I want my relatives to know the Lord like I do and ask Jesus to be their personal Savior. It's hard for me to share the Lord with them because we are related. What can I do?


It's important to realize that people are saved, or become Christians, by hearing and believing God's Word.

For, everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. 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?

And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!...." Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.
(Rom. 10:13-15,17 NIV)

In order to believe, people must hear! When we are unable to share the good news of Jesus with someone, then we can pray and ask God to get the job done.

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."
(Matt. 9:36-38 NIV)

We can pray and ask God to send workers into the harvest fields of the lost. This can include praying for a country, state, city, or an individual.

You should pray and ask God to send people into the path of your relatives to share the good news with them. Ask the Lord to send people into their lives whom they can respect and from whom they can easily receive the Word.

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