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'''Imprecatory prayer''' is asking God for relief from hostile treatment at the hands of enemies. | '''Imprecatory prayer''' is asking God for relief from hostile treatment at the hands of enemies. | ||
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| + | I call on the dead. I call on the defeated, on the starved. The sold, the tortured, the executed, the robbed. Miners who have choked on the black lung. Women bled to death of abortions that were made illegal. Every black killed by police, national guard, mobs, and armies. Live in us! Give us your strength! Give us your counsel! Give us your rage to come at last into the light! | ||
==Controversy== | ==Controversy== | ||
Revision as of 21:26, May 21, 2010
Imprecatory prayer is asking God for relief from hostile treatment at the hands of enemies.
Example
I call on the dead. I call on the defeated, on the starved. The sold, the tortured, the executed, the robbed. Miners who have choked on the black lung. Women bled to death of abortions that were made illegal. Every black killed by police, national guard, mobs, and armies. Live in us! Give us your strength! Give us your counsel! Give us your rage to come at last into the light!
Controversy
Some people feel that imprecatory prayer isn't always Christian:
- A blogger writes, "some of them seem to go against Christian teaching (e.g. the psalmist asking God to smite his enemies in Psalm 69" [1]
Others say:
External links
- Expository Files - Jay Horsley