I know I'm not exactly held in the best of regards here in this forum, but I've got a request. I'd like you to pray for a friend of mine who's in some trouble. He's a good guy, he really is...but he's made some mistakes. He's been kind of depressed lately and has fallen in with the wrong crowd...started drinking and doing drugs and stuff...now he's getting expelled. It's a shame, because once you get to know him he's a very smart, interesting person. I've been doing everything I can to help him quit drinking and doing drugs, but so far I haven't had much luck. I know he'll come to his senses sooner or later, I just hope it doesn't happen too late. If you all could just keep him in your prayers, it'd mean a lot to me.

Thanks,

~Anti~

-- Anti-bush (Comrade_bleh@hotmail.com), April 23, 2004

Answers

Anti

This is a good opportunity to say that I'm impressed with your new attitude this time around, not that you need my approval. This may tick you off coming from a conservative wacko like myself, but I mean it sincerely. You sound like you are a good friend as well. I will indeed pray for your friend. Prayer is the best way to help people like your friend. There are too many people who turn to drugs, sex, etc. instead of GOD. Your friend is lucky to have you. Good luck.

-- Brian Crane (brian.crane@cranemills.com), April 23, 2004.

He and you both have my prayers. God can bring us closer to Him through trying times and difficult situations, so maybe this could turn around for the good, by God's grace.

-- Emily (jesusfollower7@yahoo.com), April 23, 2004.

Anti-Bush, my prayers are with your friend.

-- Ed (catholic4444@yahoo.ca), April 23, 2004.

I will keep him in my prayers.

-bill

-- Bill Nelson (bnelson45-nospam@hotmail.com), April 23, 2004.

Anti,

Prayers are best for what you face. Let me suggest somethings if you have not tried them. Do not reason with your friend - fight this instinct tooth-and-nail. Just express your love. Let him know that you are a real friend who will be there for all the good times AND the bad. If you are too preoccupied to always be there, let him know that when he is in real need, you will be there for him. If he is not too far gone, he will realize the crowd he is with can never take the place of a real friend and their mutual friendship is based on covetousness and not true love and caring. Do not force him to choose, just give him something to care about. Most of all don't ever give up. If you ever feel yourself tiring, read up on the lives of the saints and remember how they labor at love. I will keep you in my intentions.

God bless

-- Vincent (love@noemail.net), April 24, 2004.

Thank you Anti-Bush for sharing your friend's plight. We all grieve with you. There's nothing more painful than watching someone you care for wreak havoc in their own lives. Sometimes people have to hit rock bottom before they seek help. I pray that won't be the case with your friend.

I do pray for your friend, that the light of Christ will shine on him/her, that God almightly will bring positive influences into his/her life and that that he/she will see the utter and sheer folly of his/her behavior, and that it will ultimately, in one or another, lead to destruction.

God help us all,

Gail

-- Gail (rothfarms@socket.net), April 24, 2004.

I'll keep your friend in mind too.

-- JimFurst (furst@flash.net), April 24, 2004.

I will do likewise.

-- ZAROVE (ZAROFF3@JUNO.COM), April 24, 2004.

Anti-Bush, I support you in caring for your friend.

I can only pray for those whose names I know, even if that is a first name. I have to know for which friend of yours I am actually praying to Yahweh.You know my e-mails.

The Christian Yahwist

-- Elpidio Gonzalez (egonval@yaho.com), April 24, 2004.

I will also pray for your friend.

-- Andy (aszmere@earthlink.net), April 25, 2004.

Me Too

Dano

-- Dan Garon (boethius61@yahoo.com), April 26, 2004.