I have lost a lot of amazing people on here some leave because off the site itself and some leave for other reasons
My friend I say this with all due respect but that is the wrong kind of thinking. See we dont know if he is dead or alive and if we are talking about getting serious about prraying for him or not you have to consider what if God is calling us to do just that? You have to be kingdom minded and kingdom minded is about the life and resurrection, what can cancer do? What power does it have that our God can't overcome? But he likes to use us after all he is a our brother and you don't just let a brother suffer if you can bring him out of his desease.
To be honest I think the thinking that it may be God's will to take him home is an excuse we have all the authority in Christ he is the God of life not death
“My friend I say this with all due respect but that is the wrong kind of thinking. See we dont know if he is dead or alive”
yeah that’s why i did if he’s home or if he’s still with his somewhere either way
brother he requested prayer about a year ago I took it seriously then and have prayed for him quite a bit . Remember I told you I had some conversations with him privately ? It was regarding his situation so I’m pretty comfortable with what I said and the thinking I have concerning our dear brother
He as well as I understood this world is temporary it’s a pathway home for believers. I’m old so I’ve prayed a lot of times for folks and sometimes they get well by Gods Will , other times they go home to live with thier savior and lord who loves them far more than we can ever reach.
sometimes toddlers pass away against all their lives ones wishes and prayers that’s not because the people aren’t taking prayer seriously it’s because Gods Will is better than ours and we only see in part only understand so far , so much
The righteous are sometimes taken away from earth to keep them from the evil that is impending
every christian should understand this part of this life in this world
“These
all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
But now
they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.”
Hebrews 11:13-14, 16 KJV
Consider brother when a Christian dies , even if we don’t want it to happen even if we pray hard , when they die to us it’s we who are sad and desperate for them , on thier end they are present with Jesus in his kingdom they are witnessing glories we can’t properly even imagine
those people are here brother
“And I heard a loud voice saying
in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them.
( and we are still here )
Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for
the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.”
Revelation 12:10-12 KJV
to be clear brother he may be alive and well on earth I don’t know havent head anything from him in more than a year or he may be alive and victorious in the kingdom of heaven shouting salvation
Either way he’s in my prayers and I trust that Gods plan for him is better than anything I can create so my prayers are for the Will of God to be done
Death for a believer is not what people sometimes think it is Jesus solved that issue a long time ago
L I’m saying brother is if he’s home with Jesus praise the lord if he’s still here sharing Jesus with someone praise the lord nd if the lord sees fit to let me in when it’s my time , I’m truly convinced that our dear brother will be their as well
There are some things man doesn’t control the natural lifespan is one of those things that only God determines
i don’t know brother whether he’s here or there and never claimed to know what I’m saying is either way we should always pray for one another
But realize when our prayers aren’t answered as we want then to be , it’s not a lack of faith most often it is that we don’t understand Gods Will on the particular matter
could be the lord just wanted him home , or could be the lord wants him here for other sixty years but death is not the end of anyone in Christ its when they shed thier sorrows and pain and walk into glory