{"id":34871,"date":"2022-08-28T14:00:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T19:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/?p=34871"},"modified":"2023-08-17T08:01:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T13:01:33","slug":"love-your-enemies-coloring-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flandersfamily.info\/web\/2022\/08\/28\/love-your-enemies-coloring-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Your Enemies Coloring Page"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Love<\/p>\n

Here is a brand-new, hand-drawn Love Your Enemies Coloring Page<\/a> for you this week. It features a verse I’ve been thinking a lot about lately, Luke 6:27-28<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Love<\/p>\n

Love Your Enemies Coloring Page<\/a><\/div>\n

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As much as I hate to admit it, there are people in this world who really dislike me. People who abhor everything I stand for. <\/p>\n

Jesus warns that in this world we will face tribulation. (John 15:33<\/a>) He bids us to remember that the world hated him before it hated us. (John 15:18<\/a>) And He warns that our enemies may eventually even “deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.” (Matthew 24:9<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Fortunately, I don’t know many Christian-killers personally. I know they are out there. I know they exist. They’re alive and active. I know many of my brothers and sisters in Christ who live in other countries are being persecuted and martyred even now for their faith. They’re having to live out on a daily basis Jesus’s instructions to love, pray for, do good, and bless enemies who quite literally would like to wipe them off the face of this earth.<\/p>\n

But I haven’t had to deal with that kind of persecution. Not yet.<\/p>\n

The most extreme kind of mistreatment I’ve had to deal with? People who are rude. Who whisper behind my back. Who spread lies about me or totally misrepresent things I’ve said or done or believe. People who leave mean-spirited comments on my blogs or scathing reviews on my books. People who assume the worst. Who take advantage of me. Who scorn, disrespect, or treat me as if I’m stupid. <\/p>\n

How should we respond?<\/h2>\n

And as tempting as it may be to fight fire with fire, to defend myself or explain or qualify, to return tit for tat, or even to just dismiss such perpetrators as unworthy of expending any time or attention even thinking about the offense, Jesus outlines how He wants me to respond.<\/p>\n

He calls me to…<\/p>\n