12/4/2021 Advent is a time to prepare to come closer to the Christ Child we will bow before as we come to the manger. Before then prepare for this time by at least praying for your enemies. During the Civil War there was a massive attempt to get Bibles and Prayer Books to soldiers. Here is an amazing excerpt.

A PRAYER FOR OUR ENEMIES.

O GOD, we beseech You, forgive and pardon our enemies, and give us that measure of Your grace, that for their hatred we may love them; for their cursing we may bless them; for their injury we may do them good; and for their persecution we may pray for them. They have laid a net for our steps, and they have dug a pit before us; Lord, we desire not that they themselves should fall into these, but we pray You would keep us out of them, and deliver, establish, bless and prosper us for Your mercy's sake in Jesus Christ our Savior, to whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit, we desire to consecrate ourselves and our country, now and forever, imploring You to be our GOD, and to make us Your people. Amen.

From the Confederate Soldier’s pocket prayer guide (Updated)