How I wish I were RICH and could hop on a plane and fly to DC to stand right beside Rev Graham. I will hold him up in prayer as we all pray for our nation and that the foundations of our nation, the ROCK our culture was formed upon.
Christ knows the future course for the wicked in their lost state and in His great mercy still told us to pray for them. It is the work of the Lord and He alone that I am in any way able to pray for my enemies. However, that prayer is for their repentance and to believe in Christ and that they might be exposed and humbled so they might see their need for Christ, not that the Lord prosper them in their state of wickedness.
Or perhaps he told us to love and pray for them that our hate not overwhelm or overcome us. Lest we have no witness being consumed by that hate. It is a governor on our hearts to remind us to do the near impossible to honor Him.
It is a great mystery of the Lord that He instructs us to do this and something I need a lot of work on. But, I in no way am to tolerate their wickedness and am instructed to expose the darkness in the light according to Ephesians 5:11.
The amazing grace of God is that he still desires they repent than to stay in their wicked state. He HATES them where they are at in it. But desires that no man perish but would receive Christ and His sacrifice for them. He ‘so loved the world’ to send His only Begotten Son for us but hates the wicked in their current condition. Now that is grace!
Psalm 5:5-12
5 The arrogant cannot stand in your presence;
you hate all who do wrong.
6 You destroy those who tell lies;
bloodthirsty and deceitful men
the LORD abhors.
7 But I, by your great mercy,
will come into your house;
in reverence will I bow down
toward your holy temple.
8 Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness
because of my enemies—
make straight your way before me.
9 Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;
their heart is filled with destruction.
Their throat is an open grave;
with their tongue they speak deceit.
10 Declare them guilty, O God!
Let their intrigues be their downfall.
Banish them for their many sins,
for they have rebelled against you.
11 But let all who take refuge in you be glad;
let them ever sing for joy.
Spread your protection over them,
that those who love your name may rejoice in you.
12 For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous;
you surround them with your favor as with a shield.