someone help me

[Colleen Phillips]

Greetings Katy:

My dear Daughter, Christianity is nothing if not THE 'religion of hope!' And Paul tells us 'hope maketh not ashamed.' Yes! Yes! Yes! Pray for your friend; and so will I!

Over the entrance to Dante's Inferno, there is written "Abandon Hope, all ye who Enter Here," but I do not believe that.

It is the presence of Jesus that brings hope. The reason we have HOPE in Baptism, is because Jesus also was there in Baptism! The reason we HOPE in our prayers, is because Jesus Himself entered into prayer; He was there. The reason that there is hope even when we are sick, afflicted, and in sorrows, is because Jesus Himself entered into our sicknesses, afflictions and sorrows; He was there. I say to you that even if your friend was in hell, yet there is hope, BECAUSE JESUS WAS THERE!!!!

And I will tell you most solemnly, and with all the gravity in my being: I WAS IN HELL, AND AM NO LONGER THERE! Four times I was taken to that dreadful place. But four times the Lord brought me out! So I say to you, YES! The Lord CAN bring people out of hell itself. There is NOTHING beyond His great power. Several times in the Old Testament we read of people who claim that they were 'in the depths of Sheol' (the Hebrew word for 'hell'), and that God rescued them from there. Unless we are prepared to believe ALL those passages are just 'symbolic'--the last refuge of those who find their pet doctrines challenged--then we must concede that God rescues people OUT OF HELL!

Yes Daughter; pray indeed, and in faith, with confidence in our Lord's Mercy and Wisdom.

Feel free to contact me any time.

May the Lord truly be with you. +

[ladypeartree]

Katy just remember that you are not to judge anyone else, you say that she was not saved but you cannot know that for sure, as so many others have said she may have accepted Jesus as her saviour at the very last second of her life...only God knows who is or is not saved, torturing yourself with your own images of what you think she is going through is the way to madness or the way to let the devil reach you, pray for your friend, God is the God of the past as well as the present and can hear your prayers as though they were given for your friend before she died, Until you get to heaven you just cannot know if she was or was not saved ...have you told everyone that you ever knew that you have found salvation? If you were to die would all the people that you have every known be aware of your faith?

Use this feeling to fire your determination that others with whom you come into contact will not be left without the knowledge and the chance of salvation.

Along with so many others I will be praying for you friends soul and also for your strength and comfort

[Guest lovinghim4ever]

Should I pray for her soul even though she rejected religion? I cant just forget about her! I loved her, she was my best friend, she always had my back and comforted me when I was sad.

Katy7725,

I am so sorry for your loss. You pray all you want for whoever you want for as long as you want.

[terter]

Yes, I believe the Lord uses us and when we fail - and ALL of us have, God didn't fail her. He provided another way for her to hear because

Isa 55:11 "My word, which comes from my mouth, is like the rain and snow. It will not come back to me without results. It will accomplish whatever I want and achieve whatever I send it to do." (GW)

God's Word has many promises and He does not lie.

[tah]

I am so sorry abut your friend's death..

May God give you His wisdom and truth and comfort !!

Search the Scriptures and you will see what God says about life and death.