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Quoting William Law, Bercot says praying for someone “will have a mighty effect upon your own heart,” even producing love and fitting you “for…everything that is kind and civil.” Who is the person (or type of person) you least want to pray for, and what might God be trying to change in you by commanding intercession anyway?

Another way to ask: Who do you least want to pray for, and why? If God still tells you to pray for them, what might He be trying to change in your heart?

Direct Answer The transcript doesn’t name a specific person you should choose, but it teaches that praying for someone you resist is one of God’s tools to change your heart toward love and kindness. God may be aiming to replace bitterness or coldness with sincere goodwill by repeatedly bringing that person into your prayers.

Support from Transcript:

Bercot quotes William Law on inward change: intercession “will have a mighty effect upon your own heart.”
Law says it “will dispose you to every other good duty…toward such persons that you may have so often been praying about.”
The quote directly links prayer and love: “there is nothing that makes us love a person so much as praying for them.”
It describes practical fruit, not just feelings: it fits you for “everything that is kind and civil towards him.”
Bercot frames intercession broadly: pray for “neighbors, co-workers, and other people with whom we interact,” not only people we naturally like.

Discussion Follow-ups If you avoid praying for someone, what does that avoidance protect in you—pride, anger, self-pity? How might consistent intercession prepare you to act “kind and civil” in concrete ways?

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