Please pray for me and my family :)

[Saniya]

Hi everyone, My name is Saniya and I was born into a Hindu family in India. When I was in the 5th grade, I realised that my household faced domestic violence. My dad was always drunk and would beat up my mom, until the point where she had a few broken ribs. My brother who was not more than a year older than me had to drive her to the hospital, even though he didn’t have a license and could barely drive. As a young girl it had me break down completely. It was this time that I questioned the existence of Hindu gods that I was brought up hearing about. I sat in my room one day and cried and cried. I prayed to anyone who would listen to me, And begged for help.

It was the next morning my parents told me that I would be sent to a boarding school. As I got there, I realised it was a very Christian based school. I came to realise that every Christian there was just so nice and so pure, a complete opposite from back home. It drew me closer to god. I couldn’t find the Biblical verse, help me to remember it if you do, that says we should love everyone and be kind so that people know we are gods people. That’s why I cannot urge Christians to be loving and kind enough. We should try to be loving to even the worst of sinners and to people who hate us, so that when people see us, they see the love of god through us. It didn’t take me long to say that I was a believer of Jesus Christ. However I don’t think I was saved that day. I knew there was a god and I believed in the word of god, but I was just a lukewarm Christian.

I went through all of High school knowing there was a god but choosing to live the other way. All I cared about was popularity and the sense of belonging. I started committing sexual sins, and even after repeated warnings from god I choose to believe it was just a coincidence. I recently graduated high school this year (2020) and I continued my unholy ways. I started to do drugs and went very off track.

It was only about a month ago that I got a dream. A terrifying dream where the end days came and it was time for the rapture. I saw god and he looked at me disappointed, yet sad. Immediately, I was sucked down to hell. That’s when I suddenly woke up and cried. He was giving me a clear warning. After that day I began changing my ways. I began reading the holy bible and I am praying repeatedly. At first I felt very unwelcomed for I had sinned, but god told me it was ok and I was excepted by him. My relationship with him has grown immensely and I am happier than I ever was in life. Praise the Heavenly Father for he is so loving and almighty. Even when I rejected him, he still had his arms open, waiting for me to turn to him.

However, since I have become a true beleiver of Christ, Satan has been stirring up all kinds of problems. One of the biggest has been the problems I face back home. My parents are almost controlled by satan. They are strong Hindu followers who hate Christianity. They are very angry all the time, always choose to pick fights, judge everyone when they can’t see their own faults. Living with them makes me get mad, I began yelling and the anger got the best of me. I am now facing the constant struggle between trying to respect my parents and the anger that sometimes gets to me. Does the Bible say anything about what u should do when ur parents are unholy? Also I do not want to hide the word of god from my parents, but at the same time if I do tell then, they are going to be very very angry at me. But also the Bible says to not hide the word of god from others, otherwise Jesus won’t acknowledge us to his father. So what should I do? Can someone give me some advice about my situation? What would you do if you were me? I am praying to god as well. Please pray for them, pray that my family will be saved for I believe anything is possible through Christ. Also I am surrounded by only unholy people, from my friends to my family. So If there is anyone who needs a friend, feel free to message me.

Thank you for listening and god bless you

 

[Trevor]

Hi everyone, My name is Saniya and I was born into a Hindu family in India. When I was in the 5th grade, I realised that my household faced domestic violence. My dad was always drunk and would beat up my mom, until the point where she had a few broken ribs. My brother who was not more than a year older than me had to drive her to the hospital, even though he didn’t have a license and could barely drive. As a young girl it had me break down completely. It was this time that I questioned the existence of Hindu gods that I was brought up hearing about. I sat in my room one day and cried and cried. I prayed to anyone who would listen to me, And begged for help.

It was the next morning my parents told me that I would be sent to a boarding school. As I got there, I realised it was a very Christian based school. I came to realise that every Christian there was just so nice and so pure, a complete opposite from back home. It drew me closer to god. I couldn’t find the Biblical verse, help me to remember it if you do, that says we should love everyone and be kind so that people know we are gods people. That’s why I cannot urge Christians to be loving and kind enough. We should try to be loving to even the worst of sinners and to people who hate us, so that when people see us, they see the love of god through us. It didn’t take me long to say that I was a believer of Jesus Christ. However I don’t think I was saved that day. I knew there was a god and I believed in the word of god, but I was just a lukewarm Christian.

I went through all of High school knowing there was a god but choosing to live the other way. All I cared about was popularity and the sense of belonging. I started committing sexual sins, and even after repeated warnings from god I choose to believe it was just a coincidence. I recently graduated high school this year (2020) and I continued my unholy ways. I started to do drugs and went very off track.

It was only about a month ago that I got a dream. A terrifying dream where the end days came and it was time for the rapture. I saw god and he looked at me disappointed, yet sad. Immediately, I was sucked down to hell. That’s when I suddenly woke up and cried. He was giving me a clear warning. After that day I began changing my ways. I began reading the holy bible and I am praying repeatedly. At first I felt very unwelcomed for I had sinned, but god told me it was ok and I was excepted by him. My relationship with him has grown immensely and I am happier than I ever was in life. Praise the Heavenly Father for he is so loving and almighty. Even when I rejected him, he still had his arms open, waiting for me to turn to him.

However, since I have become a true beleiver of Christ, Satan has been stirring up all kinds of problems. One of the biggest has been the problems I face back home. My parents are almost controlled by satan. They are strong Hindu followers who hate Christianity. They are very angry all the time, always choose to pick fights, judge everyone when they can’t see their own faults. Living with them makes me get mad, I began yelling and the anger got the best of me. I am now facing the constant struggle between trying to respect my parents and the anger that sometimes gets to me. Does the Bible say anything about what u should do when ur parents are unholy? Also I do not want to hide the word of god from my parents, but at the same time if I do tell then, they are going to be very very angry at me. But also the Bible says to not hide the word of god from others, otherwise Jesus won’t acknowledge us to his father. So what should I do? Can someone give me some advice about my situation? What would you do if you were me? I am praying to god as well. Please pray for them, pray that my family will be saved for I believe anything is possible through Christ. Also I am surrounded by only unholy people, from my friends to my family. So If there is anyone who needs a friend, feel free to message me.

Thank you for listening and god bless you

Hi Saniya, as Christians, we are aliens in this world. Our world is the kingdom of heaven, we are on the earth, but not of it. As we feed on the bread of life (Jesus, the Word, scripture) we find the answers to our questions start to rise up in our hearts, answers that come from the Words of scripture we have digested. It is a process of growth. We all pray. Jesus tells us that anything we ask for in his name we will recieve, we should believe this and not doubt. I prayed for twenty years for the Lord to deliver me from nicotine (smoking) I have now been free for over twenty years. So it may take time for the minds of your parents and siblings to change, but just ask and believe and continue to believe and the prayer will be anwered. Satan will be on your case from the start, that is his job and he's good at it, but if you Don your armour, (you'll find out all about that in the book of Ephesians) and face him down he will flee from you. Read the account of the temptations of Jesus, when he faced down Satan in the desert. His only weapon was the written Word of God and that is the weapon we are called to use, Satan accuses, we retaliate with the written Word. My, that's a fair bit to get your teeth into, hope it helps. bless you.

 

[Brother-Paul]

Greetings @Saniya

Firstly welcome to Talk Jesus, you will enjoy it here, Talk Jesus is something we love to do together.

Is this the verse you was looking for sister?

John 13:31-35 (NKJV)
31 So, when he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.
32 If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and glorify Him immediately.
33 Little children, I shall be with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, 'Where I am going, you cannot come,' so now I say to you.
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."

It is not uncommon to be the only Christian, truly born again Christian, in the house. Many of us have been there and are still in the same situation, myself also. Never thing you are the only one, it is not easy but Jesus never said life would be, He never said being a disciple would be easy either, but He does tell us He will always be there for us.

satan will always try stir up problems, to set one person against another, he does not want the unsaved to come to Jesus, he doesn't want the saved to stay with Jesus. He is the enemy of souls sister.

Mark 13:12-13 (NKJV)
Now brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.
And you will be hated by all for My name's sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

Praise the Heavenly Father for he is so loving and almighty. Even when I rejected him, he still had his arms open, waiting for me to turn to him.

Praise the Lord indeed, in Jesus Name Amen

However, since I have become a true beleiver of Christ, Satan has been stirring up all kinds of problems. One of the biggest has been the problems I face back home. My parents are almost controlled by satan. They are strong Hindu followers who hate Christianity. They are very angry all the time, always choose to pick fights, judge everyone when they can’t see their own faults. Living with them makes me get mad, I began yelling and the anger got the best of me. I am now facing the constant struggle between trying to respect my parents and the anger that sometimes gets to me.

The devil wants you to fight Saniya, that is the last thing you should do.

- Pray constantly for protect in Jesus Name, through His precious blood, put on the whole armour of God, Ephesians 6
- Pray for their salvation in Jesus Name, believe it, hearts have to change, that is the Holy Spirit's speciality.
- Love them, let the love of God in you shine before them. Leave everything to the Holy Spirit

Proverbs 3:5-7 (NKJV)
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and depart from evil.

We join you in prayer Saniya, for you and for your family; for you, for protection from the evil one, for you to grow in faith; for your family to come to Christ, accepting God's Free gift of Love, repenting of their sins and be born again in Jesus Name.

Keep in touch sister.

Jesus loves you, we do too.

 

[Saniya]

Thank you so much ! Yes that is the verse. I really need to fight the devil and be loving no matter what happens. That can only happen with the Armour of god, for I should trust in him and not my own understandings. Thank you so much for speaking to me about gods words and motivating me to dig deeper into the holy bible ! God bless you.

 

[Saniya]

Hi Saniya, as Christians, we are aliens in this world. Our world is the kingdom of heaven, we are on the earth, but not of it. As we feed on the bread of life (Jesus, the Word, scripture) we find the answers to our questions start to rise up in our hearts, answers that come from the Words of scripture we have digested. It is a process of growth. We all pray. Jesus tells us that anything we ask for in his name we will recieve, we should believe this and not doubt. I prayed for twenty years for the Lord to deliver me from nicotine (smoking) I have now been free for over twenty years. So it may take time for the minds of your parents and siblings to change, but just ask and believe and continue to believe and the prayer will be anwered. Satan will be on your case from the start, that is his job and he's good at it, but if you Don your armour, (you'll find out all about that in the book of Ephesians) and face him down he will flee from you. Read the account of the temptations of Jesus, when he faced down Satan in the desert. His only weapon was the written Word of God and that is the weapon we are called to use, Satan accuses, we retaliate with the written Word. My, that's a fair bit to get your teeth into, hope it helps. bless you.

Thank you so much, it really helped. I think I was asking to many questions and overthinking. I should rely more on god and wait from my prayers to be answered than rely on my own understanding. I must put my armour and fight him. I will now pray and believe that he can change the hearts of my parents. I read the part about how Jesus uses the word of god to fight the devil in his 40 day spiritual journey. Now I will use my armour and fight him no matter what with the word of god. After all everyone has to fight, I might as well put up a good fight.

 

[Trevor]

Thank you so much, it really helped. I think I was asking to many questions and overthinking. I should rely more on god and wait from my prayers to be answered than rely on my own understanding. I must put my armour and fight him. I will now pray and believe that he can change the hearts of my parents. I read the part about how Jesus uses the word of god to fight the devil in his 40 day spiritual journey. Now I will use my armour and fight him no matter what with the word of god. After all everyone has to fight, I might as well put up a good fight.

You'll do well Saniya, you have the right heart and your prayers will change the hearts of your family, if you continue to believe. Bless you.

 

[PloughBoy]

Saniya, your story is somehow reminding me of a portion of "The Bible" I read earlier this week and I wonder why, it was so "illuminated". The Book was "The Acts of The Apostles". From chapter 15 thru 20. During this particular period as recorded there by "Luke", The presentation of The Gospel of Jesus Christ by a few Apostles, caused so much trouble and "Riots" everywhere. It tore up cities, violence , beatings, it cause so much unrest everywhere, from the message these Apostles cause, There was "Mobs" so much violence, the Romans Soldiers had to come and rescue even the "Apostle Paul"!
The presentation of the Gospel even cause death and anger that "Scripture" use the phrase: "they have turn the world upside down" with this message. Meaning it was not a good thing! But this Gospel about Jesus Christ has torn up the world! Causing, death, burnings, Mothers against daughters, Fathers against sons, Children causing their own parents to be put to death! (Jesus warn us these things will come). The world will hate you, just like it hated me"! So I am telling you, stay close to Him, it is not going to be easy, especially in times like these and the period we are living in.

His return is near! Stay close to Him and keep near, the "Holy Spirit" will guide you, By His Written Word! "My Sheep knows my voice and I know them. Maybe "Acts" chapter 15- 20 was meant for you. I don't know, but it would not hurt you to read it even again.

May the Spirit of God anoint you with the Spirit of gladness.

 

[PloughBoy]

God always has something special for some of us.

New International Version
You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.

New Living Translation
You love justice and hate evil. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else.

English Standard Version
you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;

Berean Study Bible
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.

New American Standard Bible
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of joy above Your fellows.

 

[Andyindauk]

Hi everyone, My name is Saniya and I was born into a Hindu family in India. When I was in the 5th grade, I realised that my household faced domestic violence. My dad was always drunk and would beat up my mom, until the point where she had a few broken ribs. My brother who was not more than a year older than me had to drive her to the hospital, even though he didn’t have a license and could barely drive. As a young girl it had me break down completely. It was this time that I questioned the existence of Hindu gods that I was brought up hearing about. I sat in my room one day and cried and cried. I prayed to anyone who would listen to me, And begged for help.

It was the next morning my parents told me that I would be sent to a boarding school. As I got there, I realised it was a very Christian based school. I came to realise that every Christian there was just so nice and so pure, a complete opposite from back home. It drew me closer to god. I couldn’t find the Biblical verse, help me to remember it if you do, that says we should love everyone and be kind so that people know we are gods people. That’s why I cannot urge Christians to be loving and kind enough. We should try to be loving to even the worst of sinners and to people who hate us, so that when people see us, they see the love of god through us. It didn’t take me long to say that I was a believer of Jesus Christ. However I don’t think I was saved that day. I knew there was a god and I believed in the word of god, but I was just a lukewarm Christian.

I went through all of High school knowing there was a god but choosing to live the other way. All I cared about was popularity and the sense of belonging. I started committing sexual sins, and even after repeated warnings from god I choose to believe it was just a coincidence. I recently graduated high school this year (2020) and I continued my unholy ways. I started to do drugs and went very off track.

It was only about a month ago that I got a dream. A terrifying dream where the end days came and it was time for the rapture. I saw god and he looked at me disappointed, yet sad. Immediately, I was sucked down to hell. That’s when I suddenly woke up and cried. He was giving me a clear warning. After that day I began changing my ways. I began reading the holy bible and I am praying repeatedly. At first I felt very unwelcomed for I had sinned, but god told me it was ok and I was excepted by him. My relationship with him has grown immensely and I am happier than I ever was in life. Praise the Heavenly Father for he is so loving and almighty. Even when I rejected him, he still had his arms open, waiting for me to turn to him.

However, since I have become a true beleiver of Christ, Satan has been stirring up all kinds of problems. One of the biggest has been the problems I face back home. My parents are almost controlled by satan. They are strong Hindu followers who hate Christianity. They are very angry all the time, always choose to pick fights, judge everyone when they can’t see their own faults. Living with them makes me get mad, I began yelling and the anger got the best of me. I am now facing the constant struggle between trying to respect my parents and the anger that sometimes gets to me. Does the Bible say anything about what u should do when ur parents are unholy? Also I do not want to hide the word of god from my parents, but at the same time if I do tell then, they are going to be very very angry at me. But also the Bible says to not hide the word of god from others, otherwise Jesus won’t acknowledge us to his father. So what should I do? Can someone give me some advice about my situation? What would you do if you were me? I am praying to god as well. Please pray for them, pray that my family will be saved for I believe anything is possible through Christ. Also I am surrounded by only unholy people, from my friends to my family. So If there is anyone who needs a friend, feel free to message me.

Thank you for listening and god bless you

Hi Saniya,

What a lovely testimony, really heart warming. I'm so delighted that you have come through such a difficult start and despite a few set backs you have a strong belief and a really sweet faith, I'm pretty sure that the party in Heaven over your repentance is showing no signs of winding down yet Luke 15:7. You must feel very special that God came to you and called you directly in the way that He did.

My advice about your situation is to keep on doing what you're doing; you're doing everything right. Keep praying as often as you can, thanking and worshipping God, telling Him you love Him and why, thanking Him for all the many blessings He's given you as well as chatting about your situation and asking His help and intervention. Stay closer to God and Satan won't get a look in.

There's no verses in the Bible that say you should be wafting your Bible about, if it causes grief best exercise a bit of discretion. What we are called to do is shine like beacon on a hill, reflect God's love and glory. Your family know you're a Christian, so just let them see the difference that God has made in you for themselves. That's your witness and testimony, show them love, empathy and concern, and a real care. That will be a more effective witness than getting involved with arguments, heated debates and clashes.

If you're not already in a church, is there a good Christian church near you? I know India's in lockdown but maybe worth spending some time running through local church websites to get a flavour and make a list of churches to visit post-lockdown.

Keep on with reading your Bible. I keep banging on about an App called YouVersion, I love it to bits. It's a Bible on your smartphone or tablet. The default is the English King James Version which is very old fashioned English and can be a bit heavy at times. However you can then download other version. I've got NKJV and the NIV but it also has Hindi. There's free Bible reading plans, verse of the day, audio and lots more stuff.

Hope that helps. Take care and God bless you sis xxx

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Dear Lord God, I want to say a massive massive thanks to you for calling and rescuing this gorgeous sweet sister of mine, Saniya. She's had it really really rough and her home situation isn't much better now. I know your son Jesus warned us that to love you may well cause family division in Luke 12:51-53 but that doesn't make it any easier when people we love are at our throats; at each other's throats, constantly at war. I pray Lord for Saniya that your Holy Spirit will fill her, comfort and guide her through each day. I can't pray for peace, that's not likely to happen until her family sit up and take notice of her witness and shining example and come to want to understand and maybe seek you for themselves. To that end, I pray you'll reveal more of yourself to Saniya and give her a deeper and greater understanding and experience of you, your majesty, power and glory. I also pray dear Lord that your Spirit will convict each member of her family of their sin and need for you, just open their eyes to realise and see the patently obvious!

I love you God and I just want to thank you for your delicate, loving, amazing and all powerful love and care that we depend upon and cling to so desperately. We love you dearly Lord God and really really appreciate you.

Amen

 

[KittyLinda]

Hello Saniya. People have already said everything I wanted to tell you. I’m glad you came on these forums. Even though I was born into a very loving Christian family, I was not a Christian for a very long time, and I finally came back to the lord, and I’m still struggling, but God is getting all the pieces together for me gradually, because he knows our limits and weakness. I’m in very similar situation. My partner is not a Christian. I pray for him and want to show him how giving my life to Jesus and believing in him changed my ways and blessed me in every way. You also keep praying for your parents. I’d highly recommend you to attend a church when it is possible. It is important to have real life fellowship. I noticed how not having that in my life for a long time has turned me away from God, because everyone around me was unbeliever and I was not on good terms with my Christian family.

Praying for you and your parents. Dear Lord, please forgive and heal this family from all disputes, show them your way, make them humbled and loving to one another. I pray for this sister in the lord to be filled with happiness and peace. In Jesus' name. Amen.