I'm out of ideas, I need christian help.?

I'm a christian and so is my cousin, my cousin loves god and goes to church with me all the time. The poblem, his life has been going in a bad direction. He hangs out with Goths and he's gay. I went to his myspace and his headline is "666" and my computer was runnig slow so i checked the history, he was looking at gay porn. he lies to me and our family all the time. His life hasn't been the best and he's 16. Any ideas on thing I can say to him to get him out of this. It hurts to see him do all this to himself. I need advice, or verses from the bible that go with what I told you. Thanks.

I'm out of ideas, I need christian help.?

Why do you need advice from the bible? Just look at where all that good churchin' got your cousin.

I'm out of ideas, I need christian help.?

Prayer and love. Let him know you are concerned for him. In the end, it is his decision to do what ever he chooses.

I'm out of ideas, I need christian help.?

Pray, pray, pray. Sometimes God can use these experiences to make a difference in our lives later. Like the guy from the band Korn. I'm praying, I hope I can come back with better advice. Quietly let him know what he's getting into.

What does he like? (Music, sports, etc.) What seems to speak

to him the most? For me, music has helped me keep my faith and all kinds of things... Find something, like a song, that will

hit him where he's at. Switchfoot has some really good lyrics and songs that have helped a lot of my friends, including my cousin get back on track. I'm praying!

I'm out of ideas, I need christian help.?

Thou shalt not lay with mankind as thou would womankind, it is an abomination.

Have him read ecclesiastes, then the book of John, the two most beautiful books in the bible.

I'm out of ideas, I need christian help.?

Be supportive. Don't interfere. Goth is interesting. 666 is Nero. He wasn't all bad....(?)

I'm out of ideas, I need christian help.?

Maybe a book like "The five greatest lies of the century" or "The purpose driven life" will help

I'm out of ideas, I need christian help.?

Bible verses aren't going to help if he doesn't believe.

First, the best thing you can do is not to judge him. If you read answers to some of the questions you can see that non-believers frequently feel judged, and that works against any good.

The goth and the gay stuff is not good, but not bad. The 666 and gay porn are more of a concern because they are symptoms of a problem.

The best thing you can do for him is be there for him. Show him the benefits of doing the right thing. Let him know you are there to talk. And if there is an older person who he doest look up to and listen to, talk to that person.

I'm out of ideas, I need christian help.?

john 3:16 .Tell him to repent because God will come and he will be left behind . Tell him to be Thankful That we've a God Full of Mercy upon he who repents.

I'm out of ideas, I need christian help.?

If your cousin is getting into the wrong crowd, he needs more help than quoting from the scriptures.

I am not all that sure what the Goth thing is as far as being good or bad. The gay thing is here to stay. If he has been living a troubled life since he was 16, not sure how old he is now...but my guess is he may be early 20's he is now an adult and can choose his own poison.

If you want to help your cousin, he has to want to be helped. If you sit down and have a heart to heart with him...ask him if he wants some help with the direction he is headed in life. Maybe furthering his education, for a good career. Maybe just finding new friends who will be more favourable. I am not sure what you are looking for. If he is an adult, you cannot change his mind with this porn thing...if he wants help with it...then that is a different story...you have got to talk to him about it first.

I'm out of ideas, I need christian help.?

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" my cousin loves god and goes to church with me all the time"

For this is what love for God is: to keep His commands. Now His commands are not a burden, because whatever has been born of God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith. And who is the one who conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

1 John 5:3-5

Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their thoughts. They are darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them and because of the hardness of their hearts. They became callous and gave themselves over to promiscuity for the practice of every kind of impurity with a desire for more and more.

But that is not how you learned about the Messiah, assuming you heard Him and were taught by Him, because the truth is in Jesus: you took off your former way of life, the old man that is corrupted by deceitful desires; you are being renewed in the spirit of your minds; you put on the new man, the one created according to God閳ユ獨 [likeness] in righteousness and purity of the truth.

Since you put away lying, Speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another. Be angry and do not sin. Don閳ユ獩 let the sun go down on your anger, and don閳ユ獩 give the Devil an opportunity. The thief must no longer steal. Instead, he must do honest work with his own hands, so that he has something to share with anyone in need. No rotten talk should come from your mouth, but only what is good for the building up of someone in need, in order to give grace to those who hear.

And don閳ユ獩 grieve God閳ユ獨 Holy Spirit, who sealed you for the day of redemption. All bitterness, anger and wrath, insult and slander must be removed from you, along with all wickedness. And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.

Ephesians 4:17-32

I'm out of ideas, I need christian help.?

I think you should pray for him. My favorite verses are psalms and they might help a lot.

"Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law does he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bring forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind carries away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgement, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knows the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungoldy shall perish."

Psalm 1

I hope this helps.

I'm out of ideas, I need christian help.?

There's several passages dealing with his condition,but you would never reach him by starting out in that fashion.There is too much hurt and confusion and bitterness in his mind.We minister to people according to where we see they are spritually.Yes,the Gospel is the bottom line.But unless one has receptive ears,they will only close the door on you.So,first you should get together over lunch out or at your house.Pour your heart out to him about your love and concern for the direction he's taking in life.Let him know you want to assuage his pain by taking upon his burdens on your shoulder,as your yoke is light,and you can handle the heavy load because of your Faith in Christ Jesus.Once he starts to share,you will now know where his bitterness has originated,and can counsel him.It could take several months.And you should start with John and Hebrews prior to pointing out his sodomite lifestyle.Most lost souls misconstrue our ministering for judgmentalism.We love the sinner,but hate the sin.Let me know if I can be of more help to you in the future.