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I want to give you five practical keys to winning your loved ones to the Lord. Now, I want you to approach this with faith.

And I'm with you. I know that sometimes when people harden their hearts, it can become

discouraging. And you might look at the situation, you might look at the person you're praying

for. Even now as I'm talking, maybe you're thinking of a particular person or a group of people

that you've been

praying for for a while. Or maybe they just seem so resistant to the gospel. Every time you bring

up the scripture, maybe there's an argument, there's tension, they're so resistant that you're

beginning to doubt that they can ever really be saved. Listen, what's impossible for man

is possible with God. And ultimately, we're not responsible for the choices that they make. Yes,

we can follow these keys, but if we're all tangled up with that emotional burden, it's going to be

difficult to do this in the spirit and we end up

acting in the flesh and causing distress where there should be peace, confusion, where there should be

clarity. You are not the Holy Spirit, that the Holy Spirit do his work as you simply obey his

word. So key number one, present the truth. Now, this is pretty practical. You've heard the saying,

preach the gospel, and if necessary, use words. Well, let's just do away with that thinking because

the preaching of the gospel requires words. You have to speak the truth. In Isaiah chapter 58,

verse 1, we read, cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a

trumpet and show my people their transgression in the house of Jacob their sins. Luke 532, I came not to call

the righteous but sinners to repentance. There's a call out to the unrepententant. Acts 319. Now repent of your sins and turn to God

so that your sins may be wiped away. Acts 1730 says God overlooked people's ignorance about these

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