Love Your Enemies

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 Love Your Enemies

In one micro group that I am in, using The Essential Commandment by Dr. Greg Ogden as the tool, we focused on Romans 12:20-21. 

"Instead, if your enemies are hungry, feed them. If they are thirsty, give them something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals of shame on their heads. Don't let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good."

 We meet on Zoom each month across more than 3000 miles. What always continues to amaze me after over 10 years of being in micro groups is the awareness of new concepts. Some of us researched the origin of "heaping burning coals of shame" and others brought up boundaries in Chapter 11.

Within 24 hours, two other resources I watched reinforced the principles, commands, and concepts we had reviewed. When God repeats, He gets my attention! Andy Stanley explains how some repay good for evil; others want revenge by repaying evil for evil; and yet others are remarkable by repaying good for evil.


Then Dr. Caroline Leaf interviewed someone to clarify boundaries of enemies and abuse further. Ashley Bendiksen is an expert in abuse prevention and personal development, national speaker, Top Youth Speaker, certified life empowerment coach, author, nonprofit founder, award-winning activist, and founder of the Blue Hearts Project. They discussed the wide-teaching impact of domestic violence, how Ashley uses her experiences to educate and help others, the warning signs of domestic violence, how to help someone who may be in an abusive relationship, the importance of teaching our children about healthy relationships, and so much more! She speaks in schools across the USA.


Knowledge builds on knowledge and we grow and change to become more like Christ because we cannot apply what we first do not know. God gives us the opportunities to apply His Word in practical ways!

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