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Your Questions, Honest Answers: - November 27, 2019

I'M PRAYING THAT HE'LL STOP, BUT HOW MUCH DO I HAVE TO ENDURE? I MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS CHRIST TO A PERSON, AND I REGRET THIS. I KNOW I'M NOT THE HOLY GHOST, AND I CAN'T GO BACK IN TIME TO MEET THEM AGAIN, SO WHAT SHOULD I DO? Read Transcript


- Ready for emails?

- I'm ready, let's go.

- Jayden writes in, "When Iget older I wanna evangelize

but I'm really worried thatI might say the wrong thing

when preaching.

How do I know what to say?

Can you please give me somewords of encouragement?"

- Well, the Bible says whenyou're brought before kings

and rulers don't think of what you'll say,

the Holy Spirit will giveyou words at that moment.

Listen, if you're a youngster,

what are you supposed to do,you're supposed to go to preach

learn two or three verses.

All that saved and comeshow to the glory of God

and talk about John 3:16and then what you wanna do

is give your own testimony.

I was living this wayand I have found Jesus

and it's changed my life.

That's what you need to do,

have in your heart a knowledge of the Lord

and that's more important.

The Bible says they tookknowledge that they had,

they were unlettered peopleand they took knowledge

that they had been with Jesus.

That's the so don't worryso much about some sermon,

you don't have to give a sermon

what you have to do issay here's my testimony,

here's what happened to me, all right.

- Amen, great advice.

Sonya writes, "My husband and I

have been together three years.

This past year he's beenin and out of rehabs,

always promising tostop drinking this time.

I'm praying that he'll stop

but how much do I have to endure?

I'm just drained.

I've driven him to AA twice a week,

which is one and a half hourseach way, to be supportive

but I'm getting tired.

Please guide me.

I'm at the end of my rope."

- Well, you know AA, they havethe thing that makes people

stay in it is that they have a person

who has had the samesituation who buddies up

with somebody and goes withthem through the problems.

Alcoholism is like a disease,I know it's a failing

but it's also a diseaseand there's a compulsion

that comes along.

And you need to find somebodywho has been that way

and who's been sober and who'spart of Alcoholics Anonymous

get them paired up with your husband

and see what you can do.

I know it's exhausting to you

and you say how I canI stand this any longer

well that's understandable,it's a terrible thing.

But just act as if yourhusband has got a broken leg

and you've gotta help walkhim up the stairs or so forth.

And treat it that way andthen see what he can do

but otherwise it'll wear you out

but find somebody, find somebody,go to Alcoholics Anonymous

and I need somebody topair up with my husband

who has been that way before

and see what happens, all right.

- All right, this viewer says, "Dear Pat,

I missed an opportunity towitness Christ to a person

and I regret this.

I know I'm not the Holy Ghostand I can't go back in time

to meet them again so what should I do?

How should I feel?"

- Well, I'll tell you what you can feel

and you're not the only onewho's that kind of feeling.

You've missed an opportunityand you think that's guy's

going to hell because of meand it's a terrible feeling.

Confess it to the Lord, Lord I missed it,

I missed an opportunity to witness.

If the man's still aliveplease bring somebody to him

or let me go to him again andtalk to him about the Lord.

If the person is dead than you just pray

that ask God's forgivenessbut that's you do,

I can sympathize with you in your heart

you feel terrible becauseyou missed an opportunity.

If you possibly can go to that individual

and get the thing right.

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