rises upon the
evil and the good,
and rejoice in its
warmth, together with our enemies. Amen.
~ written by Jurgen
Moltmann, in a sermon entitled “Revolutionary Love of our Enemies” in The
Power of the Powerless. http://www.amazon.com/Power-Powerless-Jurgen-Moltmann/dp/0334012783
