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?
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- 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.