Pray for the Lost to be Saved

Matt 24:3-8

3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

The signs of Jesus' coming and the end of the world  are being played out right before our very eyes.

Nations are against nations.  Russia and Iran are against America.   North  Korea is against America and her allies.  The lists goes on.

Kingdoms  are agsinst kingdoms.    For example,  the blacks are against the whites, ISIS is against anyone who they consider infidels, and etc..

Civil wars and wars among the nations are taking place in various area of our country and the world, rumors of war are floating around.  Eventually this will culminate in WWIII.

Pestilences, famnes, and earthquakes are happening in various places arond the world.

 America has not experienced these sorrows as much as many places in the world have but soon that will end.  One day we will awake to attacks on our soil, disesase for which there will be no cure for, food shortages of great magnitude, and powerful earthquakes.

All these sorrows and more  are God's judgments against our nation and the world because of its iniquities (like the shedding of innocent blood and sexual immorality) .

Many people will die in the wars, pestilences, famines, and earthquakes.  Some may even be members of our own family, friends, and communities.  Many of those we know are not saved.  Pray for their salvation.   The time is short.

Pray for the salvation of your family whether they be young children, handicapped, old, in a coma,  or  healthy and successful in life. It matters not what state they are in.

God can reach anybody with the gospel even if they are sick and in a coma, handicapped (dementia, autism, intellectually challenged), or if they are very young.

Here are some articles for your encouragment that God can reach young children, those sick and in a coma, and those who are intellectually challenged with the gospel.

Age of Accountability
http://christianfaith4today.blogspot.com/2011/12/age-of-accountability.html

Death Bed Salvation
http://christianfaith4today.blogspot.com/2015/12/death-bed-salvation.html

Can the Demented be Reach with the Gospel?
http://christianfaith4today.blogspot.com/2015/05/can-demented-be-reach-with-gospel.html

Forgive

Ephesians 4:31-32

³¹ Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

³² And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

People are human and they sin. Their sin against us can hurt us in many different ways. Whether a person's sin against us is sexual, physical, emotional/psycholoical, spiritual, financial, or in some other area it effects our relationship with them. We don't want to be around them.  We don't care about them.  We don't care about what they need.  We don't have any respect for them. We are malicious in our gossip about them to others. We become critical and judgmental.

We become bitter and resentful. Sometimes we become full of hatred towards them and even entertain the thought of wanting to kill them or at least desire for them to experience the same kind of sin we experienced so they can hurt like we do.

Our relationships with others are affected as well.  Sometimes in a similar way as it was with the person who originally hurt or sinned against us.

We don't forgive because we feel justified in our feelings against them. And justified we are.

We sin against God. God is justified in his judgment or anger against us. But God is a forgiving God. He wants us to be forgiven. That is why He had His Son the Lord Jesus Christ pay for our sins on the cross and rose Him from the dead so we could be forgiven if we accept what Jesus did for us, and receive Him into our hearts.

As God has forgiven us He wants us to forgive those who have sinned against us.

God wants us to be kind towards one another, tenderhearted, and forgiving. If we don't forgive those who have done us wrong then we will walk in vs 31. If we forgive those who have done us wrong then we will walk in vs 32 because when we forgive God  heals our wounded spirit and set us free to love others.