PRAY HARDER
Today's reading:  Psalm 108-110

"I love them, but they try to destroy me--even as I am praying for them!  They return evil for good and hatred for my love."  Psalm 109:3 NLT

We all have them...family, friends and loved ones that we are attempting to reach for Christ...and they are having none of it.

They ridicule us.  They ignore our invitations to church.  They laugh at our convictions.  They bring us our past mistakes.  They pepper us with jokes.

They cause us to want to have a 'laying on of hands'.

And all these years later, they still need The Lord.

We have to keep praying.  We have to keep attempting to woo them to The Lord.  We have to do all we can to draw them into the unbroken circle.

But it's not easy.  They're not easy people to love.  Their convictions are as strong as your own--just placed in faulty beliefs.  God loves them, but you often have to remind yourself of the fact.  Their words hurt.  Their responses are caustic.  Their personalities grate on our tenderhearted mercies.  Their lives are miserable and it shows.

Today is the day to re-vamp your prayer efforts.  Today is a great time to re-focus your attention on their need for a Savior, not a swift kick in the seats of their pants.  Today looks like a perfect time to start again loving them like Jesus does!