A wing and a prayer
or
the enemy
(this has to stop)
God lift me from the intolerable burden of my ignorance, arrogance, wilful blindness, bitterness and resentment
As I pray that others rise above the same faults and temptations
I watched Fox News release a message this week:
There are terrible things afoot under the surface of our society, and the perpetrators are coming for you
And coming for us
And then I watched the Democrats respond in panic and anger, saying:
There are terrible things afoot under the surface of our society, and the perpetrators are coming for you
And coming for us
Are there terrible things afoot, bubbling under the surface?
Is something coming for you?
And for us?
Ask yourself how true that is of yourself and your own life
Have you addressed all that?
Are you concerning yourself with the dust in your enemy's eyes, instead of attending to the filth that obscures your own sight?
Do we want accusation, suspicion, discord, derision and hatred?
Or the peace and prosperity and happiness that beckons to us at this moment like never before?
Who's the enemy here?
Is it the basket of deplorables?
Is it the freaks and the queers?
Is it the plumbers and carpenters and tradesmen and managers who work honestly and diligently during the day and the soldiers who stalwartly defend the borders and protect us?
Is it the artists and visionaries whose expressions of unbridled creativity entertain and rejuvenate us and who continually offer to us an unending panoply of technological miracle?
Is it the institutions that guide and protect us that so many lived and died to erect and establish which for all their faults have served us so well?
Do we want revenge or justice?
Do we want contempt or mercy?
Do we want war—or peace?
And what are you aiming at in your heart of hearts?
I see even the best of men degenerating into the exchange of blows.
I see even the best of men identifying the enemy in our neighbours and friends.
I see even the best of men falling prey to cowardice and self-righteous anger.
It needs to stop.
I need to stop.
You need to stop.
Before it's too late.
Who is the enemy here?
The snake in your heart?
The lies on your tongue?
The arrogance of your intellect?
The cowardice of our refusal to see?
The enemy is that which divides to sow discord.
The enemy is the pride and fear that stops us from lending a hand acoss the divide.
The enemy is the great and eternal adversary of mankind.
And if we demonize our brothers, our comrades-in-arms, do we not precisely call that dread spirit forth?
Have we not yet learned?
Courage
Trust
Truth
Love
Even unto your enemy.
Which is you.
God forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us
May what is highest guide our vision
May what is highest open our ears
May what is highest guide our tongues
And may we pray
Fearful of the hell we could so easily and carelessly create
Deliver us from evil
Shine a light into the corners of our dark hearts
For thine is the Kingdom
The Power and the Glory
For Ever and Ever
Amen
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Coming back to this prayer 4 years later, I feel like I'm hearing not one final desperate plea for redemption and harmony, but like I'm hearing a simple yet profound and final eulogy for America. I'm sorry, Dr. Peterson. But no, we have not acknowledged our own shortcomings and responsibilities. We have not forgiven each other and determinedly sought common ground. Instead, we have traded our words for swords, and our swords for that fire that swallows up and incinerates the best parts of us and dissipates, leaving behind two separate armies of corroding and identical crumbling husks completely overtaken by a tragically terminal entropy.
I do believe that you answered God's calling to you for as long as you could. We're all mortal. You are SoulFather to literally innumerable men, and even women. Go with God, sir.
@user-ue8nq4qy8k Says:
There is a indian quote of wisdom;🌹
" Never judge another human being before you have been at least three moths within their shoes.."
@user-ue8nq4qy8k Says:
I will give it more time and hold on. 🥰 If we could meet things would be different. I need to know if this is what he really wants.
I will give him the space he needs to grow. I will be there for him❤
@94jpmcc Says:
"When people stop talking, that's when you get violence". May we not forget Charlie Kirk.
@TomHutchcraft Says:
Oh how you changed
@jjosborne1982 Says:
I hope this is not heretical, and I don't mean to offend anyone, but I feel like you are a modern day Paul. Thank you Jordan for striving for the good and not the evil.
@melvin.makepeace Says:
Amen, Jordan Peterson
@martinmansson5067 Says:
As true as i can se.
And what i se differ.
But true over and over again i se it.
@stevestiles811 Says:
You know, I was perusing the comments here (I should really know better rofl) but JP really DOES have the best fans by comment quality alone 😅😁
@prairie700 Says:
Dr peterson. Thank you for this..
Thank you for telling the truth we were not humble ennuf to admit to ourself.
You remind me a lot of my father in a way . Boy was he right all along. I now understand a lot of things i did not back than. Thank you for that gift
@francesrosa2043 Says:
Thank you for truth. May the Lord use you mightily to point us back to Him!!
@Youtubeghostart Says:
HELLO MR JORDAN
THANKU SIR
S
@MistaTea247 Says:
He talks but he doesn’t pray with us. Logic is to the ego as the spirit is unto God.
@xodusgraphicdesigns3384 Says:
When you say do we want war or peace. I struggle to know which is better. At surface level peace is what everyone wants but evidently many people choose war. Is peace objectively better or is it relative ?
@Tawadeb Says:
Powerful. Thanks and blessings
@samgreen1933 Says:
I read this at my Grandads funeral 2 years ago, while recovering from a recently absent father and a broken partnership. Dr Peterson helped through the darkness and into the light and has maintained an inspiration and powerful role model for me in life and will hopefully influence those I love and care about around me.
@srgfam2305 Says:
I saw this 2 or 3 years ago... AND I've pondered who do i believe? Who is the enemy here?... what are you aiming at in your heart of hearts.... one simple name.... JESUS... He is our truth,our way.... our LIFE... i hate whats going on across the globe, but I trust your will, your way and your life over my own..... come soon Lord Jesus 🙏
@JerryMcFlufferstein Says:
♥ I do not forget this question Jordan. I have found the enemy. It cost me a lot. May we meet the Saviour instead.
@gmarounf7472 Says:
Should send this to Israel. Well said, sir. I know God brings those with open ears and hearts to Him. For those that practice morality and who make peace and search for truth draw near to God with their hearts, and God draws near to them.
@wesleyclark2873 Says:
Iam glad I met him they will be talking about this great man 100yrs from now
@Tzoulio-o7s Says:
I keep coming back to this and I cry when I hear you say for thine is the kingdom. Hope will never die. I love you.
@CarlaHeinrichs-y9h Says:
I keep coming back to this. You are speaking directly to me. Lord, hear our prayer!
@jdjddmcmcd1354 Says:
thank you jordan peterson!
@JohnSaber Says:
It is done. I have the enemy and all the answers.
I will keep them for myself and the poor in Spirit because theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
@guiseppe_1 Says:
Is Jordan Peterson a Christian?
@dylandell2799 Says:
Amen.
@wesleyclark2873 Says:
Evebody says he crystal alought yes he helps so many want to live he has saved my life
@brew167 Says:
I come back to this time and time again over the years
@carolinecunha7520 Says:
Thank you, Jordan, for helping me in my pursuit of recovering my faith. My deepest gratitude.
@PaladinK Says:
Thank you, friend. God bless all who he has chosen. He did not give me to Satan. I am HIS.
@barbbeulah7139 Says:
Love you jordan Peterson, father to this age, called, anointed and appointed by the most high, and I thank you for sharing your heart ❤
@Cheryeleah Says:
I am 29 from South Africa 🇿🇦 thank you for your inspiration. Don't ever listen to anyone who tries to shut you down. Your light makes their darkness uncomfortable. Bless you Jordan
@Publius-24 Says:
Saint Matthew 19:26
Jesus looked at them and said, “For human beings this is impossible, but for God all things are possible.”
@truthmatters3264 Says:
An inspired message... We must remember that the ultimate strategy of "the enemy is divide and conquer," and his promise will be unity See the book of Revelation. We need only see the history of the church to see Lucifer at work. The council of Ephesus, the great schism, the reformation... Jesus preached one body, He will return for one bride... by selecting a church that preaches what we find comfortable, we have perverted our Messiah's teachings... I applaud you, Mr. Jordan, for speaking plainly... God hates sin, not the sinner. We need to realize if he hated the sinner, then John 3 : 16 ceases to be valid because "none are good but God." Jesus said that when the rich man called him good rabbi. If God hated the sinner, then he would not have sent Jesus, who was sinless and better than any of us. We have the heart of Satan and do his work when we preach hate. Remember, the best way for Satan to keep control is to whisper in the ears of players on both sides of the field... Republican and Democrat, Roman catholic and protestant, Jew and christian... keep them divided to conquer them.
@Peteaxl Says:
Amen
@Mightyducks45 Says:
He’s so genuine I love you Jp ❤
@onebeingeverybody Says:
perhaps the most underappreciated and increasingly important essays of the modern era.
continue to keep watch and speak of what you see, please.
More of us are listening. god willing, we'll listen soon enough.
@danielricardobarrero5045 Says:
Dear professor Peterson, may God bless you, I will pray for your faith. It is the only thing that matters. To me, the best news is that the Good we seek isn't ours, but a gift from God. Thank you also for your great intellectual work, I wish you the best.
@DonArsuk84 Says:
Lol
@Hermus Says:
I don't know if Jordan reads any of these comments, but if you read this one Jordan, please take a long hard look at yourself and your recent tweets and ask yourself if you are living up to the message you presented in this video.
I pray you turn away from your current path and come back to us again with the message you presented in this video.
@gregorybyrne2453 Says:
Predicting the future is no harder than looking at what happened the last time magnetic north was at 24 degrees east declination increasing towards 24.5 degrees 13,000 years ago at the vernal Autumnal Equinoxes.
@VeganBeerMonster Says:
I used to think JP was smart, but now after climate change denialism, praising of Putin and Trump, absolutely ridiculous comments about veganism I have changed my mind. This video proves that if ever he was smart and benevolant, that time is long gone. He is a harmful human being who prefers to worship evil imaginary gods to spreading kindness and sympathy in the world.
@frankiep.5827 Says:
When Jordan Peterson cries openly in the middle of interviews, about the beauty of a seemingly regular occurrence should tell ppl everything they need to know about his character. I tear up😢 just thinking about how immense his contribution to this world is🙏🏼
@hannannah1uk Says:
Jesus Christ's two commandments.
"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." All the (Jewish)
Law hangs on these.
Many people forget the first: to love God, though he said it was the most important. Many people focus on the second, to love people near you as you love yourself. Without loving God first, foolish people can make the error that Jesus was a socialist, when he was God on Earth teaching us the laws of life. ✝️
@pple_ Says:
주님의 은혜가 모두에게 있기를
@ferd8637 Says:
I feel like there's a coded message here somewhere.
@하나님이보우하사-486 Says:
Hallelujah from South Korea! Bless you and your family:)
@wesleyclark634 Says:
Keep up the good work I pray for u mr.peterson and family truly u helped open my eyes to a future
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