Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed in the Lord. Though yesterday no one came to Christ I did have some good discipleship times with a couple guys encouraging their faith. I also one long apologetic discussion with Saul, who would not believe though I answered many questions, a bit discouraging though I’ll pray for him for a while. I had a good day on campus today however and Juan and a girl named Imani each prayed with me to receive Jesus.

Juan was sitting at the edge of a lounge in a barrel chair in front of a coffee table. He was Latino, and had a long face full lips and wore a white ball cap with ORD on it for the airport, a jacket and jeans and had braces on his teeth. When I asked him what he would say to God if he died he said, “That’s a hard question,” smiling. He repeated that again thinking finally saying, “Because I believed in Him most of my life. I’m willing to sacrifice everything I’ve ever done in order for Him to accept me into Heaven.” He thought he had about an 85% chance of going to Heaven. I asked if he went to Church at all. He didn’t go to Church much but had been doing a Bible Study of sorts with some Jehovah’s Witnesses. I warned him that they did not believe Jesus was God and spent some time explaining that. This seemed to trouble him, he really did not smile much or as warmly after that and I thought he might reject the Gospel. But it turned out he did not know many of the more controversial things the JW’s believe. In the end I gave him a Bible Study on Jesus’ claims to be God which explains His appeals to the Old Testament. I also gave him the Student edition of The Case for Christ. He listened closely to the Gospel and said he wanted to be forgiven believing on Jesus. And after I explained the prayer to him he prayed to receive Christ. I felt like I might have been overwhelming him with materials so I said he didn’t have to take them but he accepted them. I gave him a Bible showing him the “Where to Turn” section and he liked that.  I wrote his name in the front and the date he had been forgiven. I gave him 20 Things God Can’t Do writing by the Spirit’s power in the front. I explained a life living by the Spirit and he gave me his Email. He said, “I’d thought Jesus was the Son of God?” I explained the Trinity to him reflecting on his own existence, he was one person but had a body like Jesus, a spirit or emotions like the Holy Spirit and a mind or a will like the Father, “Like who are you talking to when you are alone and you are driving your car? It’s there is another you inside you.” That seemed to help a bit. I opened the Bible I had given him to john 1 and read verse 3 “All things were created through Him,and apart from Him not one thing was created that has been created.” I pointed out Jesus could not have been created by God because the Bible says Jesus is the creator of everything that was created. So He could then not have been created. He saw that and understood. So I will be praying he grows and God safeguards his heart.

Imani was waiting for her class to begin in the second floor hall. She’s a cute African-American girl wearing a “Pink” hoodie jacket (which happened to be pink in color) and leggings. She had a bright spirit and sweet smile and her hair was in a curly perm to her shoulders. I asked her what she would say to God to get into heaven and she thought for a bit and said, “Because I am a child of yours.” she only thought she had a 30% chance of going to Heaven. She’d gone to church some when she was younger and her dad now brought her to a different Church sometimes she did not seem to like as much. I went through the Gospel with her and she listened closely but she didn’t know how God had taken away her sins. So I finished the Gospel and she said she wanted to be forgiven, when I asked. I explained there was a prayer she could pray and I explained it to her and handed her the booklet. She seemed to be reading the next page so I said, “Don’t forget to pray the prayer.” “Oh you want me to pray it right now?” she replied. I said she could pray it silently in her heart and she did. I gave her a Bible even though she said they had a lot of Bibles at home she did not have her own.  I wrote her name in the front of the Bible and the date she had been forgiven. I showed her the “Where to Turn” section and she really liked that as Juan had. She was now a couple minutes late for class and everyone had filed in so I quickly gave her a Bible Study and wrote “By the Spirit” in the front of 20 Things God Can’t Do having explained living inside out. I said if she trusted in the righteousness of God to be her righteousness the likelihood she would go to Heaven was now 100%. She got up to cross the hall to class and I said I would be praying for her and if she had any questions my email was on the booklet. “OK, Thank you, thank you!” she said cheerfully and went into her classroom.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for Evangelism today if you had a chance God truly blessed. I also had a good conversation with Oni who had prayed to receive Jesus earlier this year and she seems to be from a good home and is doing well.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed and you sensed God was with you. I had a good day on campus and Chris prayed with me to receive Jesus. He was sitting on the stairs, waiting for a friend, right in front of the bookstore. He was a big guy 5 x5 wearing jeans and a pullover gray hoodie. He had light brown hair and bangs across the front, a warm round face, good looking kid. He wasn’t fat just big though not taller than me. I asked him if he wanted to do a student survey for our Bible study group and he said, “I already signed up for that.” I explained this was different and was about how you go to Heaven. “Say you’re walking down the road, 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?” He thought for a moment and said, “I don’t know.” “Well, would you like to know how the Bible says you get to Heaven or not so much?” I asked. He said OK so I began to go through the Gospel with him. I asked what the big thing was that Jesus had done to take away his sin and he replied (misunderstanding the question), “He got me off drugs.” He didn’t seem know then of the cross or wasn’t drawing it to mind as I prodded him a bit so I continued to tell him the Gospel (familiar to him later) and the imputed righteousness of Christ. He was a nice guy and went to a Lutheran Church. Finishing it all I asked him if he wanted to be forgiven with God living inside or thought something else and he said, “With God.” So I asked if he had trusted in that or was hoping he was good enough? Had he thought about Jesus having died for him or was he hoping God was loving and magnanimous and would just forgive him. “All of those things,” he replied. Well it seems like you knew the story some but had not really settled on trusting in Jesus to be forgiven.” He agreed that was true so I said he could receive forgiveness trusting in Christ and God would give him the strength through the Spirit living in Him to live the Christian life. I talked him through the prayer and he decided to pray saying “I don’t pray out loud.” And I said that was fine, I thought I’d already told him he could pray silently but maybe I’d said “Quietly”. And Chris prayed to receive Christ. He said he had 4 Bibles so I gave him 20 Things God Can’t Do writing his name and the date he’d been forgiven. I wrote, “By the Spirit’s power.” in the front explaining everything God asked him to do in life He would also give him the power to do by His Spirit. His friend walked up just then and I said I’d see him around and he was happy.

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 today walking with the Lord. I had a good day on campus today DeAnte and Kaylin prayed to receive Jesus and yesterday Zach and a girl named Miracle prayed with me to receive Christ.

DeAnte was sitting in the Mac Arts Building on the second floor at a bar height table looking down at the lounge below. He was working on a sketch with about 20 colored pencils strewn around a drawing of a face. He had a rough afro that came to multiple points the side shaved in a fade. He had a pale grey-blue t-shirt on and jeans and was tall and lean. He said he went to a Baptist church sometimes. He had full features good looking guy and thought he had about a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. When I asked him why God should let him into Heaven he said, “I have no reason to go to Hell.” He followed right along with the Gospel and knew Jesus had died to take away our sins. I asked him if he wanted to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus had done or if he thought something else he simply and he said, “I would want to be…” pointing at the circle with Christ on the throne of his life.  I said if he wanted to trust in what Jesus had done on the cross he could pray a prayer and I talked through it with him and asked him if it was the desire of his heart reading the words and he nodded so I told him he could pray it silently to be forgiven. He prayed then and received Christ. I gave him a Bible Study and got his e-mail and a copy of 20 Things God Can’t Do and wrote “By the Spirit’s power” and the date he’d been forgiven in the front having explained living the Christian life “inside out”. Saying that if he trusted in Christ’s righteousness to be his the likelihood he would go to Heaven was 100%. He thanked me and I said I admired his gift of drawing and he thanked me. “God bless you” I said. “Have a good day” he replied. “Thank you I will.”  I walked off down the hall to go out the back of the building.

Kaylin is a shy, petite girl, cute with straight hair falling down on the shoulders. African American wearing a hoodie that was two shades of blue. When I asked her what she would say to God to get into Heaven she said, “That’s a good question.” And she thought for a while and said, “I don’t know.” She struggled a bit more to think of something to say and said, “In the heat of the moment I don’t know what I’d say.” She thought she had an 86% chance of going to Heaven. She said she occasionally went to church with a great aunt who went to the Catholic Church but when she went with her parents they went to a Community Church. I began to go through the Gospel and I asked her what the big thing thing was that Jesus had done to take away her sins and she couldn’t think of anything. So I explained that Jesus had died to pay the penalty for her sins and His blood had become a power in the world that purifies her from her sins and his righteousness was a gift to her. I asked her if she would want to be forgiven and she said she would so I offered her the prayer to pray explaining it and saying she could pray it silently. She thought for a moment with a “Humm” and then took the booklet to pray finishing she said, “What time is it? I have to go to class!” We were sitting outside her classroom it was 5 minutes before the hour but she hurriedly got up holding the open booklet. I took it and explained trusting in the Spirit to her and gave her the Book 20 Things God Can’t Do. “God bless you I’ll keep you in my prayers,” I said. “God bless you too” she replied and hustled into her class.

Yesterday Zach was sitting at the end of the PE hallway on a bench that empties out into the MAC Arts building outdoor arena. He had a ball cap on, big guy, plays offensive line, he hoped to play football at a D1 school. He wore a hoodie and cargo shorts and sandals was unshaven with a bit coming in here and there, kind of a dough boy face, nice friendly guy. He went to Catholic Church here and there but always on holidays. He knew Jesus had died to take away sins but hadn’t applied it to himself as when I asked him what he would say to God to get into Heaven he said, “That I’m a really nice person to a lot of people.” He listened closely to the Gospel and understood everything. So I asked if he wanted to be forgiven with Christ living inside him or if he thought something else. “The first one.” He said pointing at the circle. I offered him the prayer he could pray to be forgiven trusting in Christ saying he could pray it silently and begin a relationship with God. “Hm…” he said thinking. “Umhum,” he said agreeing and prayed to receive Jesus. I gave him a a Bible study and a copy of 20 Things God Can’t Do writing “By the Spirit’s power” in the front and explained a symbolic remembrance view of the Mass. “I’ll be praying you get in a D1 school,” I said. “Thank you.” I told him some of the other players had said one of the coaches had a Bible study on Monday nights and it might be a good way to meet some people. He thought he might check that out.

Miracle was sitting in the SE corner lounge of the 2nd floor of the BIC. She’s an attractive black girl with a wide face and broader features, her long wavy hair fell just past her shoulders. She had a decorative print hoodie on and gray leggings. She said they had gone to a Catholic church in the city but since moving to Joliet her mom had not found a church. She was just beginning to start a subway sandwich but seemed to lose interest in it as we talked. I asked her what she would say to God as to why should let her into heaven. “That’s a good question, Maybe because I counted on you to let me in, good or bad, evil or worse.” She was sure she would go to Heaven when she died. I began to go through the Gospel and asked her what Jesus had done to take away her sin. She really seemed to have no idea. But she believed the Gospel when I finished and said she wanted to be forgiven so I said, “Well it seems like you haven’t put all this together before?” She shook her head that that was true. So I said if she’d like to ask for forgiveness there was a prayer she could pray. I talked her through it. “Not so I would hear you but silently in your heart God would hear your prayer and you could begin a relationship with God based on what Jesus has done,” She laughed and said, “You won’t even look.” but she took the booklet and prayed as I looked down and she receive forgiveness from the Lord. She didn’t have a Bible so I gave her one writing her name in it and the date she had been forgiven and showing her the “Where to Turn” section answering life questions with Bible verses. I gave her a symbolic view of the Mass saying she could use the time to thank the Lord for dying for her so she’d be forgiven. I gave her a Bible study and 20 Things God Can’t Do writing By the Spirit’s power” in the front and explained the Christian life living inside out. She began to wrap her sandwich back up and I said, “I’m sorry you did not get to eat your lunch.” “It was worth it,” she replied, “I can eat it at home. Thank you.” “You’re welcome,” I said getting up to leave. “Thank you so much for everything,” she replied.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance. God has truly blessed this year 57 people have prayed to receive Christ this fall.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope you had a great day walking with the Lord Monday there are no classes at school today but I’m a bit under the weather anyway. I had a really good day on campus yesterday and Mark, Celine, Peter and Deionte each prayed with me to receive Jesus.

Mark was sitting in the PE building on the stuffed sofa’s upstairs and had his lap top open but he didn’t seem to be doing anything so I asked him if he would wanna do a student survey for our Bible study group and he said OK. He had some ink on his arms, goatee and mustache, taller and bigger than me with a black and blue sort of puzzle piece print athletic shirt on that was tight over muscle and black nylon sweats on. Nice guy said he didn’t go to church at present. When I asked him what he would say to God if he died and was asked why He should let him into Heaven he said, “Because I believe in You, I always pray to You. He thought he had a 50/50 shot to get into Heaven. He knew Jesus had died for his sins. After I had finished going through the Gospel and the imputed righteousness of Christ I asked if he wanted to be forgiven and he said, “Definitely.”  I asked if he had been trusting in Christ for his forgiveness or hoping he was good enough. “To be honest I was hoping I was good enough,” he replied. So I walked him through the payer explaining that he could pray to begin to trust in what Jesus had done to be forgiven and he said, “OK.” And Mark prayed to receive Jesus. I explained the life in Christ living “inside out” and wrote, “By the Spirit’s Power” in the front of 20 Things God Can’t Do giving him a Bible study and a  The Bible Promise Book since he already had a Bible and got his Email to send him some stuff. I told him I would pray for him and explained that if he was trusting in the righteousness of God it was 100% that he would go to heaven and he thanked me as I was standing up to go he shook my hand and said, “Thank you, I appreciate it.”

Celine was sitting in the hallway of the ground floor of the BIC that leads over to the student affairs offices sitting in some chairs. She said her mom was a fan of Celine Dion and so she had her as a namesake. She was a attractive girl, tall, fair skinned African American with 2 long braids of her hair coming down to her shoulder, thin lips, braces on her teeth and cute nob of a nose wearing baggy sweats. She wanted to travel to Greece. When I asked her what she would say to God she replied, “I would say umm… I’ve been a good person all my life. I’ve been there for all my friends and give them lots of love. I’m Catholic. If I passed away somehow, He’s been such a big part of my life I would want Him there when I died.” She thought the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 80%. I began to explain the Gospel to her and she listened closely. I asked her what the big thing Jesus did that took away her sin. “Baptism?” she said. I explained that in the Catholic church they teach Baptism takes away your original sin, some churches baptize babies to put them in the covenant and some do not teach you have original sin to begin with. “But how does God take away the sins you do now, like say you are short with someone and you feel bad about it later and ask for forgiveness. What are you thinking?”  I asked her if she thought being a good religious person made her the kind of person God just forgives, and she agreed to that. “When you do something wrong,” I continued, “You damage God’s stuff. Even if you hurt yourself you belong to God. So you create a debt and God is just God has to do something to pay for the damage.” I then went into the Gospel saying that it was how God payed for her sins. I said that the Blood of Christ became a force in the world that cleansed her from sin so God could live inside her and explained imputed righteousness. I asked if she understood and she said yes and I asked her if she would want to be forgiven she said, “Yes, doesn’t everyone say that?” I explained some people just thought they were good enough and Jesus was kind of an add on, or they did not believe in Jesus or believed they did not need to ask for forgiveness God was magnanimous, like in Islam. I said if she wanted to she could pray and begin trusting in what Jesus had done on the cross to forgive her and walked her through the prayer saying she could pray silently. And Celine took the booklet and prayed to receive Christ. I explained living by the Spirit and wrote her name “By the Spirit’s Power” and the date in the front of 20 Things God Can’t Do and gave her a Bible Study. I got her Email telling her I would pray for her and that if she trusted in Jesus’ righteousness it was 100%. “Thank you,” she said as I got up to leave and I said sure and I was sorry I had talked so long since she’d asked how long it would take going in and I’d said 6 or7 minutes. “No that’s OK,” she replied and I headed out.

Peter was sitting on a cushioned bench in the hall of the east wing of the science building. He looked Asian, wore brown horn rimmed glasses, jeans cuffed at boots and a t-shirt under a black cardigan sweater. Hair combed back something of a chin beard and mustache. Seemed like an intelligent guy and he was sitting in the science building after all, waiting for a class to begin. He said he wanted to do some MMA fighting. What he would say to God to get into Heaven he said, “I would say because… if I woke up and I was in Hell then that’s where I belong.” He thought he’d have a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven and said he’d gone to a Roman Catholic Church growing up and then a Christian church and then had developed beliefs of his own. I began to go through the Gospel with him and did not ask him what Jesus had done to take away his sins as I usually do. I think I was just tired having been at school for several hours talking to peeps already. I continued explaining the Gospel to him and he listened to all I had to say about the righteousness of Christ to his credit. I asked him if he wanted to be forgiven and he said, “Yes.” I was a bit surprised so I asked if when he’d asked God for forgiveness in the past if he’d thought he was basically a good person God would forgive or if he had trusted he’d  be forgiven because Jesus had died for him. “The first one,” he replied. “Do you believe Jesus was God He died for your sins and rose from the dead?” I asked.”Yes,” he replied again. So I said that if he wanted to trust in what Christ had done to forgive him there was a prayer he could pray. I talked him through it and said he could pray it silently in his heart. He took the booklet and prayed to receive Christ. I said he could keep it and explained the Christian life to him living by the Spirit. He didn’t have a Bible so I gave him one and wrote his name in the front and the date he’d been forgiven. I gave him 20 Things God Can’t Do writing “By the Spirit’s Power” in the front also giving him a Bible study. “Any questions?” I asked after I had finished. “No,” he said and shook my hand. “Thank you for your time.” I said he was welcome and headed down the hall.

I was pretty shot and decided I had nothing left in me so I walked over the bridge on the second floor and was planning to walk out past the doors to the library. But I felt a prompting to go down the stairs instead. Deionte was sitting there on the steps waiting for a ride. He said he’d do a survey and I was hoping he was already a Christian so I could do less talking feeling so tanked. He had a rough afro and was wearing brown pants with a lot of layered stitching in them across the front of the legs. He had on bright blue shoes and a blue shirt.He said he wanted to own a big house, “With a big maid to clean it,” I suggested and he agreed. A modest house is to be preferred if you clean it yourself. When I asked him what he would say to God to get into Heaven he said, “Because I was a good person while I was alive. He went to a nondenominational church each week. He was 100% sure he was going to Heaven. When I asked him what the big thing was that Jesus had done to take away his sins however he had no idea at all. I’m not sure he had ever heard the Gospel as it all seemed novel to him. I asked if he would want to be forgiven trusting in Jesus or if he thought something else he said, “Wanna be forgiven.” “Well it seems like you never had a chance to put all this together before right?” He agreed shaking his head with a look like he hadn’t even heard it much less put it together. So I offered him the prayer in the booklet and he happily prayed to receive Christ. I gave him the book Bible Promises for You. I wrote his name and the date he’d been forgiven in front and gave him a Bible study. He said he liked to read so I also asked him if he’d like one of the student editions of Lee Strobel’s books. He picked The Case for Faith. Sensing I should give him another book I offered him a copy of Pocket Prayers by Max Lucado. That seemed to be of the Lord’s prompting as he said, “I be wanting to know some prayers, I only know one.” His syntax wasn’t nightly news style but he was a smart guy. I explained living by the Spirit’s power to him and got his email to send him some more things and I headed off to my truck.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism if you had a chance, God truly blessed even in my weakness. God is good.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed walking with the Lord. I had a really good day and Jenee, {Ja nay} Annalisa  and Nick each prayed with me to receive Christ today.

Jenee was sitting on a bench in the Mac right by the elevators on the ground floor where a couple other students have prayed to receive Jesus this semester. She was wearing a ball cap with a large rose that covered the front and a stem that went down onto the brim. She was wearing leggings and had a pull-over hoodie that said Ashland Oregon on it. She had shoulder length, thick light brown hair that famed her face. Her chin came to something of a point and she wore rectangle framed black plastic glasses. She was not very responsive at all and I was thinking it was kind of a tough way to start the day. She didn’t laugh at anything kids often laugh at that I commonly say and her mouth barely made an expression while I spoke. I couldn’t tell if she had any interest in the Gospel. She said she only went to Church on Christmas to a Catholic Church. When I asked her what she would say to God if asked why He should let her into Heaven she just said, “I don’t know.” She seemed to know Jesus had done something to take away her sins but didn’t know what. She thought she had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. As I finished going through the Gospel I asked if she’d want to be forgiven with God living inside her or if she thought something else. “Forgiven,” She replied. I asked if she believed Jesus was God, had died for her sins and rose from the dead and she said, “Yes,” So I explained if she wanted to trust in Christ and what He had done to forgive her she could pray a prayer to receive His forgiveness and walked her through it. She said OK, took the booklet and quietly prayed as I looked down and could barely hear her.  I explained the Christian life to her living inside out and wrote “By the Spirit’s Power” in the front of 20 Things God Can’t Do. I gave her a Bible study and a Bible writing her name in the front and the date she’d been forgiven. I explained that if she was trusting in the Righteousness of Christ to be her righteousness by faith the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 100%. I gave her a card with the Website for Compass Church saying she could listen to some sermons and maybe would like to go there. “I live in Naperville,” she replied. I said they had a church there too. I told her I would pray for her each night and gave her hand a squeeze and said, “God Bless you.” “You too,” she replied with just a slight move of her mouth that might be called a smile and gently squeezed my hand back and I headed up the stairs.

Annalisa was the complete opposite of Jenee as she was responsive throughout so at least I could tell she was tracking. She had walked by me when I was taking a couple bites of an energy bar sitting in a sill seat overlooking the lounge that joins the Science Buildings. I didn’t get more than a glance at the back of her, I think she was walking a guy to class and she turned the corner, but then came back out and sat at one of the tables looking out over the lounge putting her head down like she was gonna nap. I still couldn’t see her face but in the off chance I wouldn’t be ignored I said, “Would ya like to do a student survey for a Bible study group? What ya think about God and stuff?” She looked up at me and said, “Sure.” She seemed like a really nice person and went to Mary Queen of Heaven in Elmhurst. She had long dark brown hair, full lips, red lipstick, looked Italian and had an off the shoulder peasant style blouse on and leggings, pretty. She said she’d like to see the Northern lights. I asked her what she would say to God if He asked her why He should let her into Heaven and she said, “Oh I don’t know.” That is a first response for a lot of people but after a moment she said she really wouldn’t know what to say. “I mean I’m the type of person that always gives to others, I never expect anything I guess.” I said, “The Bible says each of you should consider one another as more important than himself, so that is Christianity, or part of it.” I Went on to explain the Gospel to her but she could not think of what Jesus had done to take away her sins, though it came back to her a bit as I continued. She said she would like to be forgiven as I finished so asked if she thought in the past she would be forgiven because she was a good person and God would forgive her because of that? She agreed that was true. So I explained she could ask for forgiveness based on what Jesus had done for her by praying and talked her through the prayer. She took the booklet and prayed it. I explained living Inside out, by the Spirit’s Power writing that in the front of 20 Things God Can’t Do and the date she had been forgiven with her name, and also gave her a bible study on the Deity of Christ.  I explained a symbolic view of the mass saying even if she was a bit sleepy on a Sunday she could remember that Jesus had died for her and she was forgiven and just say “thank you” when she took it. She gave me her email to send her some stuff. I gave her the book Pocket Prayers too. I got up to go then and she said, “Thank you, I really appreciate it. Thank you so much.” I said “You’re welcome, maybe I’ll see you in Heaven and you could tell me what you’ve been up to and she said, “Of course.” And smiled.

I had been at school for a while and decided to head out so I crossed over to the SRC building and went down the elevator seeing Nick outside the bookstore. He had on sweats and had a shorter mop of hair and glasses, looked a bit like “Where’s Waldo” though not quite as long of a face. He was sitting in some chairs but said he had just done a survey when I asked. “So they told you how to get to heaven and stuff?” He said they had. I asked if he went to church it turned out he was Lutheran and went to church some, “But I mostly just read the Bible.” So I said I had a book he might like and set my pack on the coffee table in front of him to pull out Pocket Prayers showing it to him. So I just decided to ask what he would say to God if he died and was asked by God “Why should I let you into heaven?” “I got confirmed, I was baptized…” he said uncertainly. I said Christianity is like a blood transfusion where you have to have the same kind of blood, God wanted to transfuse his life into him, live inside him with His Holy Spirit but first He had to make him God’s “Type” by taking away his sins. “So what was the big thing Jesus did to take away your sins?” I asked. He didn’t know or remember. So I pulled out a booklet to show him some bible verses and went through the rest of the Gospel and Christ’s imputed righteousness. He wanted to be forgiven so I asked if he had been trusting in Christ or hoping he was good enough to be forgiven. He said he hadn’t been trusting in Christ so I offered him a prayer he could pray and he did. I explained the Christian life living by the Spirit. He said he had 3 Bibles at home so I gave him 20 Things God Can’t Do writing his name and the date he’d been forgiven in the front. He took a Bible Study too but he had to run for his ride. “Thanks for talking,” he said. “Yeah. Sorry I kind of butted in on you,” I replied. “No that’s OK.” And I said I’d keep him in my prayers and he ran down toward the doors for his ride that had texted him.

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

In Him,

Bob

Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed. I had a good day on campus and a girl Taylor prayed to receive Christ. She was sitting on a bench in the Mac Arts Building lounge beside the elevator. She had straight blonde hair a cute oval face and wore grey-blue sweats and a gray sweatshirt with a college on the front, bling stud earrings. She went to an evangelical church in Elgin. She was a kind friendly person and thought of herself as a Christian, coached hockey. When I asked her what she would say to God if He asked her why he should let her into Heaven she said, “Because I do more giving back to people than receiving… it helps your soul.” She thought she had about an 85% chance of going to Heaven. She was familiar with some of the verses in the Gospel but had not seemed to put it all together. When I asked her how God forgave her sins she said, “I tell Him what I’ve done.” She continued on to say basically that God was magnanimous, that He wanted her to be open about her sins and that was kind of it, it was a bit vague. I said the bible did say that if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness but that there was a reason God could forgive us and I went on to tell her the Gospel of the Cross and the imputed righteousness of Christ. She agreed with all I showed her and she wanted to be forgiven. So I asked her if when she did something wrong and asked for forgiveness if she had been thinking she was the kind of person God forgave, “she tried to do good things and went to church?” She agreed that was true. I said she’d probably known the story of Christ dying for her but asked if she had been trusting in that for her forgiveness. If she had not yet done so she could place her trust in Christ by praying a prayer and I walked her through it saying she could pray it silently and she did.  I explained the Christian life living “Inside Out”. Saying the difference between the Christian life and other religions was that, “In other religions you did good things on the outside and the deity is please with you and takes you to Heaven or the Universe is pleased with you and you don’t come back as a cow, which isn’t really true anyway. But in Christianity you ask God to change you on the inside, you become a good woman and then do good things on the outside by His power.” I Gave her 20 Things God Can’t Do writing her name and the date saying that was the day she had been forgiven and writing “By the Spirit’s Power” in the front. And explained that if she trusted in the righteousness of Christ to be her righteousness the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 100%. She was interested in the Bible study and I gave her one to read. I got her email. I got up to go and she said, “Bye, thanks so much. I’ll be looking for your email then I’ll stop by [the bible study]. Have a good day!” “Thanks you too,” I replied. And she said “Thanks.”

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 walking in the Spirit of Christ, I had a good day on campus and Michelle and Brian prayed with me to receive Christ. Julian a guy who was a year and 7 months sober through a 12 step program heard the Gospel for the first time in his life having never been to Church and took a copy of The Case for Christ to read.

Michelle was sitting on the floor in a north south connecting hall in the BIC. She had light brown hair pulled up behind her head with a trickle of bangs coming down, wearing a white fleece and gray leggings. She had a pretty sweet face and a nice smile. She went to a Lutheran church all her life and said her parents were “very religious”.  She wanted to “do something good with my life, something substantial, really help people.” When I asked her what she would say to God if He asked why He should let her into heaven she said, “‘I don’t know man. That’s Your job, you’re supposed to know if I made the cut.’ We’re taught the Bible but at the end of the day it’s not up to us.” “If you have done enough to merit it?” I asked. She agreed so I told her of Christ saying to people who had cast out demons in His name and done miracles and prophesied in His name, “I never knew you”. It seems like people often do things for the wrong reasons I suggested and she agreed. When I asked her the % likelihood she would go to heaven she said, “I don’t think I’m a bad person. 50/50 I guess you know yourself.” I began to go through the Gospel with her and she knew Jesus had died to take away our sins. She listened to the Gospel and said she’d want to be forgiven. So I said she could pray a prayer to receive God’s forgiveness telling Him she trusted by faith. She wanted to pray and silently did. I explained the Christian life to her living inside out, writing “By the Spirit’s Power” along with her name and the date she was forgiven in the front of 20 Things God Can’t Do. I had to rush as we were sitting on the floor right outside her classroom and the hall clock said I had little time. I also gave her a Bible study. She was happy and more so when I refereed back to the righteousness of Christ that was to her credit and said that if she was trusting in His righteousness the likelihood she would go to heaven was 100%. She stood and smiled brightly saying, Thank you so much. Have a great day!” I touched her shoulder and said I would see her in Heaven and she happily walked into class.

It was a warm day and Brian was sitting on the lawn just off the sidewalk looking down on the outdoor theater outside the Mac Arts Building. I always wonder how kids sit there very long as the grass is always damp down at the soil from the auto sprinklers. My jeans had soaked it in one spot as I rose to leave later. Brian was sitting in gray sweats and a white sweatshirt, maybe the water took longer to soak through them, they were thick. He had a dark friendly face pretty short afro, a kind Teddy bear sort of face with some smattering of less than uniform facial hair. He said he’d like to someday “inspire a large group of people to pursue their dreams” When I asked him what he would say to God to get into Heaven he said, “Compared to most other people I probably did a lot of good, I didn’t leave a lot of evil or malice down in the world, tried to do my part to make the world a better place.” He also thought he’d have a 50/50 shot at Heaven. He knew that Jesus had “sacrificed” Himself to take away our sins and he listened to the Gospel and the illustrations closely and wanted to be forgiven. He said he’d gone to an Evangelical Church when he was younger so I asked, “Do you believe Jesus was God He died for your sins and rose from the Dead?” “I believe He was God,” he replied so I said if he wanted to trust in that to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray saying he could pray it silently where God would hear his thoughts, he was willing and took the booklet. “Just pretend I’m not even here,” I said. And he prayed aloud to receive Christ. He did not have his own Bible so I gave him one showing him the “Where to turn section” and writing his name in the front and the date he’d been forgiven. I gave him a Bible study and 20 Things God Can’t Do writing by the Spirit’s Power in the front. He only had a work email he looked at so I said if he had any questions he had mine. I explained that if he’d trust in the righteousness of Jesus to be his righteousness the likelihood he would go to heaven was 100%. I got up to go saying I see him in Heaven and he smiled and said, “Have a nice day.” and I headed off.

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

In Him,

Bob