What can we do to help win souls back who have gone astray?

I do not mean for this to be a flippant answer.  We are a people of prayer.  We believe in the power of prayer to our holy God that it accomplishes much (James 5:16).  Prayer has conditions attached to it.  We must pray in faith (James 1:6).  Our prayers must be according to the will of God (I John 5:14).  Our life must be in harmony with the will of God (I John 3:22).  All this means is that we do not get what we want just because we ask.  God is in charge and He will decide about how to answer our prayers.  I say this because our prayers cannot overrule the heart of a Christian who has made up their mind to no longer serve God.

Besides praying to God, we must come to the precious commodity of honesty.  I mean by that as Christians we are to put away lying and speak truth with each other (Ephesians4:25).  Each of us can recognize when we see signals that a brother or sister is beginning to slip.  Being honest requires us to go to them in an effort to help them see where their choices are leading them.  In far too many congregations as long as the person shows up on Sunday morning, there is no cause for alarm.  As long as they give some money, everything is alright.  As long as they sing some of the songs, the message is, they are doing just fine.  These signals should awaken the spiritual ones to see that our brother or sister in Christ, needs spiritual health.

When we are aware that a Christian husband or wife is not treating their family in the right way, the alarm should go off in our hearts.  Children disrespectful to parents should alert us that this young Christian needs an“outside voice” to their heart to remind them of the price of following the Lord.  We can do so much to help each other by giving thought to what Matthew7:12 teaches.  We treat others as we would want them to treat us.  If we, therefore, begin to slip, may some spiritual minded Christian come to us in love and say, brother you are going the wrong way, what can I do to help you.  Ignoring the signals, ignoring the person will end up with the death of faith.