[optimistically_conservative]

Jesus asked us to love our enemies and pray for those that use and persecute us. He and Steven provide examples of a prayer of forgiveness.

Matthew 5:44
Luke 6:28; 23:34
Acts 7:59-60

I can understand forgiving Saddam in prayer any wrong he has committed against you individually. I can understand a prayer that He will send a laborer of His work to Saddam.

Can you help me understand a prayer of intercession that He forgive Saddam's sins against others?

I can't find where I am charged to pray for Saddam's salvation.

[optimistically_conservative]

Steven -> Stephen

[PleaseNoMore]

My specific prayer for people like Hussein is that the Lord will place laborers in their paths and that the Holy Spirit will prick or soften their hearts and that they will receive the message of salvation.

God's will is that no man perish. His word says this. He sent His only begotten to be the sacrifice for all mankind. I believe that God's love is awesome enough that He could and would forgive Hussein and others like him. However, I am not excusing Hussein from man's judgement on this earth for his crimes so please, do not think that I am.