Man's Spiritual State and the Need for Prayer

 If at one point you have felt discourged talking to people who have a
 hard time accepting the ideals of Christianity, which I know you have,
 take heart because you and I are called to SHARE the gospel. That is,
 as mere mortals, where our job stops. We can't convert, only God can
 convert. That is why when we talk to someone about Jesus Christ they
 tend to get huffy, a bit defensive, because no one wants to hear that
 living a good life and as a result good deeds wont get you into heaven.
 That idea just repulses most non-believers. If you shared with someone
 and they accepted Christ right away the Spirit of God was with him and
 understood the the things of God. This however is not true of some
 people. Man can sit in the midst in awesome preaching, sing the most
 inspirational song, and yet look around and still not see the cross of
 Christ because he is sitting on it. Here are some illustrations that
 you might be familiar with. These might give you a clue in what is
 trying to be said here.

1.|-------------------|              Key =  += Christ
  |        o          |                     s= self
  |      o s+ o       |                     o= issues in ones life
  |        o          |
  |--------------------
  The Spiritual Man as you can see has Jesus at the center of his life,
  and every other concern revolving around the Lord. Notice how neat
  and organized his life is.

2. --------------------|
   |     o            0|
   |                   |
   |   +          s    |
   |       0          O|
   ---------------------

   The Carnal man or Backslider has accepted Christ, but has chosen to
   go his own way leaving the concerns of the life in utter disaray.

3.  _____________________
    |  o         O      |
    |      O       s    |  +
    |  O    o           |
    |___________________|

    The Unspiritual man has not accepted Christ nor does he feel like
    he needs to. He thinks he is perfectly happy without Jesus as his
    Lord and savior. Why should he change when he has never known a
    father's love. Notice that Christ is on the outside of his life.
    This guy cannot see any farther than reality will let him because
    the Spirit of God is FOREIGN to him. It is not that he chooses to
    be stubborn or doesn't want to listen to the gospel. It's just that
    he cannot understand. Let's say some one spoke a language that you
    did not know. Since you do not know the language, you are not able
    to comprehend. The same goes with unspiritual man!

 As Christians our most life touching evangelism comes through prayer!
 We should still witness to others by our life and the words God gives
 to us to speak, but unless the life source of your ministry is not
 based on prayer the whole kit and kaboodle is most assuredly worthless.
 Please think about the lost persons in your life and keep in mind why
 they may not understand what you're talking about when you share with
 them, but most importantly PRAY for them.

          
 Here are some scripture references on The spirit or the Holy Spirit.
   Acts 2:1-4
   Luke 24:45 
   Gal 2:20 with Acts 11:2
    
    Prayer 
   There are a bunch of good ones on prayer but I like this one best:
   
    Ephesians 6:18
                                      Because he lives
                                            
                                             +om