I feel that I love God/Jesus and have experienced how good he is time and time again. How do you continue to keep faith that things will turn out right and that he will always be there when you need him? Also, how do you talk to others in a non judgmental/loving way when they basically say "I am a good person who believes in God, I just don't want to change my habits." I feel like such a failure because sometimes I don't have the right words to say and I don't want to talk down to them or make them feel like I am better than them. Any advice on how you do things would be appreciated. Thank You

I think the best thing you can do is pray, when you don't have the right words to speak, God can give you the right words at the right time. Also, sometimes you don't have to try to talk to someone about changing their habits, God can reach that person in ways that you may not be able to. Prayer changes things!!

I agree that praying may be the best option sometimes. If I do talk to people, I try to do it in a loving, "I'm worried about you" kind of way. Sometimes I also think that I "overthink" a situation when I really should be open to direction from the Holy Spirit. I try to let God work through me by the Holy Spirit. If I give myself over to It (The Holy Spirit), the right words come. But, you have to realize that just because you are loving and trying to help others, does not mean that they are open to help or that they won't be upset. No one likes to feel criticized.

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I think that what allgirls said would be what I would say. Sometimes talking isn't what people need, it's more about being there and being available. Being Christian may mean to lead by example instead of talking the talk, do you see what I'm saying?

Well, the easiest thing to do is not discuss religion with your friends who choose not to be active in church. Religion/faith is a very personal thing for many people and what works for you might not work for them. You should not feel like a failure - many people are at a loss of words for many situations. But it's not your job to come up w/ something brilliant that will suddenly make them "see the light" and change their ways. All of our friends are pretty religious & active in their churches. Our absolutely most religious friends - we stay the weekend at their place every so often - simply say "you're more than welcome to join us at church if you like." We always turn them down. My best friend might say "I'm ringing in the bell choir this weekend if you'd like to come & hear it." I can't for the life of me think why you would be concerned about "talking down to them." It's not nuclear physics. Just because we have no interest in religion doesn't mean you would be talking down to people.

I don't think you need to say anything....the way you live your life and how you are as a person, people can see this and sense this. The holy spirit will work through you and either give you the right words to say or the right actions so that others will want what you have, ie, the holy spirit living inside you....KWIM?

Thank you, I know what you mean. This helps a lot, I appreciate it. That what most of the other comments have said, great minds think alike.

There is a time and season for all things...you just have to pray to God that he lets you know when it is time to start planting the word in a persons heart....Faith sometimes it really hard to come by when your going thru things that is why your church family is there so they can pray and lift you up....we all get weak sometimes and need to be carried...if we never went thru a test then where would we get our testimonies......I keep my faith up by going to church and reading Gods word and listening to good music....hoping and praying for the best is what faith is about to me.....Good luck in what ever your doing for the Lord and just let him lead and guide your words and actions.

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We sometimes have to remember that we need not do God's job. Our job is to love one another, give support and advice if it's asked for. Leading a life God approves of is the best testimony for anyone. Someone can lay a bunch of scripture on another and talk the talk, but then they don't walk the walk. What good is that?