Love Your Enemy
Finding Redemption through Jesus’ Greatest Commandment
12-Lesson Class with Marcus Young
We are living in one of the most significant seasons of global change in the past 75 years.
Powers are shifting and colliding. The sins of nations have matured and are bearing fruit.
Economic and political pressures, along with violent surges of racial and identity conflict have torn the fabric of society, leaving the spiritual destiny of entire nations hanging in the balance.
Like many people, you may…
- Be frustrated with the hate, rage, and vitriol spewing from the media, marching in the streets, and spilling over into everyday conversation with your friends, neighbors, family, and even your church.
- Feel powerless in the face of the tsunami of persecution and anti-Christ agendas being unleashed against Christians and liberty at home and abroad.
- Struggle to quell your emotions and discern how to respond to your enemies, especially those who seem too difficult, or too evil to love.
Now, more than ever, we need to be equipped with God’s divine strategy and authority to bring His order and Shalom into the earthly realm.
The stakes are high and the battle formidable. It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the enormity of the issues and wonder what, if anything, you can really do!
God is inviting you to discover one of the most powerful weapons in His arsenal—Loving Your Enemies!
Loving your enemies is not a feel-good, pie-in-the-sky, sugar-coated ideal that glosses over evil and the gross injustices of this world. It is time-tested, commanded by Jesus, modeled by Him at the cross, and passed down through the ages by radical obedience and fearless faith.
In fact, Love Your Enemy training could possibly be the toughest test your faith will ever endure.
You are on planet earth during this challenging time by divine design—this is the key you need to prevail in this hour!
In this course, you will not only learn what Scripture reveals about this powerful strategy of heaven but see how this profound weapon has dismantled the enemy’s domain in some of the darkest corners of the earth.
Marcus Young has lived this message in the mission field, working with the lowest of the low—drug cartel lords, guerilla warfare insurgents, sex-traffickers, and more—and has seen it bring about Kingdom transformation and regional awakening that has set captives free.
If you are up to the challenge to accept God’s invitation to ferociously loves like He does, you won’t want to miss this course!
In this class you will learn...
Class Lessons
Overview of the Love Your Enemies 12-Lesson Class
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Love Your Enemies class
Lesson 1: A Revival of Loving Your Enemies Is Coming
Our world is going crazy. If you say the wrong thing, you offend someone (or get censored on social media)! Enemies are popping up everywhere. As a Christ-follower, how do you navigate this challenging season? In this lesson, you will gain fresh perspective on who your enemies really are, how God views enemies, and what that means for you. You will discover a New Testament lens for the season we are currently in and see that love for your enemies is a fantastic part of God’s grand harvest plan.
Preview: Lesson 1
Lesson 2: Jesus Saw Enemies as Strategic Opportunities
Think about your first response to a threat. Put up the barriers, go on defense, or run away… Right? In this lesson, you’ll discover a different response. Jesus didn’t see enemies as a threat. He recognized His enemies as strategic opportunities that were essential for His destiny. It can hurt to love enemies, but there is always a divine redemptive plan… Jesus had an enemy in His inner circle. God had an accuser (Satan) in His court. In this lesson, you will learn to see things from a higher perspective and align your heart with divine strategies that supersede demonic ones.
Preview: Lesson 2
Lesson 3: God Encounters in Paradox
The paradox of loving someone who has done something hateful to you is a paradigm-shifting encounter. When you choose to align in obedience with heaven rather than your natural response, you tap into a surge of the Holy Spirit’s power. That’s what turns something as crazy as loving your enemy into a super-charged, divine weapon! In this lesson, you will examine Jesus’ use of paradox as an avenue of encountering the Holy Spirit. You will also consider how the Holy Spirit wants to work with the gift of skin color and culture to help you partner with God’s heart for people who are different than you, even in cultures that are fallen and embrace evil practices.
Preview: Lesson 3
Lesson 4: Viewing Your Enemy with Prophetic Purity
In this lesson, you will begin to enter the deeper waters. After considering why God wisely gives us scriptural instructions regarding enemies, you will be challenged to take the specific action of prayer for your enemies. You will be taught to use Philippians 4:8 as a sieve to purify your prophetic perception of your enemy so you are able to pray from the Father’s heart without hindrance.
Preview: Lesson 4
Lesson 6: Forgiving Like You Are God
The Church carries the authority to forgive like no other people on earth. In this lesson, you will explore the power of forgiveness in the cross and look at the subsequent apostolic commission Jesus gave to walk in forgiveness. You will learn how the amazing, beautiful forgiveness won at the Cross is key to moving in the fullness of the Holy Spirit’s power today.
Lesson 7: The Power to Bless or Curse–Which Do You Choose?
What would it look like if you had the Midas touch, and could turn everything you touch into a blessing? In a sense, you do—God has delegated to you the power to bless. Once you have a revelation of the incredible power of blessing, it will change the way you think and how you approach others. This lesson will teach you to appropriate the power of blessing to realize God’s dreams over your life, even with your enemies! One of Jesus’ potent commands is to bless your enemies and this command comes with great blessing! You will also learn to recognize curses, uproot their operation in your family line, and rightly steward the power of your words.
Lesson 8: When Anger Brings You Justice (and When it Doesn’t)
Anger over injustice is not wrong, but it should not be greater than your love. In this lesson, you will learn about God’s anger and about your own. You will discover when your anger works, when it doesn’t, and what to do with anger so you posture yourself in alignment with love. You will also peer into the ways of God regarding revenge and how to rightly bring forth justice.
Lesson 9: Are You Overcoming Evil from God’s Image?
Overcoming is part of God’s gift to you as His child. In this lesson, you will understand how to overcome evil. You will also learn the reward God has hidden for you when you win over your enemies. This teaching will show you how to use the image of God as warfare. You will discover how to endure hardship and become a dynamic overcomer in your daily experience of God.
Lesson 10: Laughing at Your Enemies Like a Sheep Among Wolves
It’s time to step into God’s brave heart. The challenge may be great, but there is Someone greater within you! In this lesson, you will reflect on a mystery—God’s unstoppable plan at work in you. You will learn to laugh and be glorious in the midst of your enemies. You were made for this day!
Lesson 11: How Honoring Your Enemies Elevates Your Influence
In this lesson, you will consider the lavish value a lifestyle of honor brings and how you can apply this to those who have done or are doing you great harm. You will learn how to posture yourself in honor and position yourself for advancement, expanding your influence even in very difficult situations!
Lesson 12: Relax, God Has This!
Loving your enemies can be difficult spiritual territory. In this final lesson, you will examine the two essential elements that will keep you focused and bring you into victory: 1) Loving enemies is God’s work. You will learn how to rest in His finished work and have faith for great miracles available in enemy territory. 2) You will dig into Psalm 23 and uncover the persistent goodness and revelation that come when you accept the glorious adventure of loving your enemy.
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Marcus
Marcus Young
INfire
Biography
Marcus Young comes from a tradition of 125 years of missions’ history in Southeast Asia. His work through INfire includes developing a mission to one of the largest drug cartels and pioneering the first child-soldier rescue efforts in Myanmar.
He is passionate about building strategies from biblical paradigms and mobilizing God’s people to live the counter-intuitive approach of “loving your enemies.” Marcus believes loving your enemies is an essential foundation for the next major awaking of the Church.
This unique approach has equipped his ministry to expand the kingdom through reconciliatory acts of service to the “worst of these” like drug lords and rebel army leaders. It has also empowered the “least of these”—like child combatants and their communities trapped in conflict zones.
Marcus has 27 years of professional experience working in challenging regions. He holds a master’s degree in organizational leadership and is a certified business consultant. He lives with his wife and family in Franklin, TN, when not traveling internationally.
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