Luke 1:71: He saved us from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, sometimes it seems like you are not saving us from the hands of the enemy. I think of all the persecuted Christians. Or the people who died as martyrs. At the same time, however, Jesus also says in Matthew 10:28: “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.”

The real enemy are those who destroy our soul, our personality. And suddenly we notice that this can happen to us too, even if we are not being persecuted outwardly. The real enemy is where our trust in God is destroyed.

For this there is again the promise of Jesus in John 10:29: ” My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand”.

Lord, you save us from all the people who hate us and want to destroy us. And if we get in the position that people harass and persecute us, then you are there and help us when we trust in you. That is how the martyrs experienced it. This is what countless Christians who are persecuted today experience. In such situations you always give the strength to love people who are driven by hate, so that we can forgive them because they do not know what they are doing.

We want to ask you for this strength from you so that we can say: “He saved us from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us.”