In my family, I am the only one who believe in God, receive salvation and ask him to be center of my life. My father and mother are worshiper of idols, and they kept on finding idols in streets, talking idly and refuse to believe God when I spoke to them. My relatives are also worshiper of idols, my uncles and aunts, a numerous of people, even my cousins, they followed what their parents do, in Jesus name I pray that they might leave what they are committing, purify themselves and believe in Lord.
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[__ Prayer __] Help my family come to God
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Hi JiJi and welcome to CF.net. It's so good to have you join us. Your prayer life, and your witness both in word and walk with the Lord will have an effect on them. As the first believer in your family God is using you, and will continue to as long as you allow Him as His messenger to them. Be patient and wait on the Him to change their hearts.
Dear Father, You hear the plea of this dear saint seeking truth to be given to his family. Please guide him in Your word to know the course to take with each of them as You give him opportunity. Have Your will be done and bless him as he takes what is Yours and gives it to them. Show him how to sow the seed, expect others to water it, and wait on You to give the increase. Please bless him as You send him in the precious name of Jesus. Amen.
Dear Father, You hear the plea of this dear saint seeking truth to be given to his family. Please guide him in Your word to know the course to take with each of them as You give him opportunity. Have Your will be done and bless him as he takes what is Yours and gives it to them. Show him how to sow the seed, expect others to water it, and wait on You to give the increase. Please bless him as You send him in the precious name of Jesus. Amen.
Thank you for your prayer. I feel encouraged and supported as one body in Christ.
Should I warn them of their disgusting actions? God do give punishment to the neighboring nations as mentioned in Isaiah because of their idol worships and unrighteousness.
How should I warn them to leave their sins, as they are non-Christians, and was dull to God's teaching and unrespectable to God Almighty. May people encourage me and show me verse for what I have to say. I try to advice them, but they in their stubbornness show rejection and anger to me. And how and what courage I should hold to take another step?
Should I warn them of their disgusting actions? God do give punishment to the neighboring nations as mentioned in Isaiah because of their idol worships and unrighteousness.
How should I warn them to leave their sins, as they are non-Christians, and was dull to God's teaching and unrespectable to God Almighty. May people encourage me and show me verse for what I have to say. I try to advice them, but they in their stubbornness show rejection and anger to me. And how and what courage I should hold to take another step?
. For sure you are 'light' in your family and the good Lord will help you. CF.net will pray for your family.I personally wouldn't judge them for what would they understand of righteousness until they are born of God. They will notice your lifestyle changes a whole lot more than what you will tell them. As Classic said you are a light of God to them.
Continually go to God in prayer for their sake, study your bible so that you know what it says, and be ready to give an answer when it is the time God sends them to you for an answer for your faith. If you are able, especially memorize scripture like John 3:16, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 10:9-10 as pertaining to salvation. Learn how that Jesus is God, know the meaning of sin, and Romans 3:23 showing that all have sinned, etc. You know what brought you to believe, and those things will help them; just allow God to do the work in them you are asking Him to do,
God bless you in Jesus' name.
I personally wouldn't judge them for what would they understand of righteousness until they are born of God. They will notice your lifestyle changes a whole lot more than what you will tell them. As Classic said you are a light of God to them.
Continually go to God in prayer for their sake, study your bible so that you know what it says, and be ready to give an answer when it is the time God sends them to you for an answer for your faith. If you are able, especially memorize scripture like John 3:16, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 10:9-10 as pertaining to salvation. Learn how that Jesus is God, know the meaning of sin, and Romans 3:23 showing that all have sinned, etc. You know what brought you to believe, and those things will help them; just allow God to do the work in them you are asking Him to do,
God bless you in Jesus' name.
I am fear to speak forward of my circumstances but I now trying to.
I cry for Father when I was in church. I am sad everyday since the time Father says that I would need to be tested, and it is around three months (starting from the very end of November).
It was like that:
1) Firstly I were informed that how my future, (I was a Christian for two years and still fresh in dealing with sin) and I was led astray by the desires of this life but God keep me back on the right after I fell into several temptations connected to the desires that caught me to sin.
2) After that, I was tested again, also about my future. Again, I was led astray by sin, and I feel the anger and certain refusal to keep on, but I am too young in faith to reject it. It keeps me on until some time, Father again inform me that I should not be tempted, and immediately I know that I was at the wrong.
3) Because I need Father really much, I kept myself in my room daily for prayers, and others reading bible. They weren't use to my lifestyle, and try to convince me to live how they are. Firstly, Father let me experience his teaching, told me not to worry and keep in heart so much about the worries and work of this life, instead encourage me to be active in connection to bible. These days, I have make up my mind not to being tempted, learn to free myself from the trick of temptations, and leave myself with prayers and bible, and I am able to do it, I thank Father for the help, may His name be praise.
4) But on the other side, Satan keep his work on me during my prayers, bible reading, I always get discouraged, and feeling lifeless but thank God after speaking in this community, peace be with me. My parents had not allowed me to attend church for prayer session, and even worship service. I always felt discouraged at first, but now I see these community as my very fellowships in the body of Christ. And my soul turn in joy again, before that I was discouraged because of my attitude (acting cowardly and resist to speak of) and fear that my English wouldn't help. And I am shy to speak that I am weak, sometimes need more encouragement for prayers when I am discouraged by Satan, sometimes need more conversations to share about standing more firmly in Christ. I still have two months to go, hopefully by the community, I could help myself in my faith, and be strengthen, in Jesus name I pray.
5) At first, I feel very hard to cope with. Because before and after the test seems quite far for me. At first, I still remember when I was firstly connected to Father, (I were hide with sins yet God does not exposed it to my conscience, only after by daily growing in Christ I came to understanding of holding my faith), Father show me the book with every pages whenever it flipped it came out full of wisdom; and after that I was seriously tempted, following the streams of lies that it caught me so much after I aware and come back to Father's side. There's periods and not once, every time when my faith is with me, I weep bitterly, sometimes talk to Father in such ways of complaints because I already cannot hold myself thinking positively. I know that I am sinning too before the test, but before it wasn't so discouraged by Satan and I feel peace is with me, I still remember there's voices inform I have to go through some test but after that God will bring me back to faith, that time I were fear and reject to believe, but after that I really faced the test (it gone so horribly and until the test end and Father restore my faith then I only remember what He told me was true). Yet this time (test has not finished) although it was harder but Father help me to reveal the sin (hatred), teach me the way to live more accordingly to his standard, and what doubted me was the discouragement that Satan work on me, sometimes when I were unbearable I would cry to Father in sort of complaints, I wonder anyone if time by time being disturbed by his flow of lies, hatred, evil thoughts and become discouraged, what would help them with it? Times by times I read the bible, I didn't get inspired (if there is, maybe it was my doubts that caught me to fear of listening, as I was so weak on my faith that I only able to differentiate the source of voice with the feelings) and discouraged, sometimes the work of Satan like painful thorns in my body come unreasonably in my understanding, that's how when I always end up lost, sometimes when I am in prayer, the sleepiness or flow of lies start pouring on me and although I pray fervently it keeps on obstructing my faith to be strengthen, to believe, and sometimes I have my prayer long without answered, the discouragement from Satan keeps on attacking me, leaving me a hard days of holding my faith firm. Sometimes, I cry to Father what I had learn through test, I feel that I keep on failed when Satan's work struck me heavily, keeping myself in the life of sin yet I am encouraged when Father says I learn, and come more close to Him after what I have faced.
Thank you very much for your concern for me. God bless you in Jesus name, may happiness in Lord always be with you.
I will start first by saying that when you received Jesus as your Savior you became born of God and forever are His child, and the fight with conscience does not begin until then. While being of the world you had no real thought of pleasing God.
1 John 4:19 "We love him, because he first loved us." It is our failures that produce the sorrow you feel such as you ask about below.
Romans 7:15 "For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I."
Romans 7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Romans 7:21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
Continue growing in grace and knowledge of God's word (2 Peter 3:18) and as you do your faith will increase. (Romans 10:17) You will have victories as you learn more of God.
1 John 4:19 "We love him, because he first loved us." It is our failures that produce the sorrow you feel such as you ask about below.
In Romans Chapter Seven below the Apostle Paul has such a problem with sin as you describe and starts Romans Chapter Eight with the word "Therefore," and that is looking back at everything he had just said in Chapter Seven; "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus."JiJi said:
Romans 7:15 "For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I."
Romans 7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Romans 7:21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
Continue growing in grace and knowledge of God's word (2 Peter 3:18) and as you do your faith will increase. (Romans 10:17) You will have victories as you learn more of God.
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Thank you!
My mind soon realized when come to:
Romans 7:24 What a unhappy man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is taking me to death?
This is what I fear.
Romans 7:25 Thanks be to God, who does this through our Lord Jesus Christ!
When I read the bible last few days, my soul did not reach to learn and understand the scriptures, I am caught with much fear when came to:
Luke 19:26 'I tell you,' he replied, 'that to those who have something, even more will be given; but those who have nothing, even the little that they have will be taken away from them.
But now thanks to God for community's prayer and thanks for posting Romans 10:17, it gives me more encouragement to keep on. God bless!
My mind soon realized when come to:
Romans 7:24 What a unhappy man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is taking me to death?
This is what I fear.
Romans 7:25 Thanks be to God, who does this through our Lord Jesus Christ!
When I read the bible last few days, my soul did not reach to learn and understand the scriptures, I am caught with much fear when came to:
Luke 19:26 'I tell you,' he replied, 'that to those who have something, even more will be given; but those who have nothing, even the little that they have will be taken away from them.
But now thanks to God for community's prayer and thanks for posting Romans 10:17, it gives me more encouragement to keep on. God bless!
Good morning JiJi from where I am. I will give you the link to a pamphlet I wrote titled "Salvation with Security" that will lead you to the needed assurance you seek with God. It is in two parts; the first part followed by the second part continued on the first reply. Be sure to start with part one. God bless you in Jesus' name.
Salvation with Security - Part One
http://www.christianforums.net/showthread.php?t=45800&p=700699&viewfull=1#post700699
Salvation with Security - Part Two
http://www.christianforums.net/showthread.php?t=45800&p=700700&viewfull=1#post700700
Salvation with Security - Part One
http://www.christianforums.net/showthread.php?t=45800&p=700699&viewfull=1#post700699
Salvation with Security - Part Two
http://www.christianforums.net/showthread.php?t=45800&p=700700&viewfull=1#post700700
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Praise God! Thanks for so much encouragement you're given me. I always get discouraged I am supporting myself alone whenever their godless attitude troubled and brought sorrow to my heart. I still firstly remember this very first half of the year, Holy Spirit poured and filled me with tenderness and gladness of believing, and after few days, Jesus presence came very strongly to me and says His promises that my mother and father would believe, and then left. After that, I asked what about my brother, but there was no answer. Father at the end of November says that He would use my weakness to preach the gospel to my uncle whose one leg was lost in surgery, for His glory. That day I did ask for prayers for him and he did let me to, I hold his hands and pray for him in a very short prayer. Father said by this the gospel will be preached to my other relatives that live in the house. I am waiting for it to happen. In Jesus name may God glorify His name plentifully, Amen.