|
JamesR
|
 |
« on: January 11, 2013, 03:29:12 AM » |
|
Please pray for me that my family--at least my siblings someday--will convert to Orthodoxy. After reading more and more of the Patristics and Scriptures, I feel somewhat more frightened and worried for their salvation. My parents--as kind and humble as they may be--really have no discerning skills at all in regards to religion. They will oftentimes put themselves in the presence of "Christians" with really odd beliefs--such as "Church of Christ"ers, Baptists and some really bizarre Evangelicals. I think it's due to "Church-hopping" and my father being influenced by some weirdos at his drug recovery programs who invite him to heretical Churches.
Please pray for their salvation and coming to the Orthodox Church someday--and that if the toll houses are real, they'll be able to pass them.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
"'Blessed are the peacemakers' For those are peacemakers in themselves who, in conquering and subjecting to reason all the motions of their souls and having their carnal desires tamed, have become in themselves a Kingdom of God."-St. Augustine of Hippo
|
|
|
|
Asteriktos
|
|
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2013, 03:38:05 AM » |
|
Lord have mercy!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
IXOYE
|
|
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2013, 02:17:47 PM » |
|
Lord, have mercy!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
marigold
|
|
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2013, 08:51:09 PM » |
|
Lord, have mercy on JamesR's family.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Maximum Bob
Elder
 Offline
Faith: More than an Inquirer, less than a Catechuman
Jurisdiction: Antiochian
Posts: 1,274
|
|
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2013, 01:09:38 AM » |
|
Lord have mercy.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Prov. 3: 5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
Psalm 37:23 The Lord guides a man safely in the way he should go.
|
|
|
Anastasia1
Born into pahklava
Sr. Member
Offline
Faith: Oriental Orthodox
Jurisdiction: Occasionally traveling, Armenian.
Posts: 844
|
|
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2013, 05:30:04 PM » |
|
Lord have mercy.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
2 Cor. 12:9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
|
|
|
richi000
Jr. Member
Offline
Faith: Orthodox
Jurisdiction: Antioch
Posts: 60
Lord have mercy on us
|
|
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2013, 09:35:37 PM » |
|
Lord have mercy
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Remember, never to fear the power of evil more than your trust in the power and love of God.
|
|
|
Dominika
Serbian/Polish
Sr. Member
Offline
Faith: Orthodox Christian
Jurisdiction: Orthodox Church of Poland
Posts: 569
St. Luke, pray for us!
|
|
« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2013, 08:36:45 AM » |
|
That's very positive you're worried about the salvation of the closest people to you and I know it's very difficult not only because of the problem of their salvation, but also because you can't practice Orthodoxy easily.
So, if I can give any advice, don't try to indoctrinate, not by force. Just give them sometimes a spiritual article, explain why you do something (connected with Orthodoxy), be a "walking advertisement" of Orthodoxy by being a good Orthodox Christian. And of course pray for your family.
I'm adding my humble prayers. Lord have mercy!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Pray for persecuted Christians, especially in Serbian Kosovo and Raška, Egypt and Syria
|
|
|
Hiwot
Christ is Risen!
High Elder
Offline
Faith: Orthodox Christian
Jurisdiction: Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Posts: 1,845
Job 19:25-27
|
|
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2013, 11:19:20 AM » |
|
Lord have mercy!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
To God be the Glory in all things! Amen!
|
|
|
|
