The Lifted Veil (2 Corinthians 3:14-18 ESV)

 "But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed" (2 Corinthians 3:16 ESV).

The veil over the minds and hearts of the unsaved will be lifted.  This only happens when they turn to the Lord.  Christ will take it away.

This is an assurance we can rest in.  It can spur us on when we flag and feel discouraged when we pray for unsaved relatives and friends to come to Christ.

Some of us have been praying for the salvation of unbelieveing relatives and friends for decades.  It seems like nothing is moving and there is no breakthrough.

We can continue though, through thick and thin that they will turn to the Lord.  He will then lift that veil that blinds their minds and hearts, keeping them from seeing Jesus, keeping them satisfied with their own good works and supposed build up of merits, and keeping them from coming humbly to Jesus for their sufficiency.

We can persist in prayer that they too will,

 "with unveiled face, [that they, along with us will] behold the glory of the Lord and be transformed ..." (vs 18).

Pray that the Lord who is the Spirit, will work mightily to see this through.

Abba Father, in Jesus' name and through Your Holy Spirit, we continue to plead for the salvation of our relatives and friends who need Jesus.  Cause them to turn to the Lord, unveil their minds and hearts, so that they come to Christ before it is forever too late.  May they too, experience freedom in Christ.  

May the 'burning house' of their hearts be doused with the water of Your Word.  We ask this in Your Son Jesus' most precious name.  

Amen.

                                          ~ ERC  June 2026  ~

Based on 2 Corinthians 3:14-18 ESV.

Sing, We the Kingdom - The Veil, along with We the Kingdom and My Life is in Your Hands, along with Kirk Franklin.

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