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But how do we pray when someone crushes, betrays, abandons, abuses, or robs us? Our gut screams for God's righteous wrath. It's human—even for believers. We Christians tsk-tsk vengeance from a safe distance. Yet quotes like Nietzsche's ring true: "It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge." Or ancient duty: "To exact revenge for yourself or your friends is not only a right, it's an absolute duty."

We know that we should not feel it. But to be honest, it would be a rare thing for a victim to not feel that desire at one point in time. Of course, the Bible condemns it:

"Vengeance is Mine" (Dt. 32:35).

"Do not say, 'I will recompense evil'; wait for the Lord" (Prov 20:22).

"Love your enemies… pray for those who persecute you" (Matt 5:44).

"Shall God not avenge His elect who cry day and night?" (Luke 18:7).

"Do not avenge yourselves… 'Vengeance is Mine'" (Rom 12:19).

And yet, to our shame, so many have found that it is easier said than done—in truth, all of us.

Our Top 10 Prayer #5 is not just an admonition that we shouldn’t feel vengeance, no, it is Jesus Himself pleading to His Father in Heaven that the Father would forgive those who were unjustly victimizing, abusing, violently dishonoring him to death.

Welcome to the Top 10 Prayers of the New Testament.

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