Original Prayer

I would ask you to please pray for my friend Jon. I just met him this year in school and he's already my best friend. He claims he belives in Christ, but i kno that not only that makes you a Christian which he is not. We got into a converstation the other day about why bad things happen to people. In Matthew it says when you expierience hardship, treat it as if you were recieving disicpline. For we are God's children and what Father doesn't disipline his children. He doesn't understand that, and he's not making the very best choices in his life. He needs help, and when i try to help him, he closes up and hides from me. I care about him a lot, and he's always making remarks about how he's going to hell, and i don't want that for him. That scares me, but he doens't see the danger here. Please help me pray in asking God will open his eyes to the evil he's doing and the right path he needs to take.

Submitted by Lauren on 22 Jan 2004

Responses

Dear Lauren, as a father of three young childred (13,10 & 6 years old) I find it very difficult to convince them that every thing that I advise them is for them to lead a happy and content life. I have come to know that you cannot preach to the youth of today but only to lead them by example please read & share - proverb 4 vs18 "the path of the rightous is like like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day. But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble" As you can see this is one of the eternal questions. Be assured that God has given us all the answers in His Holy book "THE BIBLE" We all need to read & and take instruction from "the book of books" yours prayerfully Chris.

Submitted by christopher pender on 26 Jan 2004