Posted on 07/21/2003 9:31:54 PM PDT by irishtenor
We just got word that my wife's father has been diagnosed with cancer of the liver and lungs. Pray for him, he is still unsaved.
Carolyn
Remember that even though he may seem confused, a lot is getting through anyway. A friend of mine who was seemingly in a coma remembers a lot of what was going on around him while he was lying in that hospital bed. So continue on the assumption that he CAN hear and DOES understand. Witness gently but confidently. "Let not your heart be troubled" - ask for Christ's help, and let Him lead the way.
The Spirit speaks in many ways to our inner man. I will be praying that the Spirit will be speaking to his spirit, and that your father-in-law will accept the gift of salvation.
This is ALL of our wishes on this thread, as well as God's:
KJV Acts 17:30-34
30. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
31. Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
32. And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
33. So Paul departed from among them.
34. Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
8. And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9. And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
10. And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
11. And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
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