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1. Does God give us whatever we ask? 2. My spouse does not believe, what should I do? 3. Every religion is the same, leading people to goodness. 4. Buddhism is our tradition! 5. I have "緣" (spiritual encounter) with Buddhism. 6. I have no desire to ask for anything anymore ...(無慾無求) 7. I believe in Jesus existence, but I hate the preacher who give bad testimony (sex abuse scandal, corruption). 8. I believe in "大梵天".(Buddhism + Christianity?) 9. I want to be a Christian, but I cannot forgive my enemy. 10. I will lose my job if I become a Christian. 11. I want to be Christian but I cannot let go of my sin. 12. I am looking but I cannot find Jesus. 13. My sin is too much to be forgiven. 14. I am not good enough to be a Christian. 15. I will accept Christ when I fully understand the Bible. 16. I need to sacrifice too much to be a Christian. 17. I see a lot of hypocrisy in the church. 18. I don't think I can stop sinning. I don't want to be a bad Christian. 19. Even though I want to be a Christian, I don't feel anything special in my heart from God. 20. I'm not accepting Jesus now, but may be later. 1. Does God give us whatever we ask? This is a good question, you can lead them to read John 14:13-14; 15:7-8.
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[Back to top] (a) Ezekiel 36:25-27 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Mark 9:23 " 'If you can'?" said Jesus. "Everything is possible for him who believes." Philippians 4:13 I can do everything through him who gives me strength. (b) Matthew 6:12 Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 1 John 3:15 Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.
[Back to top] Luke 12:15 Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." 2 Corinthians 4:18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. Mark 10:29-30 "I tell you the truth,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields–and with them, persecutions) and in the age to come, eternal life. Mark 8:36 What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Matthew 6:33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
[Back to top] (a) Philippians 4:13 I can do everything through him who gives me strength. Ezekiel 36:25-27 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! (b) Galatians 6:7-8 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Romans 2:8-9 But for those who are selfseeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; Ecclesiastes 11:8-9 However many years a man may live, let him enjoy them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is meaningless.
[Back to top] Jeremiah 29:13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. John 12:37-41 Even after Jesus had done all these miraculous signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him. This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere: “He has blinded their eyes and deadened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn–and I would heal them.” Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus' glory and spoke about him. Romans 10:6-10 But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down) “or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. Acts 17:27-28 God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’ Matthew 7:7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."
[Back to top] 1 Timothy 1:15 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners-of whom I am the worst. Romans 5:6-8 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Luke 19:10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.
[Back to top] Matthew 9:12-13 On hearing this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! Romans 5:6-8 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
[Back to top] Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. John 7:17 If anyone chooses to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. John 8:31-32 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." 2 Timothy 3:7 always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth.
[Back to top] Philippians 3:7-8 But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ Proverbs 20:21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning will not be blessed at the end. Ecclesiastes 8:12 Although a wicked man commits a hundred crimes and still lives a long time, I know that it will go better with God-fearing men, who are reverent before God.
[Back to top] Psalm 37:1-2 Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do wrong; for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away. Galatians 6:4-5 Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else, for each one should carry his own load.
[Back to top] 2 Corinthians 3:4-5 Such confidence as this is ours through Christ before God. Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. 1 Corinthians 1:29-31 ....so that no one may boast before him. 30It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God-that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord." 1 Peter 1:5 ....who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
[Back to top] Proverbs 28:13 He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy. John 1:12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God Jeremiah 17:9-10 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? "I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve."
[Back to top] Proverbs 27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth. 2 Corinthians 6:2 For he says, "In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you." I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation. |