R
What God has just done is actually in my father's life and it's not complete yet. My father is unsaved. He is Catholic and believes he is saved and goes to church each week, but does not believe in the gospel the way the Bible presents it. He believes all people (atheists, Muslims, Jewish people, agnostics, etc.) go to Heaven as long as they're pretty good. He believes in praying to saints and Mary. He believes it's okay to sin sometimes (although his understanding of sin is skewed, as is his idea of forgiveness). My father doesn't want to go to a noncathohlic church because he likes the rituals associated with Catholic churches and dislikes modern worship music.
My church is nondenominational. While services have a pattern, it's not a strict "Now we will rise, now we will kneel, etc.) format. We sing modern worship songs along with some older hymns. We pray to no one but God, and believe in salvation from a Biblical standpoint. When I came home today, I told my father he should come with me some time. To my surprise, he said he'd come with me next week!
Now, my father's the type of person who might very well get to next Sunday and change his mind. However, for him to even consider going to a church other than his own shows me that God is working in his life. I wanted to testify about this, but also request prayers that God guide my father to actually go with me to church next week and that God use the sermon to guide my father to Christ.
My church is nondenominational. While services have a pattern, it's not a strict "Now we will rise, now we will kneel, etc.) format. We sing modern worship songs along with some older hymns. We pray to no one but God, and believe in salvation from a Biblical standpoint. When I came home today, I told my father he should come with me some time. To my surprise, he said he'd come with me next week!
Now, my father's the type of person who might very well get to next Sunday and change his mind. However, for him to even consider going to a church other than his own shows me that God is working in his life. I wanted to testify about this, but also request prayers that God guide my father to actually go with me to church next week and that God use the sermon to guide my father to Christ.