Snorkeling
My daughters on their snorkels at the Ancient Thermal
pool ( Turkey ) .
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I don't push my Christian beliefs to family members. The more I push the idea of God to them, the more I get the opposite reaction , they'll keep a distance , even run away from even the slightest chance to believing . So the best way is to leave it to Lord's time, keep them in the intercessions , standing for them before the Lord praying not one should perish . We just take the role as the sower ( Parable of the sower ) and let God take care of the seeds we've sown . We can't save our friends / family members and make them accept Christ on the spot as we share the gospel. It doesn't always work that way . That to some Christians, they get crazy if the family member refused and sometimes get argumentative. I was one of those, and that was when I was young in faith. Scaring them about hell, end time topics which to my understanding wouldn't work unless God open their spiritual eyes. Instead, it may end up as subject of ridicule to the ones of less understanding. Only God the father can draw people in to Christ according to His will and timing. We just have to do the work according to our calling.
John 6:37
"All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out."
What comes to mind was the testimony of near death experience of Ian Mac Cormack, a former Atheist. His mother stood for him in her prayers that on his tragic moments facing death, he was given a chance to received Jesus and repent. He died and seen hell, but Jesus took him from the pits of hell to heavenly realm.
Myself haven't seen the real heaven either, but every miracle I have experienced and the impossible made possible by God's intervention are levels of heaven to me . Therefore His word assuring us of heaven and eternal glory must be reserve at the end awaiting for everyone that loves the Lord.
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Snorkeling
My daughters on their snorkels at the Ancient Thermal
pool ( Turkey ) .
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I don't push my Christian beliefs to family members. The more I push the idea of God to them, the more I get the opposite reaction , they'll keep a distance , even run away from even the slightest chance to believing . So the best way is to leave it to Lord's time, keep them in the intercessions , standing for them before the Lord praying not one should perish . We just take the role as the sower ( Parable of the sower ) and let God take care of the seeds we've sown . We can't save our friends / family members and make them accept Christ on the spot as we share the gospel. It doesn't always work that way . That to some Christians, they get crazy if the family member refused and sometimes get argumentative. I was one of those, and that was when I was young in faith. Scaring them about hell, end time topics which to my understanding wouldn't work unless God open their spiritual eyes. Instead, it may end up as subject of ridicule to the ones of less understanding. Only God the father can draw people in to Christ according to His will and timing. We just have to do the work according to our calling.
John 6:37
"All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out."
What comes to mind was the testimony of near death experience of Ian Mac Cormack, a former Atheist. His mother stood for him in her prayers that on his tragic moments facing death, he was given a chance to received Jesus and repent. He died and seen hell, but Jesus took him from the pits of hell to heavenly realm.
Myself haven't seen the real heaven either, but every miracle I have experienced and the impossible made possible by God's intervention are levels of heaven to me . Therefore His word assuring us of heaven and eternal glory must be reserve at the end awaiting for everyone that loves the Lord.
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