On my blogs, I'm asking if you'll all say a quick prayer for my neighbor, G. Because of all this coronavirus stuff, she's starting to see certain "end times signs" materialize, and it's making her wonder if the Bible might actually be true. She has been open to hearing about Jesus, and we were able to have some of the first conversations ever about faith and Jesus and the Bible, standing in our yards six feet apart, of course. And I gave her some books to read to help her understand better.
Pray that God continues to put the Gospel in her and her husband's (D.) path throughout the day and night, in various ways, that they can see and understand the truth of the Gospel and God's offer of forgiveness and eternal life through faith in Jesus and that it's the only way to be saved. Pray that God sends heavenly angels to keep evil from interfering so that they are not blinded by the enemy's lies and distractions. Pray that they sense God's presence and His overwhelming love for them, that they realize that He is really real and that He wants a relationship with them because He loves them. And pray that they understand that salvation doesn't "just happen" to us, that God doesn't make the decision for us, and that we don't get to heaven by accident or default or just for being a "good person." Pray that they realize - and soon - that they have to make the decision for themselves, that they have a responsibility to respond to God's calls, to believe and to have faith in Jesus, to reach out and accept the forgiveness and salvation He offers if they want eternal life. Thank you.
Pray that God continues to put the Gospel in her and her husband's (D.) path throughout the day and night, in various ways, that they can see and understand the truth of the Gospel and God's offer of forgiveness and eternal life through faith in Jesus and that it's the only way to be saved. Pray that God sends heavenly angels to keep evil from interfering so that they are not blinded by the enemy's lies and distractions. Pray that they sense God's presence and His overwhelming love for them, that they realize that He is really real and that He wants a relationship with them because He loves them. And pray that they understand that salvation doesn't "just happen" to us, that God doesn't make the decision for us, and that we don't get to heaven by accident or default or just for being a "good person." Pray that they realize - and soon - that they have to make the decision for themselves, that they have a responsibility to respond to God's calls, to believe and to have faith in Jesus, to reach out and accept the forgiveness and salvation He offers if they want eternal life. Thank you.
UPDATE (I forgot to update this earlier, so I'm doing it now in July of 2024): My neighbor gave her heart to the Lord sometime in the summer/fall of 2020. And since then, we (my neighbor, her Christian aunt, and I) have been meeting weekly for Bible study. My neighbor has shown an incredible desire to learn all she can and to try her best to accurately understand what the Bible says and to live it out, and she's been bold about sharing her new faith with others. It's been an honor to watch her grow in these early years of faith.
Her husband was much more resistant to faith and the gospel and has been rather angry about her new faith, but he is coming around slowly. She has recently been able to get him to go to church with the family, and he's been going willingly and even claims to believe what the Bible says and to believe that Jesus is real. Pray that the information makes it from his head into his heart, that he understands that he needs to make a conscious, deliberate decision to accept Jesus as his Lord and Savior, that he understands he cannot just coast into faith, and that he is protected from the Enemy's lies and distractions. Thank you.
