Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.Psalm 51:12
For those of you who may have a family member who once loved and followed Jesus and maybe now is lukewarm or worse yet, cold spiritually, there is really nothing you can do or say to ‘transform’ them. Circumstances happened, bad influences came in, wrong teaching and poof, your loved one has no desire for Jesus anymore, at least outwardly. All you can do is pray and keep quiet. Hard to do I know. It is heartbreaking to parents and grandparents alike.
The world we live in tries to teach God is not necessary. Self is on the throne. When a person has free time on Sunday why on Earth would they want to go to boring old church. “I hate church” some of them say. That is because their heart needs to be transformed and the fire needs to be relit. Perhaps a change of church homes from what they grew up in is necessary. Whatever, God continues to knock on the doors of their hearts and all they need to do is answer.
The more you don’t read the word, the further you grow from God. Maybe you know and were taught as a child but stuff happens and Satan used the opportunity to lie to you and draw you away. Don’t stop praying and believing for the spark and desire to return. Loving Jesus is way more than church and Sunday but those are pretty important to stay on His path.
PRAYER: Lord I pray for those persons who once loved you and were committed to you then something happened to blow out the spiritual fire. I pray for revival of souls that once thirsted for you and made you first. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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