Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed with every good and perfect gift from above. I had a good day on campus encouraging Christian students and Jamesha prayed today. Please pray she grows in her faith. Her story is below if you have some time. I had a good week and 6 students trusted in Christ including Daniel, Chris, Dylan, Emmanuel and Zeke

Jamesha was sitting in the atrium lounge that is on the SE end of the BIC on the 1^st floor. She had long pencil width braids (a few were red) and a gap tooth smile. She was heavy set her head nearly round. She was cute with classic black features and her face lit up when she laughed. She wore a white hoodie with some black lettering and black sweats. When I asked questions she looked up at the ceiling trying to get her thoughts. I asked her “You’re walking down the road and you get hit by a bus. So you’re dead. And you stand before God and He says, ‘Why should I let you into Heaven?’ What would you say?” She looked up to the ceiling for a while as she had on the first question and after a bit I said, “Do you ever go to Church—like when you were a kid?” She said she did and had done some kind of program. So I asked what she thought they might say got you into Heaven. “1^st believing is a big part of going to Heaven and following the teaching of the Bible,” she replied. I asked if she would say that, that she believed and followed the Bible. “I followed Jesus but not of ‘um,” she replied. I asked the likelihood she would go to Heaven when she died and she said 10%. I began to go through the Gospel with her and explained everything I always do concerning the blood and righteousness of Jesus, His resurrection and adoption of the children of God through salvation by faith in Jesus. She tuned right in and was with me the entire time. I asked if she would want to be forgiven for her sins or thought something else. “I want to be forgiven,” she said with a big smile. I explained if she wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer she could pray and talked her through it asking if it “expressed the desire of her heart”. “Yes,” she replied. I said she could pray it silently, I wouldn’t hear her but God would hear and she know she was forgiven. “Wanna do that?” I asked. “Yes,” she said brightly and I gave her the booklet saying, “Just pretend I’m not here.” I handed her the booklet and she prayed to receive Jesus. When she finished I explained that now trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 100%. She didn’t have a Bible so I gave her one showing her study helps and I wrote her name the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I gave it to her and she said, “Thank you.” I gave her Bible Promises for You saying she could read the verses for encouragement or turn them into prayers. I gave her a Bible study. She said she liked to read so I gave her The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. I told her I would pray a Bible verse for her each day from now until Spring and one year after asking God to bless her. I got up to go and she said, “Thank you.” “I’ll see you around,” I said. “OK thank you,” she said again and I headed off.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism this week. God truly blessed. I have another appointment today with yet another practitioner for my sciatica. I’d be grateful for prayer for that.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed with every good and perfect gift.  I had good day on campus in as much as Zeke prayed with me to receive Jesus. Please pray he grows in his faith and walks with the Lord. I was tied up for over an hour and a half with a trans student I’ll call Em. After going through the Gospel with Em, Em continued to grill me with questions but seemed amicable when we parted though I told Em nothing Em wished to hear. Em believed in Kemetic Orthodoxy.

Zeke was sitting in the third-floor lounge just down from the overlook on the lounge where we have Bible study. He was a good-looking Latino guy, slight build. He had short hair that sort of rooster tailed on his forehead. He wore a red zip neck hoodie, black sweats and had a sharp jaw line kind of Anime features with a 5 o’clock shadow exclusive to his upper lip. He had a hearing aid and wore contacts saying the limits of his hearing were primarily in crowds. He was planning to go to a church in the near future with his girlfriend who had had a very emotional experience there. I asked him, “You’re walking down the road and you get hit by a bus. So you’re dead. And you stand before God and He says, ‘Why should I let you into Heaven?’ What would you say?” Without pause he said, “You shouldn’t, it’s your choice. My choice wouldn’t be to convince you but more what I’ve done in my life,” he replied. I asked him the likelihood he would go to Heaven. “I don’t think I’ve done that good [that has] many impacts to prove that so 30%.” He said he had gone to church as a kid but not lately. I explained all had sinned. Sin kills you God gives you life. God can’t be in the same place as sin but He wants to live inside you so He just takes away your sin so He can live inside you with his Spirit. “What’s the big thing Jesus does back in history to take away the sins of the world?” He thought for a few seconds and said he did not know. So I said I’d explain it real quick and began to explain the blood and righteousness of Jesus and that God wanted to adopt him and give this too him. I explained salvation by faith saying all I usually say and asked, “So would you want to be forgiven for your sins trusting in what Jesus has done or do you think something else?” He said he wanted to be forgiven. He said that as a boy growing up he had asked to be washed of his sins when he did them. So I said that if he wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray and talked through it reading, “Does this prayer express the desire of his heart?” He nodded it did so I said he could pray it silently and asked if he would want to do that. “Yeah probably,” he said. “Ok I’ll wait on you then,” I replied handing him the booklet. I looked down and he prayed to receive Jesus. When he finished he said, “I like this.” I began to explain the Christian life to him reading the Bible and prayer saying everything was “By the Spirit’s Power”. I wrote his name and the date and forgiven in the front of Bible Promises for You and I gave him a Bible study and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. I told him I would pray a Bible verse for him each day from now until Spring and one year after asking God to bless him. “God bless you,” I said, getting up to go. “God bless you I appreciate it,” he replied. “You’re welcome,” I said and headed out.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance God truly blessed.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was filled with all good things from the Lord. I had a good day on campus and Dylan and Emmanuel each prayed to receive Jesus today. Their stories are below if you want to spend the time. Please pray they grow in their faith. I have to teach the TPUSA Bible Study tonight at 4:30. So I’m hopeful some will come.

Dylan was sitting at a table in the PE lounge there were only a couple other students in there. I’d asked him before this time, he said he’d take a minute. He has a rough afro about 4 inches high. He had the perfect skin of youth and a square jaw, sharp features, smaller nose, good-looking guy. He was wearing a COD logo grey pullover hoodie and sweats. He’s a triple and long jump athlete at school. He got some scholarships that weren’t enough to pay for school outright so I think he’s at COD to increase his performance. He went to church on Holidays mostly and a bit here and there. I asked him, “You’re walking down the road and you get hit by a bus. So you’re dead. And you stand before God and He says, ‘Why should I let you into Heaven?’ What would you say?” “I feel like I would say, that’s more like for Him to judge. Who am I to say,” he replied. I asked the likelihood he would go to Heaven and he said, “I don’t know, that’s hard I feel… hard question.” I began to go through the Gospel with him. When I asked what Jesus had done back in history to take away the sins of the world he said, “He was sacrificed.” I went on to tell him all I usually say of the blood and righteousness of Jesus and salvation by faith. I couldn’t really tell if he was interested. So I prayed along in my heart as I nearly always do and finally I asked if he would want to be forgiven trusting I what Jesus had done. Then He would live inside him and give him strength and take him to Heaven when he died or did he think something else. I did the quick Cliff’sNotes version of Islam and the Buddha and asked again if he would want to be forgiven for his sins. “I do,” he replied. So I said there was a prayer he could pray and talked him through it and asked if it was the desire of his heart. “Sure,” he said. I said he could pray it silently, and know he was forgiven. I would not hear but God would hear. “Sure,” he said again and he prayed to receive Jesus. I began to explain the Christian life by the Spirit’s power and encouraged him that he could ask for God’s help to hit the block in a jump and do well. I told him the likelihood he would now go to Heaven was 100% trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus. I gave him Bible Promises for You and wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I gave him a Bible study explaining it a bit and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. I told him I would keep him in my prayers each day praying a Bible verse for him until Spring and one year after. “Thank you,” he said as I got up to go. Okie Dokie?” I said, “Okie Dokie,” he replied with a smile and I told him, “I’ll see you in Heaven,” I said. “I’ll see you there,” he replied. He was grateful and I headed out.

Emanuel was sitting against the glass wall of the 2-story connecting lounge that joins the science buildings. He has dark brown hair parted on the left and swept to the right and large round glasses with clear plastic frames. He is probably Latino. Looked artistic. His mustache did not touch his beard (that looked a bit like a recent attempt) and a friendly warm crooked tooth smile. He had a black sweats and pullover hoodie on with some black and red I couldn’t see and pulled his arms out of it leaving it around his neck, probably because he had a black tank shirt on.  He was a real nice guy wanted to start a business to pay for school. I asked him, “You’re walking down the road and you get hit by a bus. So you’re dead. And you stand before God and He says, ‘Why should I let you into Heaven?’ What would you say?” He thought for a minute with a, “Ah-um, what would I say…” He finally landed on, “I did the most good in this world I possibly could, Yeah.” He thought he had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. He too knew when I asked that Jesus had died to take away the sins of the world. I explained all I usually do and since I was sitting on the ground American Indian style at his feet I held up the booklet when I read Bible verses. I asked, after explaining the blood and righteousness of Jesus and salvation by faith if he would want to be forgiven for his sins or thought something else, (giving other options)  holding up the booklet so he could see the circles. He responded first to the second option.  “No, life… (he started to read “Life devoted to Christ” under the circle I had described as Christ living in you) Be forgiven,” he replied. So I said there was a prayer he could pray to be forgiven and talked him through it asking it if expressed the desire of his heart. He nodded it did. I said he could pray it silently, “Wanna do it?” “Yeah,” he said with some enthusiasm. He also had a Bible so I explained living by the Spirit’s power and gave him Gal 5:22,23. I said the likelihood he would now go to Heaven was 100% trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus. I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” I the front of Bible Promises for You and he thanked me. I told him I would keep him in my prayers praying a Bible verse for him each day from now until Spring and one year after. I gave him a Bible Study and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. “Thanks for your time man,” I said getting up to go. “It took a little longer than I thought.” He’d said he could do a survey quick and it had taken a bit. “No that’s OK thanks a lot,” he replied. “See you in Heaven,” I said and I headed off.

So thanks for your prayer for the ministry and for evangelism today of you had a chance. God blessed the work again.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope ya had a blessed day walking with the Lord and you had some joy in the fall colors we are starting to see. I had a real good day on campus talking to students. I talked to JB a Christian guy who is a quarterback for the football team and he was grateful for fully understanding the Gospel and living by the Spirit. He’s 6 foot and wanted to make the NFL, fun to talk with, handsome black dude.  Daniel and Chris each prayed to receive Jesus today. Their stories are below if you have time. Please pray they grow. Carlos started seeking some answers (and some interesting ink he’d gotten tattoos in Japan stationed there in the military and took The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. Alex a married, Latino guy not yet talking classes heard the Gospel and was grateful also. I think he may receive Christ.

Daniel was a Filipino sitting in the cafeteria at a table. He had stick strait hair that parted and made a V across the top of his face. He looked Asiatic with almond eyes. He had a rounded medium nose thin lips and a round/oval face. His skin was fair for his ethnicity and he wore a rose or washed out brown hoodie. Nice guy. He wanted to travel the world but had been around Asia and the Philippines. I asked him, “You’re walking down the road and you get hit by a bus. So you’re dead. And you stand before God and He says, ‘Why should I let you into Heaven?’ What would you say?” “I’ve never been asked that before so it’s very…” he trailed off thinking, so I said, “Take your time.”  He thought some and said, “I would say like I’ve always believed in the teaching of the Catholic Church especially when it comes to love your neighbor as yourself.” He thought he had an 80% chance of going to Heaven, saying, “I’ve always tried to have an understanding of everyone no matter what their position.” He only went to Church occasionally but said his father had told him it was better to be a good person who went to church a little than an evil one who went all the time. I quipped that I agreed though at least the evil guy would be good for an hour a week. I began to go through the Gospel with him and asked what Jesus had done back in History to take away the sins of the world so he could be cleansed of sin and God could live inside him. He thought just a second like he thought he should know but just said, “I’m sorry I didn’t get a lot of sleep.” I said, “Yeah no worries I’ll just roll through it with ya, it’ll come back to ya.” I began to explain the Gospel, the blood to cleanse him of sin and be a payment for him and righteousness of Jesus to his credit when God adopted him. I said this was all given to him by faith that saved him. I asked if he would want to be forgiven for his sins or thought something else explaining a bit and he asked if I could repeat the question. “Would you want to trust in what Jesus did for you on the cross paying for you sins so you could be forgiven?” I said asking again. “I want to be forgiven,” he replied. So I said if he wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray. I talked him through it and asked if it was the desire of his heart. He nodded. I said he could pray it silently, “I wouldn’t hear you but God would hear and you’d know you were forgiven. Wanna do that?” He nodded again and I handed him the booklet and he prayed to receive Jesus. I began then to explain the Christian life to him living by the Spirit’s power and asking for God’s help in everything. Ask God to transform you and then you become a good man doing good things. I gave him Bible Promises for You saying he could use them for prayers or just read them for comfort. I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I gave him The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and a Bible study on the deity of Christ explaining it. I said the likelihood he would now go to Heaven trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus was 100%. I told him I would pray a Bible verse for him each day from now until Spring and one year after asking God to bless him. I got up to go. “Thank you so much,” he said. “I appreciate your words of wisdom and I’ll apply them to my life.” “Thanks for your kind words,” I said in reply. “Thank you,” he said again so I said, “You’re welcome.” “Thank you for spreading the word we all need it,” he said. I agreed we did. “You know when you get into college you’re an adult and you have to decide for yourself about what you were raised with and what you will believe and you did that today so that’s great.” “Yes,” he agreed. I shook his hand and headed off. He had been engaged the whole time and his mouth moved ever so slightly responding to thoughts but he smiled a perfect smile with his pearl with teeth as I left him.

I found Chris in a lounge up on the 3^rd floor. He was open to doing a student survey. He had a light tan (almost yellow) t-shirt and tan shorts and wore white Crocs. He had kind of a GQ look to him but for breaking out a bit, sandy brown hair parted on the side. Chin came to a point had a sharp jaw line and was clean-shaven with sandy light brown hair like Clark Kent. He said he wanted to be the biggest influence in someone’s life. Not a bad goal. I asked, “You’re walking down the road and you get hit by a bus. So you’re dead. And you stand before God and He says, ‘Why should I let you into Heaven?’ What would you say?” “Plead my case?” he asked. I said the question was really after what it was you thought got you into Heaven, “But yeah plead your case sure,” I replied. “Mostly what I’ve already done. I’ve worked at a Homeless Shelter run by my family. Right and wrong in terms of others I guess.” He thought he had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. He went to a nondenominational church sometimes with friends. When I asked him what Jesus had done back in history to take away his sins so God could live inside him he said. “Sacrifice.” So I went on to explain how the blood of Jesus had cleansed him and been a payment for his sins. I said Jesus had earned God’s righteousness perfectly keeping the law and he could give that righteousness to us when God adopted us the blessings of his family were ours, “The sacrifice for our sins the blood that cleansed us and the righteousness of God that surrounds us.” I said he was saved by faith. I asked if he would want to be forgiven for his sins trusting in what Jesus had done or if he thought something else. He said something like, “To be forgiven does make sense.” “Do you believe Jesus is God died for your sins and rose from the dead? Do you think that’s a true story?” I asked. He said it was. I said, “Well if you’d want to be forgiven placing your trust in that there’s a prayer you could pray.” I talked him through it and asked reading the line, ‘Does this prayer express the desire of your heart? ‘So would you say that it does?” I asked. He nodded. I said if he wanted to he could pray it silently right now, I wouldn’t hear him but God would hear and he’d know he was forgiven. Wanna do it?” I asked. He nodded again and I handed him the booklet and he prayed to receive Christ. He was very reserved and was nearly expressionless the entire time. So I was just praying God was getting through to him in my heart as I talked. He didn’t have a Bible but he didn’t want one for some reason, though I assured him people bought them for me. So I gave him Bible Promises for You I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I gave him a Bible study and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. I asked if he had any questions and he said he didn’t. “Thanks” he said, “I appreciate it.” I shook his hand and he cracked a smile. I said I would keep him in my prayers praying a Bible verse for him each day from now until Spring asking God to bless him. “If I see ya I’ll just say hi, you don’t have a new stalker or anything,” I quipped and he smiled just a bit and I headed off. I’ll be praying he gets into a Church with his friends.

So Thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance. God blessed me all day.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed with the good things of your daily bread. I had a good day on campus though brief, as I got sick. I happened while talking to Taria (a pretty black girl with rust colored long hair). I was helping her see she needed to return to trusting in what Jesus had done not her good works. I started to sweat and felt a little stomach upset. She prayed the prayer as I explained it saying amen but felt she had given her life to Christ but had started counting on her efforts to be forgiven. I explained living by the Spirit’s power asking God to transform us. So she recommitted to Jesus work and was grateful and I left her at the counter in the cafeteria. And I went and sat down weal and ill. I took some natural immune boost pills and  vitamin C, drank some water. I sat for a while and started to feel the over all bad vibe lapse a bit. I walked into the hall and talked to some Christian workers I knew. I headed for the elevator across the lounge and had to sit down. But Jayra came by having talked to her “really Christian friend” she was happy to see me. It turned out she had been thinking about the conversation they had had when I’d said hi to her the day before and she thought that was interesting. She was happy. It perked me up a bit. When she left I asked the Lord if I could find a person to pray to receive Jesus and head home. I got up to the 3^rd floor and found Judith who prayed with me to receive Jesus. Her story is below. Please pray she grows in her faith and I feel good enough to return to school tomorrow.

Judith was up on the third floor in the NE corner lounge sitting in one of the chairs with a table top attached. She’s a pretty Latina girl with long wavy hair parted down the middle. Her chin was square, she had pronounced lips and a perfect smile. She wore black rectangle lens glasses. She was slight and wore light grey sweats and a pullover grey hoodie. I asked her one thing she wanted to do before she died and she said, “Be a kind person with everyone.” I’m certain no one has ever told me that before as a goal. I asked, “You’re walking down the road and you get hit by a bus. So you’re dead. And you stand before God and He says, ‘Why should I let you into Heaven?’ What would you say?” “Um,” she thought for a second and said, “That I always tried my best not to fall into sin.” She thought she had a 50% chance of going to Heaven. I began to go through the Gospel with her. I asked what Jesus had done to take away the sins of the world she said He had been crucified. I explained the Blood of Christ to cleanse her and allow God to live in her with His Spirit and the righteousness of God Christ earned and God would give her all these things when he adopted her. I explained John 1:12 telling her that receiving Christ mean that she believed on His name, that Jesus was God had died for her sins and rose form the dead. “So if someone asked ‘Why should God let you into Heaven?’ you’d say, ‘Because Jesus died for me.’” “OK,” she replied. And I read Eph. 2:8,9. I asked if she would want God living on the inside and be forgiven for her sins trusting in Jesus. Then He would give her strength and take her to Heaven when she died. Or did she think something else? “That option,” she replied, pointing to the circle with God inside. I said if she wanted to be forgiven there’s a prayer she could pray and I read it through and asked if it was the desire of her heart and she nodded and I asked if she’d want to pray it silently. “Umhum,” she said. ”Just pretend I’m not here.” “OK,” she replied and prayed to receive Christ. I told her then the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 100% trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus. I went through the Christian life with her explaining living by the Spirit’s power. I gave her Bible Promises for You and wrote her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. She said she liked to read a little so I gave her The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and a Bible study. “Thank you,” she said. I said I would pray a Bible Verse for her each day from now until Spring and one year after asking God to bless her. “If I see ya around I’ll give ya a wave,” I said getting up to go. “Thank you,” she said again. I said she was welcome and headed off.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism Wednesday if you had a chance. God truly blessed.

In Him,

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ.,

I hope your day has been blessed and you have asked the Spirit to make you “abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.” (Romans 15:13) I had a day off today as they closed down the school for teachers but yesterday Cynthia prayed with me to receive Christ. Her story is below if you have time. Please pray she grows in her faith.

I came across Cynthia sitting at the cafeteria counter in front of a burger she’d gone part way through. Before her also were some nuggets and fries which she seemed to have finished though she popped a french fry in her mouth as we talked. She was a Latina with a short diamond shaped face and a broad warm smile. She wore a black pull over hoodie and black sweats. Her hair was long just a bit past her shoulders, parted in the middle with face length bangs. She was engaged and friendly. She was slight and wanted to run a marathon but had only run 5k races. I asked her, “You’re walking down the road and you get hit by a bus. So you’re dead. And you stand before God and He says, ‘Why should I let you into Heaven?’ What would you say?” “Hmm, that’s a good question,” she replied. “That’s a really good question.” She thought for a while and finally just said, “I think I’d just say the basic answer: I’m a good hearted person.” She thought she had an 85% chance of going to Heaven and went to a Catholic Church. I began saying God loved her and then quoting John 17:3 to say that knowing God was that He lived inside her. “It’s like you’re the Energizer Bunny and God’s the batteries, you keep going and going and when you die it’s like you don’t die because God’s inside,” I said. “That’s true,” she exclaimed liking the analogy. I went on to tell her the rest of the Gospel of the righteousness and blood of Christ to cleanse and pay her debt and the God adopted her to give her these things. She was interested throughout and I asked her comparing the 2 circles if she would want to be forgiven for her sins trusting in what Jesus had done or if she thought something else. She pointed at the circle I had described as God living in her giving her strength, forgiving her and taking her to Heaven with a big smile. I said if she wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer she could pray and talked her through it. I asked if it expressed “the desire of her heart” and she nodded. So I said she could pray it silently right now and know she was forgiven. ‘Wanna do it?” I asked. She nodded and she took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. I began to go through the Christian life with her. She didn’t have a Bible so I gave her one and wrote her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I said the likelihood she would go to Heaven was now 100%.  I gave her Bible Promises for You. I gave her a Bible study and explained how Jesus claimed to be God and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. I told her I would keep her in my prayers each day praying a Bible verse for her until Spring and one year after. “It was nice talking to you,” she said reaching out to shake my hand. “Nice to talk to you too,” I said. “You have a good one,” she said and I said “Thank you, you too.” And I headed out of the Cafeteria.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for Evangelism. God has continued to bless and 47 students have prayed to receive Jesus with me this year, two more from last year told me they had prayed and others seemed close.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your week was blessed with every good and perfect gift coming down from the Father of Lights. We are happy here for a couple Cubs wins. I had a good day on campus Thursday and Q prayed with me to receive Jesus. His story is below if you have a chance, this week Hubert, Lynette, Thalia, Damian, Jacki, Dayra also prayed to trust in Christ along with Q. Please pray they grow in their faith and the knowledge of God walking by the Spirit.

Q was sitting with a friend down the side of the hallway where the SSC lounge overlaps the SRC building on the ground floor. The glass walled rooms across from where he sat are where several of the student groups have meetings. He was wearing grey sweats and a black hoodie. He had dreadlocks to his jaw line and a nylon cap tight to his head pirate style. He had small features for a black guy, was handsome with a small mustache and wore black-rimmed vintage businessman glasses. He was a linebacker for the football team. So I used some football examples in talking to him. I asked one thing he wanted to do before he died and he said, “Retire my mother.” He meant provide for her in retirement. I asked him, “You’re walking down the road and you get hit by a bus. So you’re dead. And you stand before God and He says, ‘Why should I let you into Heaven?’ What would you say?” He thought and said, “I feel like me as a person, we all sin. I’m not a perfect person. I stand by the Lord, praise the Lord, get with Him every morning. I respect the Lord.” I asked the likelihood he would get into Heaven and he said, “85%”. He wasn’t going to Church. I began to go through the Gospel with him and explained that Eternal Life was knowing God as in John 17:3. I said that this meant the Holy Spirit lived inside him. So God wanted to transfuse His life into him with the Holy Spirit but like a blood transfusion God first had to take away his sin to make him “His type”. When I asked what the big thing was Jesus had done back in History to take away the sins of the world he didn’t know. So I said, “This is how it works.” “Teach me up,” he replied. And I began to explain the blood of Jesus cleansed him from all sin and was a payment to God. Jesus blood was filled with life so when He pours out His blood it pays God back what we owe. Since we have damaged what belonged to God. I explained the righteousness of God Jesus earned with a story about extra credit in a class and he said, “Wow.” God adopted him, made him His child and gave him the gifts of His family, sacrifice blood and righteousness. I explained all this was received by faith. That He believed Jesus was God had died for his sins and rose from the dead. Grace by faith saved him. We could not do good things to fix our bad thing but God could turn a bad thing into a good thing because he controls the future. I gave the example of a broken pass play in football when the safety in coverage cuts the route. He tips the ball and it goes over the head of the receiver. But because the safety cut the route there’s no one in deep coverage and it falls into the hands of the receiver even deeper down field and he walks it in for 6. “So a bad thing becomes a good thing,” I said, he nodded knowingly so I said, “Jesus does that.” I asked if he would want to be forgiven for his sins or thought something else and he said, “I like that one, I be… “ and he pointed to the circle with God inside to finish the sentence. I said if he wanted to be forgiven then there was a prayer he could pray and I read it through reading, “‘Does this prayer express the desire of you heart?’ So would you say it did?” He nodded. “Well if you want to you could pray this silently right now. I wouldn’t hear you but God would hear and you’d know you were forgiven. Wanna do it?” He nodded and I handed him the booklet and said, “Just pretend I’m not here.” He prayed silently then to receive Christ. I told him then the likelihood he would go to Heaven was 100% trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus. I began to go through the Christian life with him and he did not have a Bible so I gave him one and wrote his name and the date and ”forgiven!” in the front. I explained living by the Spirit’s power and said God can help you see the field in football and guys in the NFL trust in Him and at the end of the game they’ll say Jesus helped them. I took out Bible Promises for You and began to explain it to him. “Can I have this,” he asked. “Yeah, I was gonna give it to you,” I said and wrote his name in the front. I told him some of Strobel’s story and gave him, The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and I gave him a Bible study and explained the story of Jesus walking on the water. I told him I would pray a bible verse for him each day asking God to bless him from now until Spring and one year after. I said God wanted to help him in everything but he would not give him success at something that would hurt him later in life. “So like say I decided I wanted to pray to be an NFL quarterback. God wouldn’t give me that because I’m skinny and old and I would die the first day.” He smiled and agreed. “So God will give you as much success as will not hurt you,” I said. “Thank you man,” he said as I got up to go. “Cool,” I said. “Cool,” he replied. “I needed this man.” “We all need it man,” I replied and I headed off.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism this week if you had a chance, God truly blessed the Work.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope you had a blessed day walking in the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. I had a good day on campus and Jacki and Dayra each prayed with me to receive Christ and it seemed like Luis might pray later and Sarah was interested. Please pray these grow closer to Christ and truly walk with the Lord.

Jacki was sitting in the hall in a row of chairs on the ground floor of the BIC south side. She was just past the atrium lounge. She wore a blue hoodie and blue leggings and had long brown hair parted down the middle, she was a Latina. She was she had a wholesome pretty face and looked athletic. Her face was a bit wider and came to a point at her chin. She wasn’t wearing makeup. She said she wanted to buy a house. I began the survey with her and asked, “You’re walking down the road and you get hit by a bus. So you’re dead. And you stand before God and He says, “Why should I let you into Heaven?’ What would you say?” “Hmm,” she replied. “What would I say.” She thought a bit and said, “You don’t need to let me in, I’ve tried to prove my faith. I’ll continue to prove it. Until then I’ll just wait around.” I wasn’t sure what she was thinking exactly so I thought it might play out as we talked and asked what she thought the likelihood she would go to Heaven when she died and she thought a bit and settled on 75%. I asked if she went to church at all and she said she went on Wednesday and Sunday. I asked what kind of Church it was and she said she went to the Kingdom Hall. I know the Jehovah’s witnesses believe only 144,000 people go to Heaven. She did not seem to think that. A denomination does not mean much nor a cult at times. I have had Adventist students pray to receive Christ believing they will go to Heaven when they die though their church teaches soul sleep. I have been to more than one Roman Catholic Funeral where the priest said the person who died is in Heaven, not mentioning purgatory. About 10 years ago had a Catholic student after hearing the Gospel say I sounded exactly like his priest whom he and 7 of his friends went to a Bible study with, he thought he was saved by his faith. RC Sproul mentioned in a sermon I once heard that he could not really find a Catholic priest to debate who held to Catholic doctrine. One time at the break in the debate a priest apologized for not being a very good debater saying he believed faith alone saved him. But if he said it in a public debate he felt sure his bishop would remove him. It seemed he felt staying in the Catholic Church was his sort of secret mission field and if he was subtle about it they would over look it as they needed priests. They also overlook communists however. I went on to clearly explain the Gospel. With some prompting as I asked what the big thing in history was that Jesus had done to take away the sins of the world, she thought a bit and said, “He died?” I agreed and began to explain that God became a man, Jesus who lived a perfect life for us. His blood cleansed us and was a payment for our sins. His righteousness was to our credit. I said she had to be saved by receiving Christ, to “believe Jesus is God died for your sins and rose from the dead”. She had to trust in that to be forgiven. I then explained how she was saved by her faith not by her works. I asked if she wanted to be forgiven for her sins and have God live inside her or if she thought something else. She said she wanted to be forgiven. So I said if she wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer she could pray and I talked her through it. This is how the prayer reads in green italics and what I say in black, “Lord Jesus I want to know you personally “I want you to live inside me.” Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. “So you’d be grateful.” I open the door of my life and receive you as my Savior and Lord. “Or my God.” Thank you for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of the throne of my life, make me the kind of person you want me to be. “It says here does this prayer express the desire of your heart? So would you say it did?” She said, “Umhm,” I said she could pray it silently and know she was forgiven. “Wanna do that?” I asked. “Yeah,” she replied. I handed her the booklet and she said, “Thank you.” And she prayed then to receive Christ. I explained after that if she trusted in the righteousness of Christ and His blood she could be 100% sure she was going to Heaven. I explained living by the Spirit’s power to give her strength. I gave her Bible Promises for You and I wrote her name and the date and forgiven on the inside. I gave her The Case for Christ Answer Booklet explaining Strobel’s story. Then I gave her a Bible Study on Jesus claims to be God. It starts with the prophecy in Isaiah 9:6 and I used it to state that there were three persons in one Name and they were all in one God and in one Baby. I talked to her about Jesus walking on the water and then showed her that God walked on the water in the OT in Job. She was happy. I gave her my contact information and said she could text me if she had any questions. I told her I would pray for her each day until Spring and one year after asking God to bless her. She said, “It was nice to meet you.” “It was nice to meet you too,” I said shaking her hand. “If I see ya I’ll just say hi.” And I headed off and will be praying each day she lets her attendance at the Kingdom Hall lapse though it des not seem they have been telling her what they believe. I’ll pray they continue to do so until the Spirit leads her out.

I came across Dayra sitting in one of the alcove seating areas on the 3^rd floor overlooking the SSC lounge where we have Bible Study. She was a cute kid, kind of short and petite with a wider face and a pointed chin. She had light brown hair parted down the middle kind of fluffed out. She wore a light blue hoodie that said “COD TRACK” in dark blue letters. She said she ran the 800 and was good. I also asked her, “You’re walking down the road and you get hit by a bus. So you’re dead. And you stand before God and He says, “Why should I let you into Heaven?’ What would you say?” “Umm I don’t know. I haven’t committed, any… sins. I haven’t done anything horrible. I’m not mean to anyone. I don’t judge, I don’t hate,” she replied. I asked what the likelihood she would go to Heaven and she thought she had an 85 or 90% chance of going to Heaven. I said the rest of the survey kind of explained how ya get to Heaven I the Bible. “I’m not a Christian, I’m Catholic,” she explained. I told her that there are a lot of denominations and all I am explaining is the most basic thing that they should believe After that each denomination adds things they think will help you get closer to God. So you might hear something you disagree with if you are going to a church but you probably shouldn’t. She accepted that and I began to go through the Gospel with her. I said knowing God was that He lived inside her with His Holy Spirit. I asked what the big thing was that Jesus had done back in History to take away the sins of the world. She thought and was struggling a bit and I said, “Think of the really obvious thing.” “He died?” she said. “Right,” I said. I said to be in heaven we had to be purified because heaven wasn’t just a place it was the presence of God so we had to be made perfect. And I went on to explain everything I always do about the blood and righteousness of Christ. I explained that God adopted and gave her the blessings of His family, “He gives you the sacrifice for your sins, the blood that cleanses you and the righteousness of God that surrounds you. So you got some place to go, Heaven, and something to wear when you get there the righteousness of God.” I told her she needed to receive Jesus by faith. Grace by faith saved her. I asked if she would like to be forgiven for her sins trusting in what Jesus had done, then He would live inside her and give her strength and take her to heaven when she died, or did she think something else.  “Forgiven for my sins,” she replied. I read through the prayer and asked if it expressed the desire of her heart. She nodded so I said she could pray it silently, “Wanna do it?” I asked. “Ah yeah,” she replied and she took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. As she finished she said, “Do I have to do something [out loud]? I said that God was everywhere holding everything together and could hear her thoughts but now he was personally inside her and then said, “Amen,’” and she agreed. I explained now the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 100% trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus. I explained the Christian life to her, living by the Spirit’s power. She didn’t have a Bible so I gave her one with John marked by the ribbon and wrote her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I gave her Bible Promises for You and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and a Bible study. “Nice to meet you,” I said getting up to go. “Thank you so much,” she replied. “Nice to meet you too. Thank you.” She replied ad I headed off.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance. God truly blessed.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope ya had a blessed day walking in the Light of Gods word. I had a good day on campus and Thalia and Damian each prayed with me to receive Christ. Ronnie a girl from an African heritage was close but her ride came, she was small and had long braids and a pretty little face and wore a plaid flannel over shirt. Please pray these grow in faith and are drawn closer to God in Christ.

Thalia [tale ee ah] was sitting on a row of chairs in the BIC, down the hall a bit from the tunnel entrance out of the PE building. She was wearing a black hoodie with white printing on it I never made out and grey leggings. She had long naturally curly hair nearly to her elbows pulled back flat on her head and fastened in back. She had a cute wider face and a small chin.  She wanted to travel the world and had always been interested in ancient Greece. I asked her, “You’re walking down the road and you get hit by a bus. So you’re dead. And you stand before God and he says, “Why should I let you into Heaven?’ What would you say?” “I always put others before myself.” She replied promptly. She thought she had an 80% chance of going to Heaven. I asked if she went to church. “I’ve been thinking I wanted to go back,” she replied. I was glad to hear that as I felt like this meant God was drawing her to Himself. She was waiting for the guy that showed up. He seemed to be a boyfriend.  But on arriving he was consumed by his phone and not pressuring the conversation to end or hearing it. She’d said she had a couple more minutes to go through the Gospel. I asked her what Jesus had done to take away the sins of the world and she said, “He was laid out on the cross.” She listened to everything closely and was engaged and smiling. I got to swiftly go through everything I usually say about the blood and righteousness of Christ and receiving Him by faith, clipping it a bit. The guy waiting for her was just over her shoulder and I could see his phone held him fast. I asked if she would want to be forgiven for her sins or thought something else. “I’d like to be forgiven,” she replied. I said if she wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer she could pray and I talked her through it and asked if it expressed the desire of her heart. She nodded it did. So I said if she wanted she could pray it silently right now and know she was forgiven. “Wanna do it,” I asked. She nodded and took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. I explained quickly living by the Spirit’s power. I gave her Bible Promises for You and wrote her name and the date and forgiven in the front. Then I quickly handed her The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and a Bible study and said I would pray a Bible verse for her each day from now until Spring and one year after asking God to bless her. “Thank you,” she said in kind of cheerful musical tone. I thanked her for her time and she said “Thank you,” again in the same light way and headed off. She’s a sweet kid.

Damian was sitting at the counter in the cafeteria eating peperoni pizza. He had short stick hair that sat on his head like a cap, perfect eyebrows and a caterpillar mustache. He had on blue loose fitting shorts and a red striped sleeve Adidas workout jacket. He had almond shaped eyes and a sharp statuesque nose. He had the coloring of a Latino. He was friendly and engaged and kept chomping his pizza as we talked. He wanted to travel the world and see Spain. I asked him, “You’re walking down the road and you get hit by a bus. So you’re dead. And you stand before God and he says, “Why should I let you into Heaven?’ What would you say?”  “I would say, um, that I tried to do so many good things in the world.” I asked him what he thought the percentage likelihood was he would go to Heaven. “40/60,” he said. He said he went to church once in a while. I went through the Gospel saying God wanted to live inside him, I asked asked if he knew what the big thing was that Jesus had done back in History to take away the sins of the world. He thought for a bit but could not think of anything. So I went on to explain the rest of the Gospel. He was friendly and receptive and listened. Saying a word here and there of acknowledgement. After explaining the blood and righteousness of Christ and receiving Him by faith I asked if he would want to be forgiven for his sins trusting in what Christ had done. Then He would live inside him with the Holy Spirit and give him strength. Or did he think something else and I gave him a couple sentence explanations of Islam and Buddhism. He thought for a while weighing it out and then said, “I’d like to be forgiven.” I said if he wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray and I talked him through it and asked if it expressed the desire of his heart. He said it did and so I asked if he’d want to pray it silently. “Sure,” he said I handed him the booklet and he took it and prayed to receive Jesus. I began to go through the Christian life with him. He didn’t have a Bible so I gave him one showing the ribbon was in John to read and what was inside. I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I said I would pray for him from now until Spring and one year after asking God to bless him. I gave him Bible Promises for you and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. “Thank you,” he said as I got up to go. “Nice to meet you,” I replied. “Nice to meet you too, thank you,” he said and I headed off.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance. God truly blessed.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was a blessed one filled up to the fullness of God in Christ. I had a good day of evangelism on campus and Hubert and Lynette each prayed to receive Jesus today, their stories are below if you have some time. Jamaal (a 6 foot 5×5 offensive lineman with heavy cornrows and kind of a baby face with a smaller nose) wanted to read through the booklet again and think on it after we went through the Gospel having gone to Church with his grandmother when he was young but not since she died. He said he trusted in that Jesus was God had died for his sins and rose from the dead and it seemed he would pray later. Please pray these grow in faith or come to in, in the last case of Jamaal.

Hubert was sitting in the hall in a row of chairs just down from the tunnel going to the PE center lounge where I had talked to Jamaal. He had on a black trucker cap and looked Latino in coloring but it turned out he was Polish and went to a polish speaking Catholic Church. He wore braces on his teeth and had a small handsome face with classic Romanesque European features. He had on a grey T-shirt and black and grey half and half shorts with LACROSSE written on one leg. He said he wanted to start a family, which is a tell that a guy will become a Christian or is already in a survey. I asked him, “You’re walking down the road and you get hit by a bus. So you’re dead. And you stand before God and he says, ‘Why should I let you into Heaven?’ What would you say?” “I like try to be kind to everybody and try to be the opposite of selfish, as possible. I try to treat others as I would like to be treated,” he replied. I said that was in the Bible. I asked him the likelihood he would get into Heaven and he said, “I think I got a shot at least. I go to church every Sunday. I pray every day. But I could be better.” After that he listened to my going through the Gospel and he knew Jesus had died to take away the sins of the world. He smiled and was engaged and like the humor in the stories I used to illustrate the blood of Christ as payment and cleansing and righteous of God Jesus earned to his credit. I explained he needed to receive Jesus, believe He was God had died for his sins and rose from the dead. Not that he just knew the story from growing up at church but that that’s what he put his trust in to be forgiven as an adult. “So if someone would say to you, ‘Why should God let you into Heaven?’ You’d say. ‘Because Jesus died for me.’” His good deeds could not fix his bad ones in God’s eyes. I asked if he would want to be forgiven for his sins trusting in what Jesus had done or thought something else. “I want to be forgiven,” he said enthusiastically like it was the obvious choice. I said if he wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray and I talked him through it. I asked if it was the desire of his heart. He nodded it was so I said he could pray it silently now and he nodded and took the booklet to pray the prayer. He was happy then and I gave him Bible Promises for You. I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front as I always do and he really liked that. I explained living by the Spirit’s power. I gave him a Bible study and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. The later of which he seemed interested in. I told him I would keep him in my prayers praying a Bible verse from him each day from now until Spring and one year after. He was pleased we met and I said, “Nice to meet you.” “Nice to meet you,” he replied sincerely. “God bless you,” I said getting up to god. “God bless you”, he said emphasizing the last word. And I said thanks and was off.

Lynette was a “cute kind of pretty” girl with the larger sort of circular glasses on that she let slip to the end of her nose as we talked. She had full lips in an oval face and had a small diamond pierced into the center of the bottom lip that made me think I hope that doesn’t scar.  She had on a lavender fitted blouse with long sleeves which her headphones matched perfectly that she’d been wearing to be on her lap top as I walked up. She wore sweats that were oatmeal colored and was friendly. I asked her the question, “You’re walking down the road and you get hit by a bus. So you’re dead. And you stand before God and he says, ‘Why should I let you into Heaven?’ What would you say?” “I don’t think at this time I’m ready. I’m not putting my faith into action yet, not my full potential,” she replied. I asked her the likelihood she would go to Heaven and she said, “I got a shot.”  She said she went to a Christian Church. I began to go through the gospel with her, saying all I usually do with the Bible verses and she was engaged all the way through and seemed to give ascent to each thing I said. So as the end showing her the two circles and giving her the option I said, “So when you are asking for forgiveness for your sins are you thinking that you hope God will forgive you because you are basically good and will try to do better? Or are you thinking I know God will forgive me because Jesus died for me.” She said, “I don’t give myself any credit or feel it’s from yourself,” she replied. So I asked again, “So when you are asking for forgiveness are you thinking I know I will be forgiven because Jesus died for me, or are you hoping you will be because you will try to do better?” “The second one,” she replied. “So do you think you have ever asked God to forgive you trusting in that Jesus died on the cross?” I asked. She said she hadn’t and shook her head. “OK,” I said. “Well if you want to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus had done there’s a prayer you could pray,” and I talked her through it saying, “It says here, “Does this prayer express the desire of you heart? Do you think it does? “Yeah,” she said. “Do you think this is something you still need to do then?” She said, “Yeah,” and she took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. So that was great. I explained to her then living the Christian life by the Spirit’s power. She said she had just been reading about seeking God and how the community helped that. I said, “Yes the community of all believers can help,” and I said that God seeing she was seeking Him probably then sent me along to tell her what she didn’t know yet and she agreed. I gave her Bible Promises for You and I wrote her name and the date and “forgiven! In the front and she liked that. I also gave her Strobel’s The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and she thought she might have heard of him. I told her his story and she gladly took it. I gave her a Bible study explaining it a bit and told her I would pray a Bible verse for her each day from now until Spring and one year after asking God to bless her. “Thank you so much,” she said as I got up to go. “You’re welcome,” I replied and again she said, “Thank you.”

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance. God truly blessed.

In Him,

Bob