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friends and Jesus
Well I'm a total "Christ Lover" and I really want my friends to be too. My friends get so annoyed when I talk about Jesus. But I really care about them, and they won't even try to go to church. My church is an awesome church for teenagers, so it's not one of the boring ones for old people. But anyways, how do I get my friends to love Jesus as much as I do. Even when they wont try.
any advice appreciated....
Love.Rachel
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solidadvice4teens is absolutely right..you can't make your friends love Jesus. I am a "Christ lover" too and it gets hard for me too. but our job is to expose our friends and people around us to Jesus and provide and opportunity, a chance for them to see the light. it's like they say "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink it"..same concept. God is very pleased that you care so much about your friends that you want them to come to Him. Don't worry, you're doing your job. just continue to pray for them, that they'll see the light and desire to know Jesus for themselves. Your dedication to this is very admirable and you're gonna be blessed for it. Hope I helped!
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Finding God and having a relationship with him and or Jesus is a very personal thing. Some people are just not interested or ready for that or religion on any scale (for now.) You cannot force them embrace Jesus, religion, church anything.
You have asked them about it and put it out there and they've told you they aren't interested. You have to respect this and not bring it up as a subject with them again. Let them bring it up as I'm sure they will if they are interested.
There's an old belief still held by many that when it comes to friends, classmates or co-workers do not ever bring up religion, church, your beliefs or politics? Why? People will resent those views and are not tolerant of you sharing them. Both are things people discover on their own and form opinions about.
Don't take this the wrong way but if you continue trying to get them to embrace Jesus and go to your church you'll risk alienating them to the point they may not want to be around you.
Getting people to embrace Jesus, God or religion is not your job. They have to do it willingly on their own. You probably have a great church notwithstanding but if the idea isn't for them you have to drop it before they consider dropping you. I've seen this happen to people (classmates) over and over in high school, college and yes even work. It's explosive.
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Okay, I admire your passion and your spirit for the topic, I really do. I think it's great that you feel so strongly for a cause. However, I am Jewish (yet I don't go to synagogue at all) so you could consider me to be not a very religious person. Honestly, if you came to me more than once pushing your beliefs on me, I would get very frustrated and annoyed. If you come to me once, and I tell you that church isn't really my thing, I would expect you to respect that about me, just as your friends respect your beliefs. What if someone came to you and said, "Join my Wicca group! It's really cool; you need to try it!" You would say, "No thanks. That's not my thing." Hopefully, that person would understand. But, if they KEPT coming to you, pushing that on you, you wouldn't like it so much, right? I hope this makes sense and you understand that it's awesome you have your religion! But, be very careful trying to spread that religion to other strong-minded people.
hope this helps-
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Well, there's really no way to MAKE them love Jesus. I suspect that they might be tired of your enthusiasm to share what Christ has to say. But follow what Jesus teaches and does. They will be able to see that you are good and they may want to find out what makes you so different. Invite them to come to church with you, and they will come when they're ready. Good luck!
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