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document.writeln("you persuade me to be a Christian.1
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document.writeln("When Mahatma Gandhi was attending university in London, he became almost");
document.writeln("convinced of the validity of Christianity, seeing it as possibly the one true");
document.writeln("supernatural religion.
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document.writeln("After graduation, he continued to seek evidence that would persuade him to");
document.writeln("become a committed Christian. When he accepted employment in East Africa, and");
document.writeln("lived with a family who were members of an evangelical Christian church, he");
document.writeln("believed this would be his greatest source of evidence for the Christian faith.
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document.writeln("Gandhi lived with this family for seven months, but after seeing their causal");
document.writeln("attitude towards God, hearing them complain about making sacrifices for Christ,");
document.writeln("and becoming aware of their religious");
document.writeln("apathy, he became disillusioned.
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He concluded that Christianity was not the one true,");
document.writeln("supernatural religion he had hoped to find. It was a good religion, but just one more");
document.writeln("of the many religions in the world.
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document.writeln("In the Bible, King Agrippa heard the testimony of Paul and rejected it. And while");
document.writeln("the circumstances might have been very different, both he and Gandhi were");
document.writeln("almost persuaded to become a Christian, but did not.
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document.writeln("May God help us be a true reflection of Him every day. Wherever we go, and");
document.writeln("whatever we do, may our words and actions always bring others closer to Christ");
document.writeln("and not push them away.
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document.writeln("Suggested prayer: Dear God, I want to be part of Your plan to reach lost souls");
document.writeln("and bring them to a personal relationship with you. Help every aspect of my");
document.writeln("life to be an effective witness to others of Your great love, forgiveness, and");
document.writeln("the hope we have in You. Please keep me from ever being guilty of others rejecting");
document.writeln("You because of what they see in me. In the name of Jesus I pray, amen.
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document.writeln("1. Acts 26:28.
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