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If you will reread your 568 and 569, you'll see the origin of my comment. God's opening our hearts doesn't shine through in those posts as clearly as does "I decided".

Not to say it isn't there, but I like underscoring it and bringing it out of the background. :>)

What it boils down to is us proclaiming the gospel so that those God will open the hearts of will respond.

How shall they hear without someone telling them?

I personally think its even deeper than that...

14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" 16 But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our message?" 17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.

There is a tremendous responsibility laid upon us to tell others about Christ? For whatever reason, God uses our proclaiming in the opening of the hearts of others. That's why it's so important that we proclaim.

1 Corinthians 1:21 KJV For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe ..

Will one of the elect (those God foreknew) NOT get saved due to our faithlessness? No. But, in the outworking of God's plan on the earth, like with prayer, we don't know that they might have been saved sooner had we been faithful.