Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was one filled with rest in the Lord as the author and finisher of your faith. I had a good day on campus and John prayed to receive Jesus today. I had good conversations with Giselle a Latina girl working toward being a physician’s assistant and Corrine in the PE lounge who looked a bit like an elf and was searching. Please pray John will grow and the girls will come to faith John’s story is below.

John was sitting alone in the PE lounge at the end of a long row of tables. He was a big Offensive Lineman with mostly blonde hair, stick straight and short at the sides. He had a few days growth of beard that was brown and blonde. He wore a grey White Sox Hoodie and black athletic shorts. He seemed a bit on the somber side. I asked him what he would say to God to get into Heaven if he died. “I don’t deserve it,” he said frankly. I asked if there was a “but…” in there somewhere and he said there wasn’t saying about getting let into Heaven, “As of right now I don’t think so. You can always work towards it right?” he said. I said he could, Paul says he presses on. I said then, “What’s the likelihood you’d go to Heaven if God had mercy on you?” “If he has as much mercy as I think 80%” he replied. I began to go through the Gospel with him and he knew Jesus had died for his sins. So I began to explain what that meant, that His blood had cleansed him and was a payment to God. Jesus had earned the righteousness of God, he would not go to Heaven because he was good but because Jesus was good and he was connected to Him. Christ’s righteousness was to his credit like extra credit in a class and these things were the gift of God when He adopted him. All of this God gave to those who believed that Jesus was God had died for their sins and rose from the dead. By Grace he was saved, through faith. I asked if he wanted to be forgiven for his sins trusting in what Jesus had done, then He could live inside him and give him the strength he needed to do all things. Or did he believe something else and I gave him the cliff notes version of Islam and the Buddha. “I believe this,” he said putting his finger on the circle with Christ inside it. I said if he wanted to be forgiven and he’d never told God he wanted to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus had done there was a prayer he could pray. I talked him through it and asked if it was the desire of his heart. He said it was and I said he could pray it silently and I wouldn’t hear him but God would hear and he’d know he was forgiven. Calvin sat down across from me at one point, a big black dude (also on the Offensive Line) with a beard who had prayed to receive Jesus last year. When John finished praying I said, “Calvin prayed that prayer last year.” He looked at Calvin who nodded it was true and went back to his lap top. Calvin says hi and fists bumps me when I see him but is a man of few words.  I gave John a copy of Bible Promises for You I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I explained not trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus the likelihood he would go to Heaven was 100%. He said he was going to stay in the Catholic Church and I said, “Sure,” reminding him of the Mass he took at church. I said that the symbolism behind it was that the wine was symbolic of the blood of Christ and the wafer was symbolic of His body. It was reminding him Jesus had died for his sins and he was forgiven and when he took it he could just say “Thank you.” I gave him a Bible study and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. He stood up to go and shook my hand and I said I would pray a Bible verse for him each day until Spring and one year after. I explained living the Christian life asking for the Holy Spirit’s power, living “Inside Out” asking God to transform him into a good man who would do good things. He shook my hand again. He seemed grateful and headed out. I gave Calvin a Promise book then he seemed to have misplaced his from last year.

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

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed and you were a blessing to others. I had a good day on campus and Brandon prayed to receive Jesus. Please pray he grows in his faith. If you are interested his story is below.

Brandon was standing and pacing a bit by one of the counter height tables in front of the window of the bookstore. He had on a grey golf shirt that was darker in front where it was discolored or it was sweat. African American, he had a rough afro maybe 4 inches high and shorter on the sides. He had a rough beard and wore jeans looked a bit thrown together. I asked him what he wanted to do before he died and he said, “Have a better relationship with my Heavenly Father.” I asked him what he would say to God if he died and was asked, “Why should I let you into Heaven. “Because I repented, I acknowledge my sins, you’re my Lord and Savior. I accept you with all my heart.” I asked him what the % likelihood was he would go to Heaven. “70/30 he replied.” As I began to go through the Gospel with him I explained that God wanted to live inside him to give him eternal life and to do that He had to take away his sins. I asked what Jesus did to accomplish that. “He forgives you.” He replied. I said that was true but asked what Jesus had done so he could forgive him. He could not think of anything. So I began to explain the atonement. He was a simple-hearted guy, I’m not sure what kind of classes he was taking. But his theological answers matched other students who had told me this year similar things and did not seem to know how Jesus had saved them from sin. I told him that Lord meant Jesus was his God and Savior meant Jesus had died to pay for his sin. I gave him word pictures he really liked and asked if he had ever asked God to forgive him trusting in what Jesus had done to pay for his sins. He did not think he had. The Gospel seemed somewhat novel to him. He later said he had been baptized at a mega Church about a half hour south from school. He did not go there anymore. I had gone to a service there a couple years back where the pastor had offered a relationship with Christ without ever mentioning the cross. This pastor also omitted that Jesus had died for the sins of the world as a payment to God nor that He rose from the dead. At the end of the service they had announced they had 31 people accept this offer of relationship that seemed to cost God nothing. So I was not surprised Brandon did not understand the Gospel but just has some associated buzz words down. I explained the Gospel to him slowly and clearly. I asked if he wanted to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus had done for him. “Yes,” he said. I explained the prayer and asked if it was the desire of his heart. “Yes,” he replied again. So I said he could pray it silently. He took the booklet read the prayer and then closed his eyes and began to pray. He took a little time and then was finished. He was happy and I explained asking for God’s help by the power of God’s Holy Spirit in him. I explained the likelihood he would not go to Heaven was 100% trusting in the Blood and Righteousness of Jesus as I had explained it to him. I gave him a Bible Study and explained the miracle of Jesus waking on the water, which he had not heard before and showed him the verse in Job where God was described as “Marching on the waves of the sea”. I told him I would pray a Bible verse for him each day through Spring and one year after. He said he had many Bible versions on his phone. So I encouraged him to read John. I also explained the Christian life “By the Spirit’s Power Inside Out” and said he could ask for transformation. I gave him Bible Promises for You and wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the inside and he was happy to get it. I said if I saw him around I’d give him a wave and said I would see him in Heaven. He was happy and I headed out.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry today if you had a chance. I encouraged some other Christians and found a new guy who might do a Bible Study who’s stuck at school for a while Tuesdays after I meet with Braeden. So I felt blessed.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed and you are somewhere diggin’ the weather. We are grateful it has not turned very cold yet. I had a good day on campus and John and Roger both prayed with me to receive Jesus. They were both really enthusiastic and grateful to join the kingdom so that was great. Their stories are below if you have some time. Please pray they grow stronger in their faith.

John was sitting at a counter height table in the hallway leading to the bookstore from the BIC. He was a good-looking black guy wearing a black hoodie and black sweats and he had larger rectangular black rimmed glasses. His hair was in dreadlocks, pencil thin about 6 inches long. He wore a mustache and had a bit of a chin beard. So many guys this year can be described with the same facial hair it’s tough to keep them straight in my mind. He was friendly about my size. I asked him what he would say to God if he died and were asked why should I let you into Heaven. He thought for a bit struggling with an answer and landed on “Because I’m one of your children.” He was sure he’d go to Heaven 100%. Knowing God is that He lives inside us, I explained. For God to live inside us He has to take away our sin. I asked what Jesus had done to do that. “He stays with us for the journey of like, well He forgives. Well I don’t know if He forgives me but He knows I know what I did,” he replied struggling for words throughout. It seemed he had been to church though less lately saying, “I’ve been to church some and I feel like it’s a good thing.” I began to go through the Gospel with him explaining the cleansing and atoning blood of Christ. Then saying He earned the righteousness of God and that he was clothed with Jesus [Gal. 3:27 where literally in the Greek we are clothed with Jesus as a garment fulfilling Isa. 61:10]. So he would not go to Heaven because he was good but because Jesus was good and he was connected to Him. I said, “Everyone is a child of God in a sense because He is their creator [Acts 17:28]. But God gives the rights of the Children of God to those He adopts who believe.” [john 1:12] So I said all Christ had done could be his by faith and asked if he wanted to be forgiven for his sins or thought something else. “So would you want to be forgiven for your sins trusting in Jesus?” I asked. “Of course, of course!” he said cheerfully. So I said if he wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray. Walking him through the prayer I asked if it was the desire of his heart. He said, “Yeah.” I said he could pray it silently and know he was forgiven. “Pray it right now?” asked. “Silently, so only God will hear,” I replied. “Yeah, yeah, yeah,” he replied and he prayed to receive Jesus. I explained when he finished that now trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus the likelihood that he would go to Heaven really was 100%. I gave him Bible Promises for You and wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” on the inside. I explained living by the Spirit’s power to ask for His help in everything. I gave him a Strobel’s Case for Christ Answer Booklet. I gave him a Bible Study on the deity of Christ and explained it with the miracle of walking on the water. and I would pray for him until a year from Spring and he said, “Thank you. Appreciate you,” he said. I could tell he was really grateful and he reached out with a fist I bumped and saying, “See you,” as I got packed to go. I bumped his fist and with a smile said, “See ya around.”

Later in the day I came across Roger. He had kind of an everyman look for a Latino guy. His face was more or less oval his features were smooth. I could see from the shadow he could grow a full beard but he was clean-shaven and the side of his hair was military short, the mop on top swept to the right. He was of modest height and looked pretty solid. He had on a green short sleeve T-shirt and blue jeans, white tennis shoes. He was a bit older student and had been in Texas doing construction when 2020 shut things down so he came home. He was from a Mexican heritage but seemed to have a lot of Venezuelan friends. It seemed like his family had tried a few they were invited to and hadn’t attended one Church growing up. He talked more than any student I have gone through the Gospel with in a long time. He also said he did not sleep much and had an off hour shift he worked. He just had conversational energy. I asked him what he would say to God to get into Heaven. He thought a bit then said, “The reason is I always had a good heart. If I ever am wrong I regret it and I did something to make it better. I do to people the best I could. I am not perfect, but I tried. Maybe more that last one. It’s like balancing to live your life, be yourself, take care of yourself.” He thought he would go to Heaven 100% He talked throughout the presentation of the Gospel interjecting thoughts. I asked what Jesus had done to take away his sins and he said “Sacrifice?” He followed a guy on Twitter (I know it is X now but no one calls it that) who was a friend living in Montana, kind of an outdoorsman who posted a lot about his faith. This guy had him thinking. I began to explain that God became a man. His sacrifice for our sins was then worth an infinite amount because His life and blood were worth an infinite amount because he was God. “Oh that’s what I never got, infinite,” he said. It seemed like the math had not held up for him—that one man could die for the sins of the world. His friend had recently posted that everyone should remember that one man had paid for all our sins. So the idea of the sacrifice of Christ he seemed to have picked up from his friend’s posts from Montana. Then I explained the righteousness of God to His credit through adoption and then he needed to receive Jesus by faith, “If you believe Jesus is God died for your sins and rose from the dead. Not that you just know the story but that’s what you put your trust in.” I explained your good stuff could not fix your bad stuff but that God could turn your bad things into good things because he controlled the future and I wrote down Romans 8;28. He fixed on that and wanted to write it down as I said it again so I wrote it on the back of the booklet saying he could do good with God’s power then knowing God could control the outcome of an action. I explained that I sometimes thought about something I had done in the past that hurt someone like a car accident. I asked God to bless them and make up for what I had done and make it into Good, not to only forgive me. This seemed to really strike him as he thought about his past. He was taking a lot but the rest of the day he’d said he had nothing set. So I didn’t feel the tension as I often do that I need get the Gospel in before a student has to up and suddenly leave. I finally got to ask him if he would want to be forgiven then trusting in what Jesus had done. He said he would so I said there was a prayer he could pray and started to explain it, but he seemed to have a thought and missed the explanation, I think captured by a scene in his past for a moment. I asked again if the prayer expressed the desire of his heart. He read it and said it did. So I said he could pray it silently and be forgiven.  So he took the booklet and prayed it, when I glanced over he had his eyes closed too I think he was adding to it in his heart. He finished. I explained then to him that the likelihood he would go to Heaven was 100%, now placing his faith on the blood and righteousness of Christ. He said he thought there might be a Bible around his house but he wanted one more recently updated language wise, they might have been in Spanish. I gave him the NKJV and explained the study helps and wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. He was grateful and I gave him Bible Promises for You and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet recommending Strobel in a YouTube search. I talked him through the Bible study too. We talked some more, he thanked me saying, “This really made my day.” He told me he thought we were entering into a time when people were realizing a lot of things. He saw it with guys he worked with in their desire to learn English, maybe meaning they were making longer term plans for life in the US. He was heading back to Mexico over Christmas with his family to try and reconnect with their extended family down there. Finally I got up to go we’d talked for at least an hour. I told him I would pray a prayer for him each day using a Bible verse to bless him until a year from Spring. “Awesome,” he replied.   “I’ll see you around,” I said. He said I definitely would and I 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 Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed with the peace and love of Christ through His Spirit. I had a good day on campus Michael prayed to receive Christ today and Sabine a Black girl was unsure, but seemed to be struggling with the stuff going wrong in her life. She still goes to Church but wasn’t trusting Jesus as her savior so I’ll pray for her too and hope she trust in Christ. Michael’s story is below if you want to spend the time Please pray for these students.

Michael was sitting alone in the cafeteria at a table having finished lunch. He had on a black hoodie and light grey sweats. His hair was a loose curly mop that stopped just above his ears. He had a mustache and a beard below his chin. He wore a clear Plexiglas head around his neck depicting Jesus wearing a crown of thorns. It was bigger than a walnut and smaller than a plum and hung and off a thick chain about the width of a pinky finger. I’d never seen anything like it. He was a good-looking Latino guy with a sharp jaw line and pointed nose, slight and short. I asked him what he would say to God to get into Heaven and he said, “I would say even though I have sinned multiple times I have spread out the word of God. I follow the word of God. If you asked me if I would be let into Heaven I would say no. [But] that’s the ultimate goal.” He thought he’d earn it. He listened closely to the Scripture as I began to explain it to him. Though he said he never went to Church he knew John 3:16 and he knew Jesus had died for his sins when I asked him. I explained the cleansing blood of Christ to him. I said that His blood allowed God to live inside him saying this was also a payment to God, so that He was just to forgive him. Christ earned the righteousness of God by perfectly fulfilling the Law. He would not go to Heaven because he was good but because Jesus was good and he was connected to Him. This was the gift of God when God adopted him making him His child. He could receive Christ by faith. I asked if he would want to be forgiven or thought something else comparing the two circles. The one on the right had Christ inside him on the throne of his life. “I am definitely on this side,” he said pointing to that circle. I said if he wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray. I talked him through the prayer and asked if it was the desire of his heart. He nodded so I said he could pray it silently; I wouldn’t hear him but God would hear and he’d know he was forgiven. “Right now?” he asked. I said, “Yeah.” He took the booklet and asked if he should pray out loud. I said “No silently just between you and God.” So he prayed then to receive Jesus. I explained the Christian life “By the Spirit’s power living Inside Out”. He had a Bible but I gave him Bible Promises for You writing his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I gave him a Bible Study on the deity of Christ and The Case for Christ. I told him I would pray for him each day from now until Spring and one year after. I got up to go and he said, “Thank you. I appreciate it.” I said, “All good,” 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 you were filled up to all the fullness of God today. I had a good day on campus and Ozzy prayed to receive Jesus. Destiny said she would pray latter, a pretty girl with sharp features chin and nose and a very sharp jaw line. She, I believe, was mixed in race based on her skin tone and hair in ringlets pull up over head and falling down in her face.  Shauntel was a round featured good natured black girl both nostrils pierced. She said she would think about praying and thought she was on a journey of faith but she was great to talk to and said I was the brightest spot in her day. So Ozzy’s story is below and I will be praying for the girls. Please pray they are all strengthened in the inner man that Christ might dwell in their hearts by faith.

Ozzy was a really low-key guy. He looked to be a Latino or possibly Filipino. He had a thin Michael Jordan mustache with a bit of growth on the underside of his chin. He had sharp features, jaw line and nose and a dark mop of shorter hair more or less parted on the right. He wore black sweats and a grey t-shirt. He was pretty reserved. I asked him one think he would want to do before he died and he said, “Have a family,” so I figured he would trust in Christ because saying that is a tell. When I asked him what he would say to God to get into Heaven if he died he said. “I’d say because I’ve been faithful to Him. I’m not exactly sure, I have a lot of faith.” I asked the likelihood he would get into Heaven, “I’m not exactly sure, some people say it’s hard to get in…” “The Narrow Gate,” I replied. He nodded in agreement and then said, “50%.” I asked if he’d ever gone to Church, a bit when he was young he said so I asked what kind and he said he thought it was Adventist. I began to go through the Gospel with him and asked him what “Jesus had done to take away the sins of the world.” He thought for a moment and then said, “He died.” I agreed and began to explain the blood as a payment for his sins and the righteousness of God to his credit that Christ earned. He took it all in very somberly and I could not tell if it was taking root but reminded myself he had said he wanted a family so he probably was listening. I kept telling him the points in of the Gospel. I explained salvation by faith and asked if he would want to be forgiven for his sins or thought something else. “I would want to be forgiven,” he replied. So I said, “If you’d like to be forgiven there’s a prayer you can pray and talked him through it with a bit of explanation. “It says here, ‘Does this prayer express the desire of your heart?’ would you say it does?” I asked. “Yeah, I think it does,” he replied. Well if you wanted 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? “Yeah,” he replied and I said, “Just pretend I’m not here.” “OK,” he said and prayed to receive Jesus. He didn’t have a Bible so I gave him one and explained some of the study helps in it. I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. “Thank you,” he said when I handed it to him. I explained living “By the Spirit’s Power, Inside Out.” I gave him Bible Promises for You and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet telling him Strobel’s story and a Bible Study just explaining the Prophecy and how it was fulfilled in Christ.  I told him I would pray a Bible Verse for him each day from now until Spring and on year after. “Thank you so much,” he said with real sincerity. I said I was sorry I took so much time, he’d only taken 3 bites of his chicken sandwich in a bun. “No you’re good, thank you,” he replied and I said if I saw him I would give him a wave and headed off.

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

In Him,

Bob

Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed with life and peace as the Spirit led you through the day. I had a good day on campus Abbie prayed to receive Jesus today. I also encouraged some 3 believers who were thankful to have more assurance in Christ. Please pray Abbie grows in her faith and can find a church near her. Her story is below if you have time.

Abbie was sitting on a bench against the stairs that lead down to the cafeteria on the second floor around the corner from the security desk. She had sandy hair pulled back in a ponytail, a cute apple shaped face with a pretty dot birthmark on her cheek. She had red leggings on with black words in some kind of print that among other things said take your time near the knee closets to me. She had a white eyelet sweater on with a crew neck. I asked her what she would say to God to get into Heaven if she died and she said, “I don’t know, I just try to get through life and see the potential in in other people and do good.” She thought she had a 70% chance of going to Heaven. She said she went to church when she was young with her mother. Her mom died but her dad was an atheist so she did not go after that. “I’ve been meaning lately to get back into it now that I’m older.” That seemed to mean she did not need to go places with her father. I told her God loved her and wanted her to know Him by living inside her. So I asked her if she could remember what Jesus had done to take away her sins and the sins of the world. She could not think of anything so I began to explain the Gospel to her. Jesus’ blood cleansed her and was a payment to God for sin. His righteousness could be to her credit when He adopted her. I said all that Jesus had done was hers by faith. If she believes on Jesus He would forgive her. So would you want to be forgiven for your sins? Or do you think something else. “I would want to be forgiven,” she replied. I explained if she wanted to be forgiven there was prayer she could pray and I talked her through it and asked it expressed the desire of her heart. It did so I said she could pray it silently and I wouldn’t hear her but God would hear and she’d know she was forgiven. “Wanna do it?” I asked. She nodded and I handed her the booklet and she prayed to receive Jesus. I began to explain the Christian life to her. She did not have a Bible so I gave her one and I wrote her name and the date and “forgiven! in the front showing her the study helps. I explained everything in the Christian life was “By the Spirit’s power, Inside Out” God would transform her. I gave her Bible Promises for You and a Bible Study explaining the miracle of Jesus walking on the water as a claim to be God and the prophecy that said the Messiah would be God. She lived in a town pretty far away and I did not know any Churches there but I said she could do a search on “Bible Church” or “Community Church” or “Evangelical Church” (writing each on the Bible Study) and she might find something nearby. I gave her The Case for Christ Answer Booklet too. I explained that now trusting in the righteousness of Jesus to be her righteousness and His blood to pay for her sins, the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 100%. I explained that the Bible said people could witness our lives from Heaven and I am sure that her mom could see her now. “The Bible says there is rejoicing there when one sinner turns and believes so I’m sure there is a celebration and your mom is happy.” I told her I would pray for her each day from now until the Spring and one year after asking God bless her. I said she could contact me if she had any questions by email. “If I see ya I’ll just give ya a wave.” I said getting up to go. “Thank you,” she replied and I said “OK” and 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 Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your week was blessed with all good things from above. 8 people trusted Christ this week (Ellis, Savannah, Lena, Joseph, Kaycee, Alexa, Malcolm) and the last Daniel on Thursday. Please pray they grow I their faith. Daniel’s story is below if you have time. It turned into a bit of a discussion on how evil you can be and still be forgiven. Thanks for your help in prayer.

Daniel was sitting in the cafeteria alone at a table polishing off some pasta in a Tupperware®. He had a blue Coors beer hat on and a tan hoodie, brown hair. His mustache was like two pencil size caterpillars that went to the ends of his mouth and did not join in the middle. He had a good looking every-man kind of face and a square chin with a beard on the underside of it, friendly guy. He’d gone to church as a kid but it had been a while. When I asked him what he would say to God, if he died, to get into Heaven he said, “Umm, I don’t know.” So I asked if he could remember anything they’d said at church about it what might get him into Heaven, “Nah,” It was too long ago he thought, “Good deeds?” I asked him what the likelihood he would get into Heaven, “10%‘s low or 100% you’re sure, 50/50 you got a shot?” “I think I got a shot,” he replied. I said God wanted to live inside him and give him eternal life and asked if he knew what Jesus had done to take away his sins. He didn’t have any recollection of that so I went on to explain the Gospel to him. As I was explaining the blood of Christ cleansing him and it as a payment to God he asked something like, What about people who are doing evil things but say they are Christians? I told him that a genuine Christian would make mistakes but if the Holy Spirit is inside you and He doesn’t just hang out there, He actually transforms you. So though I did not know him well enough to be able to say if he had changed someone that knew him better might see the gradual change God was making in him. If someone continued to do really wicked things I’d have to assume they did not really have genuine faith and believe that Christ had died for them as they did not show any sign of transformation. I said that people who appeared to be basically good would begin to do things by the Spirit’s power inside them. I went on to explain the righteousness of God that Jesus earned by perfectly fulfilling the Law. I said the complete work of Christ was all these things and that by ourselves we did not have anything perfect to offer to God. I told Him God wanted to adopt him, make him His child so He could give him all these things. He needed to receive Christ by faith and his good stuff could not fix his bad stuff. I asked if he wanted to be forgiven for his sins or thought something else giving him the quick take options of Islam where their god did not live inside you, was not a father, as he didn’t have a son and there was no sacrifice for sin, “So they have a different god.” And the Buddha left his wife and kid to seek enlightenment but he was not looking for God at all, he did not care if there was a God or not. He thought if he got his head straight he could escape the dream world. “So would you want to be forgiven for your sins and have God live inside you?” I asked again. He stared at the booklet for a slow count to at least 10 and then said, “Yeah,” and looked up from the booklet. So I said if he wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray. I walked him through it and said, “It says here, ‘Does this prayer express the desire of your heart?’ Would you say it does?” “Yeah,” he said. So I said he could pray it right now, “I wouldn’t hear you but God would hear and you’d know you were forgiven. Wanna do that?” “Yeah,” he said again and he took the booklet and prayed to receive Christ. He did it so quickly I wasn’t sure he had and he asked, “What about someone like Hitler?” I checked and he had prayed and I said, “People have asked me that. I’m pretty sure people like Hitler or some of these criminals are psychotic. I don’t know if they would have [the freedom of] choice anymore to ask God to be forgiven. The Blood of Christ is an infinitely valuable payment for sin so philosophically speaking they could be forgiven. But the Bible says God gives some people over to evil. He asks them and asks them and they push Him away so He finally says, ‘Alright’. Then they just get worse and that is all they are. Some people you can’t take away their demons or there would be nothing left of them.” He saw that was true and agreed.  I explained the Christian life to him asking if he had a Bible. He didn’t so I gave him one and explained the study helps in it and a Q -> Bible verse sheet I got from another Bible. I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front and he thanked me. I explained living “By the Spirit’s power” asking for God to transform him “Inside Out”. I also gave him Bible Promises for You and a Bible study explaining it a bit, that Isaiah 9:6 is revealing Messiah would be God and the Trinity was expressed. I briefly expressed how he was a plural being (body mind and spirit) and God was a plural being also. I talked him through the miracle of walking on the water as a claim to be God. I gave him The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and recommended Strobel on line for questions. He reached out and shook my hand and thanked me. I told him I would keep him in my prayers each day from now until Spring and one year after. I said something like, “I’ll see ya around.” “I’ll give ya a wave,” he said with a smile and I had to run to a treatment appointment for sciatica.

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

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed walking in the light of God word you mind fixed on things above. There is a lot of turmoil going on worldwide. Still and all I had a good day on campus preaching the word. Kaycee, Alexa and Malcom each prayed to receive Jesus today. Please pray they grow in their faith; their stories are below if you have the time.

Kaycee was sitting on a bench overlooking the outdoor campus of the MAC Arts building along the east sidewalk of the BIC. She wore a pink hoodie with some white lettering across it and baggie grey sweats with a stripe down the side. She was a Latina and had full lips, her skin tone looked a faded sort of fair (as some people I have met from India). Her hair was straight but not stick straight, it had some body to it and went down to her shoulders. She was pretty in an a-typical way and wore no make-up. She went to a Catholic Church but not regularly saying she went with her family who had gone this past Sunday. She felt like they went once every 2 months. I asked her what she would say to God to be allowed into Heaven. “Hmm, I honestly don’t know,” she replied. So I asked what she thought you had to do to get into Heaven and she said, “Being nice?” She thought she had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. I don’t think she knew Jesus had died to take away the sins of the world when I asked. She listened to the Gospel. I told her that the blood of Jesus to cleanse her and pay for her sins, the righteousness of God Christ earned to her credit. I said God gave her all these blessings by adoption and they were hers by faith. And her good stuff could not fix her bad stuff. She was giving a form of consent to the main points in facial expression. “The last question is would you want to be forgiven for your sins trusting in what Jesus has done so you can be forgiven? Then God could live inside you and give you strength or do you think something else?” I said and gave her the quick take version of Islam and Buddhism. “I want that one,” she said pointing to the circle I describe as God inside her. I said if she wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer she could pray and I talked her through it asking,” It says here; ‘Is this prayer the desire of your heart?’ would you say it is?” She effectively nodded though some inarticulate sound came out of her mouth in ascent too. I said then she could pray it silently, “Wanna do it?” “Yeah sure,” she replied and handed her the booklet. I wrote something down and looked up and she had flipped through to the end a bit and I said, “Did ya pray?” “Oh what am I supposed to do?” She asked. “The little prayer,” I said. “This one?” she turned and found it. “Umm hum,” I replied. And she prayed to receive Jesus. She had a family Bible and did not want to take one from me. I explained the Christian life to her living “Inside Out by the Spirit’s Power.” I told her I had a Bible study for her and explained it and then wrote her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front of Bible Promises for You. I handed it to her and explained The Case for Christ Answer Booklet to her and gave her that. “I’ll pray for you each day from now until Spring and one year after,” I said. “I may not see you but at least I’ll know you are prayed for.” She seemed pleased to hear it almost like she expected as much and she said, “Thank you.” I said, “Sure.” I said it was like the symbolism of the mass and she nodded like she’d put that together. I told her then the likelihood she would go to heaven now trusting in the blood and righteousness of Christ was 100%. “Thank you so much,” she said as I stood up to leave. I said “Sure,” and “God bless you,” and she thanked me again and I was off.

Alexa [a lex ē] was sitting at a window in a lounge on the third floor of the BIC that looked to the east. Her window on her right overlooked the bench I had sat on with Kaycee. She had long brown hair and a long pretty face, looked Latina. She was wearing a black top off one shoulder and wide bottom grey sweats. I asked her what she would say to God to be let into Heaven, she said, “I would say I follow what He put in the Commandments and, like, His word.” I asked her what the likelihood was she would go to Heaven. “I don’t know 60-40,” she speculated. She said she went to a Catholic Church and another Christian Church called “Hope”. She knew what Jesus had done to take away her sins so I said something like “Well, this is how it works and began to explain the Gospel message of the cleansing blood of Christ and as a payment for what we owed God and the righteousness of God earned by Christ which could be to our credit. She had a pretty smile and smiled here and there throughout so it seemed like she was tracking. I explained salvation by faith not by works. I finally asked if she would want to be forgiven for her sins. She nodded smiling and so I said there was a prayer she could pray. I talked through it and asked “Does this prayer express the desire of your heart?” “Yeah,” she replied and so I said she could pray it silently and asked if she’d like to do it. She said, “Sure.” She prayed then to receive Jesus. I explained to her the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 100%. I also gave her Bible Promises for You writing her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I gave her a Bible study and explained the prophecy of the Messiah being God and one of Jesus claims to be so by walking on the water. I gave her The Case for Christ Answer Booklet saying she might find one of the arguments interesting and Strobel had more on line. She was really shy and did not say much but smiled and I told her I would pray for her each day until Spring and one year after to bless her. She thanked me and I got up to go and said, “Have a good one.” “You have the same,” she replied. And I headed off.

Malcolm was sitting in a row of chairs just across the foyer from the cafeteria, his back against the staircase. He had kind of a strange clip to his voice but was articulate. He wore khaki-colored shorts and a blue Wheaton College shirt. He had very short trimmed blondish hair like an athletic cut and a fair same color beard and mustache, also short the beard was largely on his jaw line. He said he went to church where people invited him and was going to a small church in Naperville though he lived in Wheaton and had run cross country and track at Wheaton North. He was studying to be an accountant. I asked him what he would say to God if he died and was asked “Why should I let you into Heaven?” “I mean none of us really deserve to, there’s no way any of us could say we should. Ultimately it’s because he wants us to.” I asked what he thought the likelihood was he would go to Heaven. “I guess I think I will. I wonder about it,” he replied. I began to go through the Gospel with him and as I make each point he would say, “Right.” He also had a way of saying “OK” like “Eye Kay”. After explaining the blood and righteousness of Christ and salvation by faith I asked if he would want to be forgiven for his sins so God could live inside him and give him strength. “I would,” he replied. So said there was a prayer then he could pray to be forgiven. I talked him through it and asked if it expressed the desire of his heart. “Yeah,” he replied. So I said he could pray it silently, I wouldn’t hear but God would hear and he’d know he was forgiven. “Eye Kay,” he replied. He finished praying and said, “What do I do now?” I explained the Christian life to him then. He should read the Bible and ask for forgiveness when he failed and do everything “By the Spirit’s Power living Inside Out”. I said the likelihood he now would go to Heaven trusting in the righteousness and blood of Christ was 100%. I told him I would pray for him each day until Spring and one year after that he would be blessed. “Eye Kay,” he replied. If he’s sitting there next Wednesday I’ll try to get him to him do a Bible Study.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism Wednesday if you had a chance, I’m grateful for your help and God truly blessed.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope ya had a good day walking in the grace that has been provided by the Father of Lights. It rained here again today and though there is nothing about the blessing of fall rains in Scripture I can remember my grass needed it. I had a good day on campus and I came across Savannah who now has prayed to receive Jesus after saying she’d pray later on September 3^rd and Lena and Joseph each prayed to receive Christ today. Please pray they grow in their faith. Their stories are blow if you have the time.

Savannah was sitting at a table alone across the room from where I had met her in the ground floor PE lounge. She has long blonde wavy hair and a traditional pretty girl face, high cheekbones and a point to her chin. She has an athletic softball players build. When I asked her what she would say to God to get into Heaven back on the 3^rd she said, “I knew this day was coming. Honestly I don’t think He should. Even though I’m religious I haven’t done my part to praise and preach Him.” She thought she had a 50% chance of going to Heaven, “I still [am] loving Him, He’s forgiving. So I have time to fix my religion.” Seeing her today she said she had prayed and was very cheerful and bright and happy to see me. I gave her Bible Promises for You and wrote September 2024 and “forgiven!” on the inside front, which she really liked. I also gave her, The case for Christ Answer Booklet and a Bible Study. She was really grateful and I headed off saying if I saw her I would give her a wave and she said something like, “For sure.”.

Leaving the PE lounge after finding no one upstairs I saw two black girls, LaShan and Lena under the stairs. LeShan had braids of her own hair to her shoulders, corn rows on her head and an off the shoulder wide neck shirt on, vary fair skin though dark around the eyes and some freckles, her features looked like those of a Latina but you could tell her hair was African American in heredity. Lena had a light grey hoodie on, her hair dyed bright red. Lena’s face was triangular ending in a box chin, she was made up, her eyelashes little points, had a full more classic African American mouth with lipstick. She had light brown coloring. I bumped my head under the stairs as I walked up to them. I said a few self-deprecating things about regularly hitting my head that made them laugh. They were up for doing a survey though I’m not sure if Leshan would have done it if Lena had not said yes right away. When I asked what they would say to God to get into Heaven LaShan said, “Because I was a good and faithful servant.” Then adding in a moment, “I love the Lord.” Lena said she’d say, “I’m trying, I always walk by faith, I never gave up.” I somehow skipped the question of how likely it was they would go to Heaven. But as it turned out LeShan was losing patience with my telling them the Gospel. I was praying she would not cut me off as I could tell Lena wanted to hear and was staring intently at me as I spoke. When I asked Lena what the big thing was that God had done, then added prompting, “What Jesus did,” that took away her sins, she said, “He lives inside you?” But LaShan as I recall said something about what he’d done that was sort of on target. I was trying to keep up and take notes on both of them and failing. When I turned the page and said they had to live a perfect life. “You are to be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect,” and so Jesus lived a perfect life for them but LaShan cut me off saying Jesus dies for you, Like I know this already. But I continued to explain the blood, that when you borrow someone’s stuff if you damage it (like a car you dent) you have to fix it to give it back to them perfect. Since everything belongs to God if we hurt anyone or anything in the world we owe God for its perfect repair but we can’t pay. So Jesus poured out His blood and pays God back for all the imperfect things we have done we owe God something perfect for. God forgives us because He got paid.  I sensed LaShan was trying to dismiss me for telling them what she already knew, having failed to demonstrate she trusted in it originally. So I was praying silently God would stop her from sabotaging the Gospel presentation I felt Lena thought she needed to hear. Maybe there was some pride of the Christian life in LaShan. But my prayer let me finish and I explained the righteousness of God. Saying they needed to receive Jesus and believe on His name. “Not that you just know that story but that if someone would say to you, ‘Why should God let you into Heaven?’ you would say, “Because Jesus died for me.” This silenced LaShan a bit as she’d got the answer wrong having appealed to her religious works. They were saved by faith and your good stuff would not fix their bad stuff but God could work it all into Good. I asked if they would want to be forgiven or thought something else saying what Islam taught as an example. “We already do.” LaShan replied. I looked Lena in the eye and said, “Would you like to be forgiven?” She nodded. So I said if she wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer she could pray and I talked her through it saying, “It says here, ‘Does this prayer express the desire of you heart?’ Would you say it does?” I asked Lena. “Yeah,” she replied So I said, “If you want you could pray this silently and no one would hear but God would hear and you’d know you were forgiven, wanna do that?” “Yeah,” she said looking me in the eye. So I said, “OK,” and handed her the booklet and she prayed to receive Jesus. I handed LaShan a booklet I had not written in so she would not interrupt. When Lena finished I explained the Christian life “By the Spirit’s Power” living “Inside Out”. I gave them each Bible Promises for You. I wrote Lean’s name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I said to LaShan, “Well you were already forgiven.” So I wrote “forgiven” in the front hoping she had told me the truth. I also gave them The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and explained Strobel’s story. I offered them a Bible study. That was when LaShan informed me they both went to Dad’s church where he was pastor and they would not need Bible Studies. I told them I would keep them in my prayers. LaShan interrupted me again saying, “You don’t’ need to pray for me my parents and my family pray for me.” “Ok well I will pray for you,” I said to Lena. “I’ll pray for you each day until Spring and one year after asking God to bless you.” “Thank you it was nice to meet you,” Lena said with a sweet smile. “It was nice to meet you too,” I replied and I headed off.

I came across Joseph at the end of the day. I had to cut it short as I went to get treatment for my sciatica at 2 PM. Sadly treatment has not helped that much. Joseph was sitting at the counter of the cafeteria. A darker Latino in coloring he had a mop of curly hair and it stopped at his ears. He had something of a square good-looking face and black rimmed glasses. He wore jeans and Champion brand, black, zip up fleece. I asked him what he would say to God to get into Heaven. He thought briefly and said, “Jesus love us.” “Yes he does,” I said writing down his reply. He thought he had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven and went to a “Saint” something or other church and so was probably raise Catholic. Telling him that God had to take away his sins so He could live inside him I asked him what Jesus had done to accomplish that and he said, “His sacrifice.” I agreed. He was lazar-ed in paying close attention to every word, really interested. I explained what Jesus had done by His blood and righteousness. Finishing the Gospel message of saved by faith in Jesus. I asked if he would want to be forgiven or thought something else, giving the Islamic and Buddhist generic options. “That one,” he replied pointing at the circle with Christ inside him. So I said, “If you want to be forgiven there’s a prayer you can pray.” I read it through for him clarifying the terms and asked if he would want to pray it silently “I wouldn’t hear you but God would hear and you’d know you were forgiven. Wanna do it?” “Yeah,” he replied and prayed to receive Jesus. He did not have a Bible so I gave him one and wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I showed him the study helps. I explained living the Christian life, “By the Spirit’s Power” and “Inside out” asking God to transform him so he would become a good man who did good things, he agreed. I said then the likelihood he would go to Heaven was 100% trusting in the blood and righteousness of Jesus. “Nice,” he said. I gave him Bible Promises for You and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and a Bible Study on Jesus Deity with a quick telling of Walking on the Water as Job said God did in the OT. “See ya around,” I said getting up to go.” “Definitely,” he replied. “I’ll just give ya a wave.” “Sounds good,” he replied and I headed off.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance. God truly blessed. I told the story of the girls under the stair to a Christian student and he said, “It’s all God’s work.” “Every inch,” I replied.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was filled with a spirit of wisdom, revelation and the knowledge of God. I had a good day on campus and a bumped into Ellias who said he had prayed and received Christ from an earlier conversation we’d had in September. I had several good conversations too where seeds were planted. Please pray that He comes to faith and Nick, a Romanian Orthodox raised agnostic is provoked by our conversation to know the Lord. Thanks for your prayers. The day’s notes are below if you have time.

I saw Ellis as I said and again whom I had not seen since the 6^th of September. He said then he would pray later then.  At first before hearing the Gospel he was saying God would observe him and what he did and he would get into Heaven. He did not know Jesus had died for his sins when I’d asked what Jesus had done to take away his sins. He was a good-looking black dude with short braids and a green bandana like a sweatband around his forehead he was wearing again today. When I asked him today he said he had prayed with a big smile. I was talking to someone and he was passing in the hall and asked as he passed. I passed him later talking to some friends who have meet me. So I kept walking out of sight and got out a Bible Promises for you Book.   I wrote his name and “Sept. 2024 and Forgiven!” in the front and gave it to him as I passed him again.

Josh is guitarist I’ve been praying for since last year. He’s reading through the Bible I gave him and a King James one going back and forth. That lasted an hour as we talked about a few bands and the ancient world. I talked to Nick for a half hour apologetically talking about the limits of human knowledge and that only God can know and do the Good. This is because: You must be omniscient to know what the Good is and how an action can create a good outcome and omnipotent to insure it results in good thereafter. Only by the power of the Holy Spirit, in us, with the intervention of God in our actions transforming us and them can good come. I explained that to him and that only Christianity claimed God could be living inside him. So I hope the seeds with these and those over hearing the conversations will be a blessing.

I also spoke a half hour with Danny. He had a recurring temptation.  He had a spiritual pride that kicked in on him. He said that he was doing everything God had for him to do. I emphasized only the Holy Spirit’s power can allow us to live the Christian life or successfully serve God. I told him to not wait for it to get so intense and think he had success to brush it off but to pray God would remove the thoughts of Satan out of his heart any moment anything affected him. Satan was waking him at night to jack him around with it. I came across him 2 and a half hours later and he had visibly brightened and taken my advice and thanked me.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today God blessed me with good conversations in Christ.

In Him,

Bob