Hey CAA,
It is currently 10:15 p.m. in CA and I am chatting with my cousin (mom's side) in Chicago. She is a year older than me. We both come from nonbelieving families, but by God's grace, I began my walk with Him in 8/9th grade. During the summer of 2001, I received a burden to pray for my cousin's salvation and God answered my prayer by allowing her to fly out to CA and attend a summer conference with my church. There, she learned more about God and Christianity, leaving home with a desire to continue. However, because she had no Christian friends at home and her parents wouldn't allow her to attend a church, her spiritual growth was stiffled, and she backslid tremendously.
We've once been close, but ever since the last few years in high school and a year in college, we've grown apart. I should have been more persistent in keeping her accountable, praying diligently for her, and keeping more in touch, which I regret. Now, she is telling me how unhappy she is with everything in her life and has no direction. I want to encourage her, but I know that no matter what I say, what she really needs is Jesus in her life.
So CAA, I humbly ask for your prayers, suggestions, advice. Thanks for reading all this and may I be a broken vessel for the Lord to work through me to reach to my cousin.
^_^
My Cousin Needs Christ
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My Cousin Needs Christ
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"Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.
They will soar like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint."
[size=75]Isaiah 40:30-31 (NIV)
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[/SIZE]"Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.
They will soar like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint."
[size=75]Isaiah 40:30-31 (NIV)
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teepanee - Posts: 40
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Delete Please~!
I'm so sorry, I accidently posted twice! Administrators, please delete the duplicate. Sorry about this. =P Thanks! 
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"Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.
They will soar like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint."
[size=75]Isaiah 40:30-31 (NIV)
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[/SIZE]"Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.
They will soar like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint."
[size=75]Isaiah 40:30-31 (NIV)
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teepanee - Posts: 40
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I will pray and im not much for advice but if shes 20 then her parents should not be able to keep her from going to church she could just go with out telling them and at church im sure she'll find christian friends they may not be instant friends but with time friendships will come
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ssj2gohan61 - Posts: 769
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Try and slowly introduce her back again into the Christian lifestyle and just see what happens. Keep supporting and praying for her.
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Yojimbo - Posts: 2695
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I'll be praying for your cousin.
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Asdvadz hedut ullah! (W. Armenian, "May God bless you!")
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Asdvadz hedut ullah! (W. Armenian, "May God bless you!")
It's cosplay, get used to it.
"A hero need not speak. For when he is gone, the world will speak for him."
"One of the nice things about diseases of the brain is they tend to slip your mind." Colbert
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Jaltus-bot - Posts: 1822
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I'll pray for your cousin.
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But sanctify the Lord your God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
-- 1 Peter 3:15
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Rogie - Posts: 2975
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hey, I'll pray for you and your cousin. Lots of my friends come from unbelieving families, but they have an awesome opportunity to be a light to them in a special way. I'll be praying that your cousin comes closer to Jesus.
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