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Draw Me Close To You

  • Therefore Jesus answered them, 'Don't murmur among yourselves. No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day. John 6:43 WEB

    I could see from the look on their face that if they could have just one wish granted in the entire world, that it would be for me to stop telling them about Jesus. At other times, I have seen people come to me of their own accord, and shakily say: 'I want what you have.' I have witnessed to people and tried my best to convince them that Jesus is real, and just got a dismal gaze of pure boredom, while others could not wait for me to pray with them.

    Why the inconsistency? It is because the Lord draws some and not others at that same moment. He may draw them later, and I believe that we can help by praying for them to be drawn to Him. The Lord has to open their hearts and minds for them to understand the truth, or it will remain veiled from them. Here are two examples:

    'He said to them, 'But who do you say that I am?' Simon Peter answered, 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.' Jesus answered him, 'Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven' (Matthew 16:15'17).

    Peter recognized that Jesus was the Son of God, then Jesus told him that this was revealed to him by the Father. Most of the people could not see that.

    'A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul' (Acts 16:14).

    Lydia understood what Paul was preaching because the Lord opened her heart to understand it, while many others around them, though they heard the same words, did not.

    If you have people you want to come to the Lord, pray for them to be drawn to Him, for their hearts to be opened. You will not have to give long-winded speeches, or persuade them to believe when the time comes.

    When the Father draws them, they will soon be witnessing to you about the goodness of God and they will be inviting you to go to church with them. I also believe that we can pray for the Lord to draw our hearts to Him as well, for no one comes to Jesus except the Father draws them.

    Prayer: Heavenly Father I pray that You draw my family and I to You. Open our hearts to understand the gospel, help us to see beyond the natural, and fill us with Your Holy Spirit. May we all come to know You and be saved, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

    Note: Good morning, just a reminder that our Wednesday RHM Live worship service is happening tonight! This special time includes live music, a video teaching, as well as interactive prayer and fellowship in our RHM Live chatroom. All members are invited to join us at 7pm EST (we recommend that you arrive about 15 minutes beforehand for fellowship and to make sure the streaming is working for you). The page where it will happen is here: RHM Live Page


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Joseph Adams, Jr.
Joseph Adams, Jr.

Amen

November 22, 2017
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Schalk  de Beer
Schalk de Beer

Amen Lord 

November 22, 2017
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Kay Collinsworth
Kay Collinsworth

Amen!

November 22, 2017
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Christina Ocasio
Christina Ocasio

Amen❤

November 22, 2017
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Yvette York
Yvette York

Amen 

November 22, 2017
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Celeste Strenn
Celeste Strenn

Amen  thank you so much for your wonderful faithfulness dear Pastor Dion

November 22, 2017
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Mike OBryan
Mike OBryan

Enlightinging! Very good!! Amen!! Happy Thanksgiving too All! May it be the best!!

 

November 22, 2017
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Marisa Jackson
Marisa Jackson

Amen!!

November 22, 2017
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Greg Hall
Greg Hall

Amen!! Thank You Pastor Dion

November 22, 2017
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David  Earlywine
David Earlywine

Thank you Paster.Gods blessings to everyone and Happy Thanksgiving.Our God is awesome.I love and worship him. Amen 

November 22, 2017
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Lynn Brown
Lynn Brown

Amen Lord! Draw me and all my loved ones to You!

November 22, 2017
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Carol Pady
Carol Pady

Amen!

November 22, 2017
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Jim Jarrell
Jim Jarrell

Amen to this one, I have a friend who believes he is an evangelist. He may well be, but I have seen him wittness to people and say the sinners prayer with them. Like the parable of the sower says, they soon fall away. Did the father call them or did they make some kind of emotional decission. Time will tell, but I know that my redeamer lives. I wish everyone knew!

November 22, 2017
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Jose Simo
Jose Simo

 Heavenly Father, help me to draw people seeking You. Give me the wisdom to speak to them. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.

November 22, 2017
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Debbie Stiner
Debbie Stiner

Dear God please draw all of my living family nearer to you.  Thank you for your blessings upon us. 

November 22, 2017
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Liesel  aka  Lisa Wardle
Liesel aka Lisa Wardle

Thank you Pastor Dion !!! I tried to talk to the wife of a person I'm taking care of yesterday, when she was by herself, both are very ill. Tried to talk about life after death, the mystery of creation ... she interrupted me to the point that I knew she had no interest what so ever in hearing about this! I realize know that the Father needs to do the drawing just as you said in today's message! So what is left at this point is to continue and lift her and her husband up in prayer. Her husband also has dementia, but when I mention to him that he and his wife are in my daily prayers, he gives me the biggest smile! Everything is possible with my Lord and for all of us that believe and ask and pray, for it is His will that none should perish, but have everlasting life!!!

Going to another shift this evening with another person, who is extremely ill and just found out that she has Leukemia - so here is another prayer request!

Friday, Sat. and Sun./Mon. more people with very special needs and more prayer requests!

Thank you so much again Pastor Dion for feeding me with the daily word, I thank the Lord for you!!!

 

November 22, 2017
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Wesley Paulus
Wesley Paulus

Amen!

November 22, 2017
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Kee Moon Chang
Kee Moon Chang

Amen!

No one can come to You unless the Father draws him.

November 22, 2017
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Diane Symborski✝
Diane Symborski✝

 Heavenly Father I pray that You draw my family and I to You. Open our hearts to understand the gospel, help us to see beyond the natural, and fill us with Your Holy Spirit. May we all come to know You and be saved, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray. Ameen <3!

 

 

Thank you Pastor Dion for your daily devotion. :-) Happy Thanksgiving! to you and Sylvia. <3

November 22, 2017
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Pranoti  Kumar
Pranoti Kumar

Father Lord, I commit my family and me into your loving care....lead us, guide us, protect us and use us for your Glory. Amen!

 

November 23, 2017
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Ticardo Williams
Ticardo Williams

Amen.  Praise God!  Thanks Pastor Todd!  Heavenly Father I pray that You draw my family and I to You. Open our hearts to understand the gospel, help us to see beyond the natural, and fill us with Your Holy Spirit. May we all come to know You and be saved, in the Name of Jesus Christ I pray.  Amen.

November 23, 2017
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Cheryl Hepler
Cheryl Hepler

Great insight... Have a Blessed Thanksgiving Day!

November 23, 2017
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Karen Robertson
Karen Robertson

We pray daily for this to happen with our loved ones!

November 24, 2017