Praying for the Salvation of Lost Loved Ones - Charles Leiter

Do you remember back in Ezekiel,

God says, "All souls are Mine"?

The soul of the father,
the soul of the son.

I remember one time many years ago,

I was praying for a lost loved one

and kind of trying to twist
God's arm to answer me

and He brought this verse to mind.

That person, if it's your mother

or your child or whoever -

they don't belong to you.

They're not yours. They're God's.

He says, "All souls are Mine."

"I'll decide about this."

"It's in My power."

Now, He's made wonderful promises,

but we've got to go to God

and pray for our loved ones on the basis

that we know He doesn't owe us anything.

We don't deserve anything.

Those souls belong to Him.

Every soul is His.

I remember Don Johnson told about

praying for his son James.

He said, "Mae, I'm going to go
out and pray for James again."

And he went out

and the first thing he said:

"Lord, he deserves to go to hell.

You could send him to hell

and You'd be right."

What's that?

That's acknowledging:

Lord, I know he belongs to You.

His soul is not mine. It's Yours.

But if You could have mercy on him...

See, that's the attitude that we come.

And lo and behold, God did.

He saved him.

Basically we're saying:

Father, I know that that person's soul

is in Your hands to
dispose of as You see fit,

but if You could ever see fit

to give them as a gift to Your Son,

I would thank You so much.

Isn't that amazing?

That's what we're asking.

This clip is from the full sermon:

"Everyone and No One."

To find further encouragement

in praying for your lost loved ones,

search for "Never Give Up Praying

for your Loved One's Salvation,"

by Don Johnson.