You CAN Help Jesus Save Souls

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An important part of our Christian duty is to fulfill our mandate to help Jesus save our brothers and sisters. Our Father gave His children a very important part to play in the redemption of their brothers and sisters.

History is filled with amazing stories of conversion, where Jesus Christ uses the prayers of God’s children and applies them to what Christians call a “change of heart”.
It’s true, I believe, that God gives every soul many chances to turn away from sin and accept His love for them.  So, why do some souls reject God’s attempts at drawing them to Himself?
We are responsible, because we are not giving God what He needs to convert all the souls that reject Him.  The more we pray for conversions, the more Jesus can do to help lost souls.
Christians are called by Jesus to help their brothers and sisters in many different ways. But none are as important as helping Jesus save souls; for this is the “bottom line” of a soul’s eternal existence.
Do you accept your Christian responsibility to help Jesus save your brothers and sisters?
Here is a short prayer that Jesus gave to Saint Faustina to help save souls. He told her every time she prayed this prayer from her heart He would save a soul.
“O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of Mercy for us, I trust in You”. (Diary 186-187)  here 
Do you think you can memorize this prayer and ask your Guardian angel to remind you to say it throughout your waking hours?  Better yet, sit down and pray this prayer 50 or 100 times a day.  Don’t have the time?  This prayer will soon become a simple prayer of your heart, just like the Jesus prayer; it will actually become automatic, just like breathing.You will breath the prayer in unity with the Holy Spirit as you go about your day.

Then you will become that open window, the antenna, or perhaps a landing strip for the Holy Spirit on earth. He is the only Savior but He does need our voices, hands and feet to reach our brothers and sister who live on the earth. Especially the ones who are not in touch with their own inner souls, who do not know yet how to listen to the whisper of the Holy Spirit.


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