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Post by fs on Feb 20, 2009 21:53:24 GMT -5
I am going to take a different stance from others here and would like to see people start a prayer chain for Burning Now. I suggest others join me and hope this man/woman.whatever (are we really sure), comes to Know Christ.
Burning obviously has major issues beyond that of your average Christian hater and there has to be some deep seeded reason for it. We may not know, but Jesus does.
The Bible instructs us to do good for them that hate us. let us heap some burning coals on his head, to make a pun.
The Bible also have cases of demonic possession, but I think this is way overused in modern times (should I really get into people like Bob Larson?). However, there could clearly be real case of demonic possession today and I really wonder if this man.woman whatever actually is possessed somehow.
WE need to put this visitor to the page in our prayers and at the top of the list.
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Post by versesunjust on Feb 20, 2009 22:18:16 GMT -5
I've already been praying for that lost poor soul. I hope that one day the light of the Lord will reach him and show him the way back into salvation. Was he possessed by Satan? I really hope not. He may be lost forever and is doomed to end up in Hell.
Let us pray extra hard that he sees the error of his ways and comes back to the Lord.
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Post by fs on Feb 21, 2009 8:17:58 GMT -5
Only one other prayer? Who else here will join us?
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Post by boldforchrist on Feb 21, 2009 10:02:56 GMT -5
I can tell you that I have been praying for burning since this all started, I also believe that even the most hard core atheist can have a revelation and be converted. I myself was agnostic for years. The Holy Spirit came over me one night when I least expected it and I fell on my face in worship right then. So I know it can happen.
I also want to say that in my case, I was never witnessed to prior to this, maybe years ago as a child, but not in my adult years. I often think that if someone would have shared the gospel with me earlier on in my life, that I might have been converted earlier in life and could have been serving Him longer.
This is why it is so important for all of us to be a witness for Christ. There will always be people like burning who will reject the Good News, but we need to tell them about Christ and move on to someone else and leave that person in the hands of the Holy Spirit.
fs rebuked me for not helping this person, but as someone who witnesses daily and preaches the word every where I get the chance, I have to tell you, people like her are becoming more and more common and the more we stand by and let them use hateful speech against Christ, the worse it will become.
I think we are truly in the last days before the second coming of Christ, why else are so many people being called to preach the gospel? I believe this rise of new preachers and witnesses is a sign of the coming of our Lord.
We are expected to make ready the people, the time we have to do this is running very low. I have seen people I have known for years come to Christ. These people were the last you would think to ever be converted and they are now serving Him and sharing the gospel with others.
We should understand that the more laborers Christ sends to the harvest, the more laborers of his own Satan will send in their way to be stumbling blocks.
Please do not let these sheep of Satan trip you up! We have a much better Shepard in Jesus Christ. Witness to them, share the "Good News" with them, but do not get sidetracked by them.
Preach The Word!!! Sorry for going on like this. You guys are great and I love and pray for you all in your service to Our King!
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Post by fs on Feb 21, 2009 10:34:24 GMT -5
Glad to have you join us. There is a reason for everything and there is obviously a reason this guy/girl/whatever came here with such hatred. I am to saying kill him/her/it with kindliness either, but an angry or indignant reaction was precisely what this Burning was begging for and he/she./it was getting it
Rather than engage in debate and argument with this type it drives them nuts to tell them God bless you and to pray for them in secret or aloud.
It is not in the Bible but a saying by someone. Barnum maybe? "You can't win them all!"
True, but should we not at least try?
How many of us would have never been saved if someone had not one the extra mile?
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Post by fs on Feb 28, 2009 12:59:50 GMT -5
This girl (if really a girl ) is still on my mind. I hope she comes back sometime with more of an open heart and less of an axe to grind . There is reason for everything and there had to be a reason for all this hostility.
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Post by fs on Feb 28, 2009 13:01:41 GMT -5
I also think in her logic she sees being banned as a victory because she thinks she has gotten to us so badly we cant handle it.
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