July 6, 2026
Power to Love Enemies
Following Jesus means to live a life in which we start loving one another with God’s original love and not with the needy wounded love that harms others. Original love is a love that has the power to love enemies as well as friends. It is a divine love that makes us “sons and daughters of the Most High, who is kind to the grateful and the wicked…. who causes the sun to rise on bad people as well as the good, and the rain to fall on honest and dishonest people” (Matthew 5:45).
You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
- Matthew 5: 43 - 45
Reflection Question: How can you discern the difference between loving others with a needy wounded love and loving them with God’s original love?
