I have several really close friends that I love dearly that are backslidden and its just soooooo sad to me!!! It just hurts sooooo much to see them lost NOT living for God...Its like you remember the times praying and weeping together at the alter surrounded by the presence of God...and it just HURTS really bad knowing that they aren't there with you anymore!!!
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Weeeeeelllll...recently, I thought one of my beloved friends was coming home!!! OMW you all do NOT even know just how happy I was!!! I was like bubbling with JOY!!! Just absolutely ESTATIC!!! Then as quickly as it happened it passed and my friend changed their mind again!!!
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I WAS SOOOOOOOO DISAPOINTED!!! I called up my friend Anali and was just talking to her about it and I was telling her everything that happened and expressing to her about how upset and disapointed I was and she was just listening to me VENT my heart out about it!
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Then she was just like, Mary I can tell that you are like really upset and frustrated about your friend and she is like, BUT, one thing that you just need to keep in mind is that your friend is BOUND...she is in bondage!!! I was like oh yeah...she is like, when you start feeling really frustrated about it just think about it THAT way and just know that the ONLY thing you can do to really help your friend is to pray for her!!!
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I'm like...Oooo YES I KNOW this...I just need to quit analyzing the situation and PRAY!!! SOOOOOOOOO thankful for GOOD friends that are STRONG in the Lord that are there to REMIND you of what you already know, right WHEN YOU NEED IT!!!
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I think sometimes we look at a person and we try and comprehend WHAT they're thinking and WHY their doing what they're doing!!! AND we think, OH if I could just talk some sense into them...MAKE THEM SEE...Ya know??? Sometimes I just wanna take the people I love, kidnap them, tie them to the alter and make the listen to some GOOD preaching on REPENTENCE!!! LOL! Buuuuut we can't do that!!!
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I know...BUT sometimes I forget, that its NOT a physical battle we're fighting!!! We have to remember that the people we love, our family members our friends that are backslidden and away from God, THEY ARE BOUND!!! They are living a life of BONDAGE!!! The devil is their master...they are PRISONORS TO SIN!!!
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BUT its NOT a physical bondage...its SPIRITUAL and the ONLY way we can help them break free is ON OUR KNEES... IN PRAYER!!! We can't MAKE them repent but we CAN PRAY that God gives them a repentent heart...we can pray for a SPIRIT OF REPENTENCE!!! Don't give up on your loved ones my friends...
Just PRAY! PRAY PRAY!!!
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places." (Ephesians 6:12)
♥Mary Frances :)
