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Ok so here is the deal. I have a friend and I want to help her to get to know the Lord. But her parents.............. Ok one year I went to my friends b-day and I gave her a cross necklace and at the first sight of it her parents threw it away. I want to help her know the Lord. I have tried talking/praying with her but she just dosen't listen I think. I have tried praying for her but it dosen't seem to work. Nothing seems to work. And if I even say the word Lord in front of her parents they just glare at me. And that makes it even more difficult to show her the way to the Lord. So if you have any advice please tell me. I need HELP.
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I'd start by not talking to her about God in front of her parents.
Keep praying for her, keep demonstrating the love of Christ to her through your actions. Talking to her isn't the only way to show her to Christ.
Most of all, trust God. When the time's right, the seeds that have been planted in her life will blossom. Don't be discouraged if you don't see immediate results when sharing Christ. The prophet Jeremiah had a whoping 0 converts during his entire ministry, so fall into the trap of thinking that your success as a Christian is determined by the number of people you personally lead to Christ.
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As my brother pointed out, you don't need to "speak" the gospel to your friend... you can show it to her on a daily basis by the way you live your life.
Also, it is very important to realize that you cannot save your friend's soul. That is between your friend and God. Live your life as you are commanded to and your friend will see it. It's your responsibility to share Christ with your friend... however, it is not your responsibility for her to come to Christ.
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Originally Posted by guitar_grl_7 I have tried praying for her but it dosen't seem to work. Nothing seems to work. And if I even say the word Lord in front of her parents they just glare at me. And that makes it even more difficult to show her the way to the Lord. So if you have any advice please tell me. I need HELP. how do you know it doesn't work? when I was little I went to church with my grandparents. for years and years and years I prayed and asked for prayer for her to know the Lord. It took nearly 10 years, but she eventually got involved in a good church, got saved, was baptized...
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Ok thanks... I will keep praying it just seems almost impossiable to help her know the lord
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You have to be careful - yesterday I watched a friend talk to a guy who was screaming derision at God, and all she did was drive him farther away when she pressed her point.
Just pray - and recognize that this is something God will have to do. Show a Christian example the best you can.
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boy have i had a time with this same deal.except instead of one person its like....5! only once has the whole "christians are happy all the time" led to good. I was just living my life as usual. you know, seem happy but despressed inside? well one of my friends was having a rough time and asked why i was always happy. i told her about Jesus and that i wasnt happy but he gave me strength to get through things. as i spoke i realized i wasnt speaking for just her.....it was for myself too. so it was a double whammy. i hope that helped...or if not i hope it was....encouraging?
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I could see your friend turning to Christ through teenage rebellion if thats the way her parents are. I'm not saying that thats the right or wrong way, but just that I could see it happening.
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Ya ok well thanx guys but it is just hard because I mean... it is just hard to see her live without knowing the love of God.
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Originally Posted by ChrisHarbison Most of all, trust God. When the time's right, the seeds that have been planted in her life will blossom. Don't be discouraged if you don't see immediate results when sharing Christ. The prophet Jeremiah had a whoping 0 converts during his entire ministry, so fall into the trap of thinking that your success as a Christian is determined by the number of people you personally lead to Christ.
I'll let J.I. Packer elaborate on what Chris said (bolded parentheses mine):

"Paul's confidence (that is, in the sovereignty of God in salvation and bringing spiritually dead people back to life) should be our confidence too. We may not trust in our methods of personal dealing or running evangelistic services, however excellent we may think them. There is no magic in methods, not even in theologically impeccable methods. When we evangelize, our trust must be in God who raises the dead. He is the almighty Lord who turns men's hearts, and He will give conversions in His own time. Our part is to be faithful in making the Gospel known, sure that such labour will never be in vain. This is how the truth of the sovereignty of God's grace bears upon evangelism.
What effects should this confidence and certainty have upon our attitude when evangelizing? Three things at least:
(i) It should make us bold. It should keep us from being daunted when we find, as we often do, that peoples first reaction to the Gospel is to shrug it off in apathy or even contempt.........(ii) This confidence should make us patient - it should keep us from being daunted when our evangelistic efforts meet with no immediate response..........(iii) Finally, this confidence should make us prayerful. Prayer, as we said at the beginning, is a confessing of impotence and need, and acknowledging of helplessness and dependence, and an invoking of the mighty power of God to do what we cannot do for ourselves.
- J.I. Packer, "Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God", pp. 117-122, various sections

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try getting her into some "mainstream christian music" (like switchfoot or P.O.D.). If her parents think something is "wrong"(in this case good) about it, she can always say that kids at school listen to it......
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do not raise dead threads.