Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope you had a great day walking with the Lord. I had a good day on campus and John,  Skye, and  Michael  each prayed with me to receive Jesus and I got some quick seeds planted with a couple really tall black athletes AB and Gee, and another guy Matt. Thanks so much for your help in prayer today if you had an opportunity. Please pray they grow. Their stories are below if you have some time.

John was the first guy I talked to he was a soft-spoken guy and came across as a mature person. He had a loose curly afro, African American, his features looked Caucasian a sharp smaller nose, a square sharp chin. He wore a gray sweatshirt; dark sweats and had a small mustache. I’d felt prompted to go down the first floor hall [BIC] and try to talk to someone in the lounge he was in so I headed down there. Of the 2 guys in the lounge, the first said no but John replied he was just reading the Bible.  I asked if he’d want to answer the one big question in the survey and he said, “If the answer isn’t too long.” So I asked him what he would say to God if he was hit by a bus and killed and God asked, “Why should I let you into Heaven. “I have faith,” he said. “Faith in what?” I asked. You had faith in that chair before you sat down. “In God he replied.” I said, “The Bible says there is a little more to it than that would you be interested in hearing some Bible verses that tell you how you get into Heaven?” “Yeah,” he said. So I sat down and began going through the booklet with him adding a few Bible verses, Hell and that Jesus was God, that God was paid by His blood, over paid really since Christ’s blood would be worth an infinite amount. He remembered Jesus had died for our sins. I also added an explanation of the Righteousness of God Christ earned that was to his credit. When I had finished going through the Gospel I asked if he would want to be forgiven or if he thought something else. He might have been thinking or hadn’t realized I hadn’t asked a rhetorical question. So I asked again and he said, “I’d want to be forgiven.” So I said that if he’d like to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray and explaining it I asked if the words were the desire of his heart. He said they were so I said he could pray it silently and be forgiven. He agreed and took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. He had some Bibles and so I gave him a Bible study and asked if he thought he’d be interested to read some of Strobel’s arguments in The Case for Christianity Answer Booklet he said he would after I explained it and so I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I also gave him Bible Promises for You. I told him I would be praying for him. I got up to leave and he said, “We’ll thank you. I appreciate it.” “Dude thank you, you made my day,” I replied. “Smiling he said, “You made mine too.” And I headed off.

I walked around some more and bumped into some guys coming out of the PE building who held the door for me and I thanked them for helping out an old man. They said they were sure the generation behind them wouldn’t help them when they got old. I went through the Gospel with one of them, Matt when I bumped into him later in the day.

I held the door for them as we went into the BIC wise cracking about beauty before age. Skye was sitting on a row of chairs at the door. She was up for doing a student survey and the guys had moved on. She was wearing an orange sweatshirt and black sweats with half slippers. Her unwashed hair was plastered to her head tied in back and she had a cute oval face. Heavy set she looked as if she’d just rolled out of bed. Her left ear had multiple piercings small enough to be real diamonds. I asked her the question where she gets hit by a bus and God asks her, “Why should I let you into Heaven?” “I mean I go to church,” she replied. “I follow all the things He has to say. I deserve to be there, I haven’t done anything where I deserve not to be there.” She thought she had a 95% chance of going to Heaven. I asked her what the big thing was that had taken away her sins and she struggled to remember at first. But she tracked with the Gospel and so I finished everything I say. I asked if she would want to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus has done or thought something else and she said, “A life with Christ.”  I said it didn’t seem like she had had a chance to put it all together before. If she’d like to be forgiven there was a prayer she could pray and I talked her through the prayer to receive Christ. I asked her if it was the desire of her heart and she said it was so I asked if she’d like to pray it silently and she said, “Sure.” She took the booklet and prayed and finishing she crossed herself. I said she could keep the booklet there was more about faith and I explained the Christian life. She did not have a Bible so I gave her a study Bible and showed her some of the things inside writing in it her name and the date and “forgiven!” I explained living inside out by the Spirit’s power. I gave her Bible Promises for You also and a Bible study and Strobel’s Answer Booklet I told her I would pray for her each day and getting up to go she said, “Thank you, have a good one.” “You too,” I said and headed off.

I came across Michael in the cafeteria. He had a brown afro, a slight build, white guy, was wearing a green t-shirt black shorts with stripes, had an oval face and bags under his eyes. He looked like he needed some sleep. He was reserved and thoughtful. I asked him if he wanted to do a survey and he wanted to know how long it was. I said, “You want the short version just answer one question?” He agreed so 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?” “Overall I think I’m a good person myself, “ he replied. “I acknowledge the sins or mistakes I’ve done and admit to them.” He thought he had an 85% chance of going to Heaven. I said the rest of the survey was what you thought about Christianity and I asked him if he ever went to Church. He said he used to go more but now went on Holidays, Christmas and Easter for sure. I began to explain the Gospel to him and how God wanted to live inside him asking how God took away his sins. “Baptism?” he guessed. I said baptism is symbolic of it, you’re purified. I began to explain the gospel to him and he recalled some of it. Saying, “It makes a lot of sense,” as I explained how God was over paid for our sins by the blood of Christ that was worth an infinite amount. I asked if he wanted to be forgiven or thought something else. “The one on the right,” he said identifying the circle with Christ inside. So I offered him the prayer asking if it was the desire of his heart. “Yeah he replied. I said he could pray it silently and he said, “Yeah, thank you.” When he’d finished praying I explained the Christina life to him and he did not have a bible so I gave him the other one I had showing him the “Messianic Passages Fulfilled by Jesus” section in the back and the “Where to Turn” questions listed for Biblical answers. I explained living inside out trusting in the Spirit’s power. He wanted to get back into reading and I gave him a Bible study and the Bible Promises for You book. He said he’d get a hold of me by email to do another study if he had time. He said, “I feel like I knew the story, from Church religious education [there]. It kind of just left me over the years.” I said this was a way to start fresh. He said he felt like 10 years ago there were a lot more people going to Church and that fewer people were taking it seriously. I got up to go after I had told him I would be praying for him for the next year from spring and a year after. “I’ll see you in Heaven,” I said. “Yeah, thank you,” he replied saying, “I’ll email you if I want another Bible study or have a question or something. I appreciate it.” So then 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 Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed today and you had joy and peace in believing. I had an ok day on campus. Victoria* had a big curly mop of hair committed to Christ. She’s African American, heavy set, was wearing a black mask and I could not see her face. She said that she thought she’d like to pray to receive Christ but would later. I had a long, long conversation with a former Muslim, Qasim. He had fought in Syria and was now an atheist, 21 years old. He had a long ponytail and a full beard and wore a ball cap. He said he would be interested in studying the Bible a bit, after I explained the Christian faith in a way he seemed not to have understood it before. I gave him a Bible Study on places Jesus uses the Old testament to claim to be God. The deeper things seemed interesting to him. But then he might have been being polite. I’ll be praying for him. He said he had memorized the entire Quran.

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

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope ya had a great day serving the Lord with Gladness. I had a good day on campus and Arely prayed to receive Jesus. Colin took The Case for Christ Answer Booklet saying he followed Christianity for guidance but was not sure of the truth of it. I had a good lunch with David and we caught up. Please pray these students are led closer to the Lord. Arely’s story is below if ya got some time.

Arely was sitting at the first table you bump into headed into the cafeteria. She was pretty, Latina, her hair was parted down the middle. She had a long sleeve grey t-shirt on and shredded Jeans, a bright smile and hoop earrings. She seemed pretty engaged and smiled a lot and looked like the actress María Conchita Alonso when she was young, but more petite. I asked her what she would say to God if asked “Why should I let you into Heaven?”  She said, “I never thought about that,” and struggled to have anything to say. I asked her if she went to Church and she had more often when she was younger but now did not often have someone to take her. So I said, “What do you think they would say gets you into Heaven?” Focusing more on Him, following His commandments, all that stuff. Maybe just more like having faith in Him and spreading it.” She thought she had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. She tuned right in to the Gospel and liked the analogies or was amused by an old guy telling them. She knew Jesus had died to take away our sins. When I finished explaining the Gospel and the Righteousness of Christ we have by faith I asked if she wanted to be forgiven or thought something else. She seemed to hesitate, thinking about it. She seemed to say she was not sure so I said, “You don’t want to be forgiven?” Thinking she had made up her mind. She shook her head as if to say “No”.  “Yes.” She then said kind of realizing something. I don’t know what her thought process had been. I said there was a prayer she could pray if she wanted to be forgiven. I began to explain the prayer. In the middle an odd girl who walks around and seems a bit out of her mind walked by us. (She’s definitely not all there, has a blonde bob cut hair and is a pretty big girl though kind of child like). She leaned in and whispered something in Arely’s ear. Then walked away. I stopped and asked “What did she say?” She grinned and said, “I don’t know.” I said, “She seems out of her mind.” But I continued to explain the prayer and asked if it was the “desire of her heart” as it reads in the booklet. She said yes and I said she could pray it silently and know she was forgiven and she said, “OK,” and took the booklet and prayed. I explained a life in the Spirit asking for God’s help and gave her The Case for Christianity Answer Booklet and wrote her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I also gave her a Bible study and told her I would be praying for her each night until a year from spring. I’ll see you in Heaven,” I said getting up to go. Thank you, thanks you, thank you for this she pointed at the books. And I said “You’re welcome 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 sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope you had a great day walking with Jesus. I found 7 people to talk to about the Lord again today. Vladimir took The Case for Christianity Answer Book today so I am hopeful God will use that in this life. Ryan trusted in Jesus praying to receive Christ. Anthony also prayed to receive Jesus who I went through the Gospel with yesterday. He said sort of said he’d think about it then. I bumped into him outside Starbucks and he said, “Hi” Hey Anthony,” I replied.  “I wanted to let you know I prayed, and I feel so much better,” he said. “Great I have been praying for you. That’s really great thanks for letting me know.” I replied and he shook my hand. So thanks for your prayers for the ministry of evangelism on campus and these students. God Blessed. The stories are below if you have time.

Ryan was sitting in the Science building lounge on the second floor; there is a corner lounge that overlooks the big lounge below from the West side. He had a blue shirt on and blue jeans. He had a goatee postage stamp size beard on his chin and a mustache and black thin rimed rectangular glasses. He had a mop of curly brown hair and expressive face high, long, thin eyebrows. Kind of reminded me of Groucho Marx with a thin mustache.  I asked if he wanted to do a survey and he asked what it was about so I told him the main question. He said he didn’t know what he’d say.  I asked if he wanted to hear some Bible verses that gave the answer to the question. He said sure and I said, “So you want the verses or do the survey?” “Both” he said. I asked him again what he would say to God if asked, “Why should I let you into Heaven?” He replied, “Don’t you know me?” He’d had some time to think and try to be funny. But it played right in to what I would tell him about knowing God, that God wanted to live inside him. He thought he had an 80% chance of going to Heaven. He interjected that he thought God loved Satan, as He had created him and he was God’s child. I said the Bible nowhere said God loved Satan. I said Satan had lost his position as one of the Sons of God and others like him were held in chains of darkness waiting judgment. I said Satan would one day be thrown into the Lake of Fire and be destroyed there. “Oh,” he said. I don’t know what point he was about to make but he decided he’s been wrong about it. He said he heard voices sometimes and they would tell him things both good and bad. I said the Bible says to test the Spirit’s and that no evil spirit can claim Jesus is Lord God. I said if he asked God to forgive him trusting in Jesus he could ask God to take the thoughts of Satan out of his head and He would. I said everyone gets a bad thought sometimes and I do that sometimes. He did not think all the thoughts were bad. So I said he could ask God to take the thoughts of Satan out of his heart and if the thoughts stopped he’d know they were from Satan. He knew Jesus had died for his sins but had not trusted in this to be forgiven or been to church for a while and so we went back and forth on some things. I asked if he wanted to be forgiven and at first he’d said he was more interested in forgiving himself. I said that was pop psychology and he really could not forgive himself. He could try to forget about things but he could not fix them or pay someone back for doing them or fix himself. If he saw someone again it would still be awkward. But he could ask God to help others forget his errors and to make them into good, if he loved God and was called according to His purposes (I had quoted Romans 8:28 to him and referred back to it). This is what in the end persuaded him to receive Jesus I think, he saw God’s power to change things in his life, forgive and repair them. And after I had gone through the Gospel and explained things concerning Satan and then voices in your head, he prayed to receive Christ. I gave him Bible Promises for You and wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” on the inside page. I explained now trusting in the righteousness of Jesus to be his righteousness the likelihood he would go to Heaven was 100%. I explained living “Inside Out” by the Spirit’s power. I also gave him a Bible study on the deity of Jesus based on his actions and statements in the Gospels. “Thank you,” he said as I got up to go. I told him I would be praying for him each day every day through a year from this spring and asked if he had anything I could pray for him now. He said his parents were going through a bad divorce so I said I’d pray about it. He was living with his dad and the other brother was 21.

Yesterday I was going through the Gospel with another guy Brady who wasn’t sure about Christianity. I gave him The Case for Christianity Answer Booklet at the end. But in the middle Anthony had walked up and I felt someone staring at my back. He had a clean shaven face though it did not seem to be producing much if any beard as yet. The birth dot on his face (beauty mark?) was part of his boyish good looks, he was shorter and had a mop of curly hair. Wearing jeans and a t-shirt. I thought it was another dude who interrupts sometimes who is a little off-balance before I turned to see Anthony. “What’s up?” I asked.  He asked if I was still doing interviews. I had asked him before (I think last school year) and he decided to do one saying he had seen me around. I said I could after I was done. He sat and overheard a lot of what I said. But afterwards I went outside to one of the tables by the waterfall around the corner with him and we talked. When I asked him what he would say to God to get into Heaven he said, “I do what I can to help others and help myself. I was a Boy Scout and made it up to Eagle Scout. I do what I can to help my community.” He worked hard. He said he did what he could not to get caught up in social media or look at his phone. That seemed a virtue in part it seemed as his X-girlfriend had an ongoing relationship with a guy on line, she had otherwise never met and now “dated”. He felt she’d been kind of emotionally cheated on him while she dated him and was enthralled with on line guy. He also said something about being a, “God and Country” kind of person. When I asked him the likelihood he would go to Heaven he said, “I’ve done what I can to fix mistakes and make other people happy, 80%.” He had overheard bits and pieces so I went through the Gospel again letting him finish an example if he’d caught it. I emphasized he would have to be perfect to enter Heaven. He had not been trusting in Jesus but said he wanted to be forgiven. I walked him through the prayer and he took the booklet and closed it. So I figured I had misread his intention. But I felt like he was close so I prayed for him a few times yesterday and today he had trusted in Jesus and prayed so that was great.  I thanked him for telling me today and for coming up to ask to talk yesterday. He said, “Sure,” and thanked me and shook my hand as I mentioned.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism on campus. God has truly blessed this year.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed with all good things from above. I had a good day on campus in as much as I went through the Gospel with 7 students and Sam prayed with me to receive Christ. The others all seemed like they were possibilities if God chose to draw them in, none were really opposed to the Gospel. Thanks for your prayers Sam’s story is below if ya got some time. Please pray for him that he’d grow in his faith.

Sam was sitting by the financial aid windows. I believe you pay your bills there too. He was a good looking black guy with a beard heavier on his jaw like rough in surface and about an inch and a half out. He had braids about 4 inches long. He wore a blue t-shirt and blue shorts. Slender build. When I asked him what he would say to God to be let into Heaven he said, “I haven’t done anything bad, hurt someone. I’ve always believed in Him and stuff. Been to church a couple times… I don’t know.” He thought he had a 100% chance of going to Heaven. I began to go through the Gospel with him and he knew Jesus had died for his sins. He tracked closely with the Gospel and got the point. So I finished going though the Gospel and I asked if he wanted to be forgiven for his sins with God living inside him to give him strength or thought something else and he said, “God live inside me thing,” pointing to the circle with God inside your life on the throne. I said that if he wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray and I walked him through it saying he could pray it silently. “Alright,” he replied and he took the booklet and prayed to receive Christ. When he finished I took it back saying he could keep it but using the end to explain living “inside out” by the power of the Spirit. He had his own bible. I gave him a copy of Bible Promises for You and wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” on the inside. I gave him a Bible study on the places Jesus claims to be God appealing to the Old Testament. I said the likelihood he would go to Heaven now was 100% trusting in the Righteousness of Jesus to be his righteousness. “I’ll see you in Heaven. I’m old so I’ll get there first and show you where all the cool places are, so right away you’re gonna owe me.” “Yeah,” he said with a grin. I got up to leave and he said quite sincerely, “Thank you.” “Yeah, have a good one Brother,” I replied. And I headed out.

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

I Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed with joy in serving Jesus. I had a good day on campus and Henry prayed with me to receive Jesus. Please pray he is blessed. His story is below. Another student Philip with bright blue eyes in the cafeteria was appreciative and interested to pray later taking the booklet.

Henry was sitting in the lowered floor area of the big lounge that connects the science buildings. He was studying but was willing to do a student survey. Everyone there this year seems to have their nose in a computer. He had a beard and short afro that was receding a bit, classic African American features. He wore a gray t-shirt and jeans cuffed over white tennis shoes, seemed a bit on the shorter side. He thought of himself as a Christian. I asked him what he would say to God if he died and was asked, “Why should I let you into Heaven?” He replied, “You don’t have too. I know it’s not by my works. I wouldn’t try to sound like I lived a holy life. I’d say, it’s up to you.” I asked him the likelihood he would get into Heaven and he said, “I really can’t say. I don’t have a number for that.” He felt no one could be certain of salvation. I began to go through the Gospel with him and explaining God would have to take away his sins, purify him to live inside him. I asked what Jesus had done to take away his sins. “He forgives you.” He said. “Yeah,” I replied. “He forgives you but the reason God forgives you is He got paid. I explained then what Jesus had done. He was really tuned in and when I asked him if he’d want to be forgiven with God living in him, trusting in Jesus or thought something else he said, “I’d choose to be with Jesus.” So I said there was a prayer he could pray and then after I explained it I said, “It says here is this prayer the desire of your heart? Would you say that it is?” He agreed so I said he could pray it silently and be forgiven would he like he like to?” “I’d do that yeah, thank you,” he replied taking the booklet. Then he prayed to receive Jesus. I explained living the Christian life “Inside out” by the Spirit’s power and I gave him a Bible study. I said the likelihood now he would go to heaven was 100% trusting in the righteousness of Jesus. He had a promise book but he took The Case for Christianity Answer Booklet so I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” on the inside and he was grateful. I told him I would be praying for him until a year from Spring. “Thanks for your time I know it’s busy in here.” I said getting up to go. “No Problem,” he replied. “God bless you,” “God bless you too,” he said 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 good things from the Lord and joy in your heart. I had a good day on campus and Scott and Josephinie* each trusted Christ as Savior. Please pray for them to grow in their faith in Christ. Their stories are below if you have some time to read today. Thanks for your prayers. Adnan was a Muslim (looked 30) who showed some interest today and took a Bible Study on the deity of Christ and The Case for Christianity Answer Booklet. He also copied down my friend’s phone number to contact who does ministry with Muslims, Hesham Shehab. So hopefully he’ll call him and he was not just being polite.

Scott was sitting in the hallway on the first floor that connects the BIC and the SSC. Interestingly enough the CRU group had a meeting today and so did Intervarsity Fellowship in rooms directly across from where we sat. Scott was wearing a white cowboy hat with the edges over his ears curled up. He actually looked something like “Woody” from the cartoon movie “Toy Story”. He had a thin face and similar features. His voice box seemed to have a kind of injury. When he spoke it sounded like he was speaking through water. It was a little difficult to make out the words. But I prayed for help not wanting to call attention to his disability. He had a dark red t-shirt on and grey shorts. When I asked him what he would say to God if he died and was asked: Why should I let you into Heaven? He said, “Um, I’m a Christian. I followed the scriptures as best I could.” He thought he had about a 70% chance of going to Heaven. I said God wanted to know and live inside him and so had to take way his sin and asked how Jesus did that. He didn’t know saying, “He forgives you?” So I went on to explain the Gospel. It seemed like he’d been to a few different Churches. One he’d had a falling out with, he said they’d asked him to leave. They did not believe any crosses should be displayed as it was idolatry.  He had a cross in his room, a piece of Jewelry his grandmother had inherited to him. He kept it on his mirror as a remembrance of her and her faith. We talked about legalism a bit. I went through the Gospel with him and he hadn’t really understood the atonement. I explained Christ’s righteousness and believing by faith. I asked if he would want to be forgiven with God living inside him trusting in what Jesus had done and he said, “I’d want to be forgiven with God inside.” So I said, “It doesn’t seem like you have put all this together before,” he kind of nodded, “But if you’d want to be forgiven there is a prayer you can pray.” and I talked him through it and asked, “It says here then is this prayer the desire of your heart?” “Yeah,” he said so I said he could pray it silently and God would hear and asked if he’d want to do it. ”Yeah,” he said enthusiastically. And he prayed to receive Jesus. I explained living “inside out” asking for transformation by the Spirit. I gave him a Bible Study and wrote his name and the date and “forgiven” in the front of Bible Promises for You. He thanked me and shook my hand and we both got up and left.

Josephine was sitting on the second floor of the east most science building in the hall. She was an attractive black woman, wearing jeans and a peasant blouse and looked to be in her mid 20’s. She had long hair with some brown tints in it and a rhinestone on her left cheek, full lips classic African American features. She had a larger frame but was not over weight at all. I asked her if she wanted to do a student survey and she said she’d been asked so I said this was a little different and asked if she’d just want to answer the one big question. She agreed.  So I of course said, “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’m a good person.” She’d said that she went to church and was a Christian. “The Bible says something a little different would you be interested in hearing the Bible verses that explain how you get to Heaven?” “OK,” she replied and I began to go through the Gospel with her. When I asked her what the big thing Jesus had done to take away her sins was she said, “He forgives you?” “Yeah I said He does but the real reason God forgives you is because He got paid.” I explained how Jesus lived the perfect life we could not and was the sacrifice for our sins and His blood cleansed us, paid God back for all the imperfect things we owed God something perfect for. “He over pays really by giving His life, unless you’ve killed someone.” I said. She smiled and said she hadn’t. When I finished explaining being saved by faith I asked her if she would want to be forgiven and have God live inside her and she said she did. So I said well do you think you have ever asked God to forgive you trusting in what Jesus has done or were you hoping to be good enough and things would work out?” “The second one,” she replied smiling kind of like you got me.. I said there was a prayer she could pray and I explained it saying she could pray it silently when she agreed it was the desire of her heart. “I’ll pray this later when I can be more intimate with God.” She talked about hierocracy a bit then and it seemed she wanted to feel like it was genuine. I said sure no worries and explained living “inside out” by the power of the Spirit and said if she was trusting now in the righteousness of Christ to be her righteousness the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 100%. I asked her again then, “So now if I asked you what you would say to God to get into Heaven what would you say?” She smiled and said, “Because of Jesus.” “His blood and righteousness right I said. I said there was a book she might like with promises in it and she agreed she would. I gave her Bible Promises for You and asked her to spell her name again for me and she said, “You can just write Josie,” and I wrote her name and the date and “forgiven” in the front and she was touched by that. I thanked her for talking with me and headed off. I hope I’ll get to that part of campus next Wednesday to try to bump into her again.

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 had a good day walking with the Lord. I had a good day on campus and Riley, Litzy and Gordon each prayed with me to receive Jesus today. So that was great. Please pray they are blessed in their faith. Their stories are below if you have some extra time.

Riley was up on the third floor sitting in the last triangular shaped lounge before you walk out to overlook the largest central lounge in the school in SSC building. He had dark blue shorts on and a grey blue t-shirt. His sandy mop of wavy hair was parted on the left. Good looking kid. Seemed like an “every man” well-rounded guy. He went to Catholic Church intermittently. When I asked him what he would say to God (if asked why He should let him into Heaven if he’d died) he though a minute and said, “I did my best to help others.” He thought he had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. I explained that God had to take away his sins to live inside him and asked what Jesus had done to take away his sins. He thought for a moment and guessed, “Confession?” I said that was true quoting 1John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” I then said, “The priest then tells you you are forgiven but he can do that because he knows God got paid.” I went on to explain the atonement and the blood of Jesus cleansing us from all sin. He seemed tuned in to what I was saying and when I had finished explaining saved by faith in the blood and righteousness of Christ I asked if he would want to be forgiven for his sins. ‘Yeah definitely,” he said with a smile. So I explained there was a prayer he could pray to receive God’s forgiveness and walked him through it and asking if it was the desire of his heart. He said it was and I said he could pray it silently. “Wanna do it?” I asked. “Sure,” he replied and he prayed to receive Jesus. I said then that trusting in the righteousness of Jesus to be his righteousness the likelihood he would go to Heaven was 100%. I gave him a Bible Promise Book and wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front and gave him a Bible Study. I said I’d pray for him and see him in Heaven. I got up to go and he said sincerely, “I appreciate it.” I said, “Sure.” And I headed out.

Litzy was a Latina girl sitting out on a park bench in the sun in front of the road that’s the main drag across the North side of campus. She had kind of a scrunched up cute face with a little knob for a chin, long dark wavy hair, short stature. She wore a hoodie and a peasant blouse and shorts. Went to Catholic Church. When I asked her what she would say to God to be let into Heaven she thought for a bit and said, “Because I’ve been kind.” She thought she had a 50% chance of going to Heaven. I explained God needed to take away her sins to live inside her and asked what Jesus had done to take away her sins. She thought for a minute and said, “The blood?” I said that was right and then began to explain God became a man and when He told people the truth they killed him drawing a stick figure on a cross. “Oh!’ she said, remembering the story or realizing how the blood and the crucified Jesus were tied together. I finished explained that she was saved by faith I asked her if she would want to be forgiven for her sins trusting in Jesus and what He had done for her on the cross or thought something else she said, “The first one.” So I said, “Well, it seems like you hadn’t had a chance to put all this together before,” and she nodded. “But if you want to be forgiven there is a prayer you can pray.” I talked her through what the prayer meant asking if it was the desire of her heart. She nodded. So I said she could pray it silently, did she want to do it and she said, “Vmm—k.” And she prayed to receive forgiveness by Jesus. I gave her a Bible and wrote her name and the date and “forgiven” in the front showing her the way the cross references worked and the 99 doctrines in the front and where they were found and the devotionals in it. She really liked it. I gave her a Bible Promise Book too and a Bible Study on where Jesus refers to the Old Testament to claim to be God in the Gospels. I said now trusting in the righteousness of Jesus to be her righteousness the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 100%. I said I would be praying for her. She was happy and I got up to go saying, “Have a good one,” as I left her. “You too,” she said cheerfully and I headed off.

At the end of the day I was outside again and looking at the trees at the top of the man made waterfall outside. There are some tables and benches just a few yards west of it. Gordon was sitting at one of them in front of a huge text studying. He seemed busy so I kept walking and then 10 yards past him, down a couple stairs, I turned around walking toward him and he had closed the book. So I asked if he’d do a student survey. He had a big mop of sandy hair also swept left to right and wire rimmed glasses the shape of an old school TV screen. He was wearing silver rings and has a bunch of thin roped bracelets on and said he liked my rings. Square jaw warm smile. Good looking guy. He was wearing black and gray shorts with white stripes on the side and a vintage looking Atari t-shirt. His arm was in a sling, he’d had an operation on part of his shoulder. I asked him what he would say to God to get into Heaven and he said, “I don’t know. I’d like to think I’d make it into Heaven. There are sins I’ve committed I guess… I regret.” I asked him the likelihood he would get into Heaven and he said. “60%. I tend toward more of a righteous [life].” I went through the Gospel with him and though he said he hadn’t been to church much since he was a kid, when I asked what Jesus had done to take away his sins he said He was a sacrifice. I finished explaining everything to him and asked if he’d want to be forgiven or thought something else. “I’d like to be forgiven,” he said frankly. I asked if he thought that Jesus was God had died for his sins and rose from the dead was true. “Yeah I think it is.” He replied. I said “Then there’s prayer you could pray to be forgiven.” I explained it asking if it was the desire of his heart. “Yeah,” he replied. I said he could pray it silently and he took the booklet and said, “Thank you.” He prayed then to receive Jesus. I gave him The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and a Bible Promise book writing his name and the date and “forgiven” on the inside. I told him that now trusting in the righteousness of Jesus to be his righteousness the likelihood he would go to Heaven was 100%. I told him I would see him in heaven and getting up to go I said, “Have a good day.” “Thank you, you too 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.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed with all good things from above. I had a good day on campus and Savannah prayed to receive Jesus as her savior. She was trouble and living with her mother whom she said had a demon. Please pray for her. Her story is in part below if you have the time.

Savannah is African American, a pretty girl with curly wavy thick dark hair down past her shoulders, that coupled with her features would suggest she was biracial. She was sitting in the hallway leading into the cafeteria in one of the sofa chairs against the stairs. She had on black leggings and a white form fitted shirt and was eating yogurt with her mask under her chin. When I asked, “Say you’re walking down the road, and you get hit by a bus so you’re dead and you stand before God and He asks why should I let you into Heaven? What would you say?” She thought and had some “I don’t know” like statements and said something like, “What have you done for me?” God asks.” I tried to narrow it down and ask what she thought would get you into Heaven and she said, “I don’t know, I try to follow Him.” She did not know how likely it was that she’d go to Heaven saying she had sinned but “I try to work on myself.” She was really low key. I went through the Gospel with her and asked if she would want to be forgiven for her sins when I finished. She did want to be forgiven and I walked her through the prayer. She said she needed to talk to someone about her life. I asked what part of her life, saying there were guidance counselors at school. She said they would not believe in God and so could not help. She began to tell me then that her mother had a demon. She said her mother was asking more demons to come to her and threatening Savannah. She was living with her mother and sister and needed to get out. She said she’d just began a job and so thought it would be a while. She said she had met a man who turned out to be a Warlock and he had claimed to put a “love spell” on her. She said she also was told things about other people she did not know when she first met them sometimes, in her mind. It seemed like she was oppressed demonically from all she said, so I returned to the Gospel. I said she could pray for the thoughts of Satan to be removed from her. She said she tried that but it did not work. I explained that until she trusted in Jesus to forgive her and His blood to cleanse her so the Holy Spirit could live inside her she would not be successful at battling those forces. I explained Christianity being inside out, not outside in, that God could forgive her and then that God was greater than Satan and she could resist. I said she needed to trust in Jesus and pray to be forgiven for her sins. I reminded her that she was trusting in her own effort to be good enough. I said she needed the Spirit’s power on the inside to pray against these forces. She decided to pray to receive Jesus and did. I encouraged her to rebuke the evil forces she sometimes felt and claim that Jesus blood had cleansed her and forgiven her and I gave her a Bible Promise Book, writing her name and the date on the inside and “Forgiven, forgiven by the Blood of Jesus!” on the inside. She said she did not know how to pray. So I gave her Max Lucado’s Pocket Prayers book saying she could read the verses and pray the prayers in it and she happily took the book. I gave her my contact information and encouraged her to text me. She offered me her number and I said if she texted me first I would text her back. She could simply text and ask me to pray for whatever was troubling her. I said I would pray for her each day until a year from next spring. Her mom texted her then to pick her up. So I prayed with her asking God to protect her and keep her from the evil forces that had seemed to attach themselves to her. So hopefully she will text me and I can pray more knowingly. It is the limits of contact evangelism at school, that I have to wait on students to contact me when they are around. They don’t live on campus. Please pray for Savannah.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today. God blessed to bring one person to ask for forgiveness.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed with all good things from above. I had a good day on campus and Kyra and Ethan each prayed to receive Jesus today. Mario said he would pray later; Kind of surprisingly I went through the Gospel with 8 people all together since there is a lot of remote learning options again this year and not that many students on campus.  Thanks for your prayers. Kyra’s and Ethan’s stories are below if you have the time. I have a funeral to go to in the morning tomorrow. A friend died on his motorcycle so I will not be on campus tomorrow.

I bumped into Ethan at the counter in the cafeteria. He had short straight brown hair, tight to his head, kind of like a painted on cap. He wore rectangular large-frame glasses, had on athletic shorts that were mostly black with a wide white stripe on the hip and a blue t-shirt. He was smallish in build.  He didn’t want to be a part of a Bible study saying he was part of the “Tech Club” at his church connected to the college group there. So I asked him if he’d like to hear the one big question and try it out on his friends. He kind of begrudgingly said ok. I asked him what he would say to God if he died and God asked him why he should let him into Heaven. He didn’t answer with the Gospel but said something about how it was up to God, so I asked him why God would decide one way or the other and he said, He forgives you and I asked him why God forgives us and he was stuck. I said that God wanted to live inside him with His Holy Spirit and if he was one with the Spirit of God, God is eternal and the source of life so he would have eternal life. He is just. “You sound like my Grandma,” he replied and I suggested she might have something to do with why I was talking to him. I asked if I could show him some verses about how it all works and he said, “Ok”. I went through the Gospel with him. He knew when I asked him what Jesus had done to take away his sins so God could live inside him. He remembered then that Jesus had died, but after I finished going through everything I asked if he would want to be forgiven trusting in Jesus. He said he would so I asked if he had ever asked God to forgive him based on what Jesus had done on the cross. “No I haven’t,” he said.  I said that if he’d like there was a prayer he could pray where he would receive God’s forgiveness trusting in Jesus. I talked him through the prayer and asked if he would like to pray it silently in his heart right now. “I wouldn’t hear you but God would hear and then you’d know you were forgiven.” “OK” he replied and he took the booklet and prayed to receive Christ. I explained living by the Spirit’s power to him then to live the Christian life.  I offered him a Bible Promise book but he said his Grandma had given him a book just like it and it seemed he was active at Church so I said I would keep him in my prayers. I thanked him for letting me butt in and grab some of his time and he said, “Ok.” And I headed off.

I had been at school about as long as I planned and it was getting late into the afternoon so I headed out as there were few people around. I passed a girl with purple hair sitting in the last lounge I go past headed towards the computer center. And kept walking but felt a tug and went back over to her and the girl sitting next to her and asked them if they’d like to do a student survey about God. Kyra was sitting next to her friend with the purple hair and said she’d like to do it.  She wore glasses and was a Latina, had an oval face and long brown straight hair, a black t-shirt on with jeans. The purple hair girl said she wasn’t religious at all and was throwing the negative vibe Kyra’s way but she was curious at first saying she’d like to do it but then hemmed and hawed. I said it was cool no worries but would she just like to answer one big question. She said “yes”. I asked what she would say to God to get into Heaven if she’d died after being hit by a bus. “I don’t know I’ve tried.  I’m trying to be a good person.” I said that Christianity teaches that God wants to live inside you but first He has to make you his type by taking away your sin. So I began to go through the Gospel with her kneeling then at the table extension on the chair she was at and going through some verses. I explained how Jesus had died shedding his blood for her and that that was symbolic in the mass. The wafer was Jesus body broken on the cross and the wine was symbolic of His blood that cleansed her of all her sin. “Why didn’t they ever explain that at church? I never knew what that was about.” I said I had come across people who had the same complaint. As I finished going through the Gospel I asked her if she would like to be forgiven for her sins and she said, “Yes.” So I explained there was a prayer she could pray and talked her through it and then said she could pray it silently so only God would hear. “Wanna do it?” I asked. “The prayer?” she asked. “Yeah I said you can pretend I’m not here and no one else is here.”  She agreed and prayed to receive Jesus. I explained living by the Spirit’s power and then asked her if she would like a book with Bible verses in it. “I won’t read it,” she replied. Then saying her teachers had given her books at church but she hadn’t read them. So I made sure I wrote her name down getting the spelling from her saying I would pray for her and if I saw her at school I’d give her a wave. I thanked the purple-haired girl saying I was sorry to interrupt and she cheerfully excused me with a “Oh that’s ok.” 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