Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was filled with kindness you received from the Lord. I had a good day on campus, though my sciatic nerve pain was working me over in my left leg. Nicole,  Matias and  Quelle each prayed to receive Jesus today. So thanks for your prayers please pray they will grow in their new commitment of faith. Their stories are below if you have time.

Nicole was sitting on a bench on the NE corner of the 2^nd floor of the BIC. She was wearing cut off jean shorts and a gray sweatshirt. She is a petite girl, “cute as a button” I think is the descriptive phrase in that she had a bubbly personality as she described herself and was happy. Her small face held a pointed chin, black rimmed, near circle glasses, naturally curly dark brown hair she had an accent and said her Grandfather had a Church in Venezuela where she went as a kid. It was an “Evangelical/Protestant Church”.  I asked what she would say to God to get into Heaven if she died. “I don’t think there should be a reason,” she replied. “I don’t think I could answer that. It’s not my decision, I love Him so much… I don’t think I could answer that. I have faith.” I noted that I had had faith to plop down on the bench next to her, even though I was obviously heavier than her and that there was a lot of ways to have faith. She grinned at me. I asked her how likely she was that she would go to Heaven and she said, “I’m not sure.” I began to go through the Gospel with her and she knew John 3:16. I asked her what God had done to take away her sins and then added what “Jesus had done”. But she could not really think of anything except that He forgave her. I think, as I talked about the cross and the blood that cleansed her, a bit came back to her. But she had not seemed to understand the righteousness of God. I said she was saved by faith, “So if someone asked you why God should let you into Heaven you’d say, Because Jesus died for me.”  “Ok,” she acknowledged as I said a point here and there. I asked if she would want to be forgiven for her sins trusting in that Jesus was God had died for her to forgiven her sins. “Yeah,” she said before I could give another option. “When you ask for forgiveness for your sins are you thinking, I know I will be forgiven because Jesus died for me trusting in that or are you just hoping God will forgive you?” I asked. She replied, “I think I thought I would be forgiven if I really meant it, I feel like some people don’t really mean it.” I said that if she wanted to be forgiven for her sins trusting in Jesus there was a prayer she could pray and I asked if it was the desire of her heart. She said it was so I said she could pray it silently and be forgiven “Wanna do that?” ‘’Yeah,” she said and prayed to receive Jesus. She’d almost not had time to finish, (I think she in fact went back to it) as a girl who had been eavesdropping asked if we were a club and how she could come, “Because when you were talking I felt something,” she explained. I told her we had a Bible study on Thursday and gave her my card and she shook my hand, as she seemed to be headed out the doors. But she’d heard the entire gospel. I think her name was Brittany. So hopefully she’ll come to Bible Study next week. I went through the Christian life with Nicole and explained living “Inside > Out”. I gave her Bible Promises for You writing her name and the date and “forgiven! in the front. I gave her a Bible Study and The Case for Easter as she said she liked to read. I told her the likelihood she would go to Heaven was now 100% trusting in the Blood and Righteousness of Jesus. I said I would keep her in my prayers each day through the end of spring semester and one year after and if I saw her I’d give her a wave. She was happy and we fist bumped and I said I would see her in Heaven and headed off.

Matias (mat-tee-ess) was sitting on a bench in the BIC 2^nd floor south hallway. He had a big mop of curly hair wore black glasses that were rectangles and a cross around his neck. He had a square jaw and a warm smile, good-looking guy. He had khaki cargo pants on and high tops. He seemed to be waiting for a friend to get out of class. I asked him what he would say if he died and God asked, “Why should I let you into Heaven?” The question gave him pause, “That’s a very good question, umm.” he said smiling. “I don’t know, I’ve had a lot of faith.” I said then that he had to have faith in the right thing and he agreed. I asked then the likelihood he would go to Heaven and he said, “70%”. He hadn’t gone to church since he was a kid but he remembered Jesus had died to take away the sins of the world saying, “He hung himself,” holding his arms out like they were on a cross. “Yeah on the cross, right” I said.  He listened to the rest of the Gospel that the blood of Jesus cleansed him so he could be one with God. He learned that Jesus had earned the righteousness of God that was to his credit, adopted by God and salvation was by faith. At the end I asked then if he would want to be forgiven for his sins trusting in what Jesus had done or if he thought something else. “I think I would want a life entrusted to Christ,” he said looking at the caption beneath the circle with God on the throne of your life. I said if he wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray and I talked him through it and asked reading, “It says here does this prayer express the desire of your heart?” “Yeah,” he said. So I said he could pray it silently and be forgiven, “Wanna do it?” “Yeah,” he replied again and prayed to receive Christ. I told him that the likelihood he would go to Heaven was 100%. I gave him a Bible as he did not have one and wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front after I showed him some of the things in it to help study. I gave him Bible Promises for You and The Case for Easter then I told him I’d pray for him until Spring and a year after and then his friend showed up and he thanked me and was off.

Quelle (kwell) was an athletic built black guy wearing metal framed glasses and a black hoodie pulled up over his head. He had distressed jeans on that had been grey before they worked them over. He had a black t-shirt on with cartoon characters in white on the front. He had just started going to Church a bit more. I asked him what he would say to God to get into Heaven and he said, “I gotta think about it…” Then he landed on, “Cause… because every time I always have a positive outlook in everything I do.” The Bible does say do all things without grumbling. He thought he had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. I went through the Gospel message with him as well and he knew Jesus had died for our sins. I explained that Jesus was the payment for his sin, His blood cleansed him and the righteousness of God was to his credit when God adopted him. Then he got a phone call. He said it was his mother apologetically and he was texting her so I made sure to say that he was saved by faith and if he wanted to be forgiven trusting in Jesus. “Yeah,” he said. I said if he wanted to trust in that there was a prayer he could pray. I talked him through it quickly when he said, “This is more important,” and texted something to his mom to dismiss her briefly. I asked if he’d like to pray to be forgiven, “Yeah,” he replied again and he took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. I told him that likelihood now he would go to Heaven was 100%. I told him I would pray for him each day until a year from Spring. He was grateful and said he’d try to check his schedule to see if he could make Bible study. I gave him a copy of Bible Promises for You writing his name and the date and forgiven I the front. I also gave him The Case for Christ Answer Booklet when he said he liked to read. Then he got up thanking me and took off.

I walked around a bit more but my leg was throbbing so I decided to call it a bit early. 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 great and mercy, peace and love was multiplied to ya.  Zach and Sebastian each prayed to receive Jesus today. So I was grateful to be at school and I had a good conversation guiding a girl to understand her faith better.

I came across Zach at the corner that turns into the staircase area of the SSC lounge. He had on a military jacket, grey pants and had a dark mop of straight, near black, hair. He had sharp features but a smooth rounded nose and looked indistinctive and was trying to study. I asked him what he would say to God to get into Heaven and he said, “I don’t know what I would say. I’m at the gate?” he thought more and said, I would say I was pretty involved with my Church, in Junior High and High School I did the sound system. I feel like I did a little bit of time. I don’t know if that counts anything for God.” I asked him the likelihood he would go to Heaven if he died. “10% is low 100% you’re sure 50/50 you got a shot,” I said. “I don’t think I really have a shot. I think I’m going to Hell.” He replied. I began to go through the Gospel with him and explained that Jesus was the way God forgave his sins that His blood purified him so God could live inside him. He asked, “I don’t get how you pay, how you pay God back,” [for things you’ve done]. I said “Jesus is God and so His blood and His life are worth an infinite amount and so when He pours out his blood. It pays God back for all the imperfect things we did that we owe God something perfect for.” He understood and said “Thanks,” for the explanation. I explained the righteousness Christ earned and how God would adopt him and this righteousness would be to his credit. “So God gave Jesus to be a sacrifice for our sins,” he said restating what I’d been saying. I agreed with him and read 1cor 15:3-6 inserting the word sacrifice. I explained that he could be saved by faith. I asked if he wanted to be forgiven for his sins trusting in Jesus God would live in Him and he’d know he was going to Heaven. He said he would so I said there was a prayer he could pray if he wanted to be forgiven and after I read through it I asked reading, “Does this prayer express the desire of your heart?” He looked at it and said, “It encompasses everything.” I said he could pray it silently and he nodded he would and when I handed him the booklet he said, “Can I keep this?” I said he could and he quietly prayed to receive Jesus. He said to me, “You’re a blessing.” I gave him Bible Promises for You writing his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front and he said he read for school so I gave him The Case for Easter. I also gave him a Bible study explaining it a bit. I told him I would pray a Bible verse for him each day from now until Spring and one year after. He explained then that I had asked him to do a survey (at a time in the past) before but that he’d refused. He was bi-polar, “I’ve seen you around but when I get down I don’t want to talk to anyone.” I told him no worries.  “Appreciate it, you’re a blessing,” he said again and reached out and shook my hand. I said he was welcome and I’d see him in Heaven and he headed off to his computer science class.

Sebastian was sitting on the second floor of the PE lounge not far from the elevator the workout area on the other side of a half wall behind him. He was a good-looking guy, dark hair and beard with one of those beauty marks (or so they’re called on women) moles on his right cheek above his neatly trimmed beard. His hair was short yet kind of curly.  He wore a black hoodie and black sweats. I asked him what he would say to God if he died and was asked, “Why should I let you into Heaven. “I’ve been a Christian my whole life, that’s not what I would say though.  I would say that I’ve lived a virtuous—not too religious, but religious principles, everyday things. Even if I didn’t go to church all the time I tried to follow the Christian way.” He thought he had a 100% chance of going to Heaven. I began to go through the Christian life with him and I asked him what the big thing was that God had done to take away the sins of the world with Jesus. He said, “He forgives you?” and something about confession I did not quite hear. I said that He did forgive and this was how it worked. I began to explain how God became a man, Jesus, and He lived a perfect life. I explained that we were all to live a perfect life but we could not do it so Jesus lived a perfect life for us, had died and that His blood cleansed us and paid for our sin. Then I explained that the righteousness of God Christ earned was to our credit. “You don’t go to Heaven because you’re good but because Jesus is good and your connected to Him. Like if you marry a millionaire you got a million bucks or if you get adopted into a billionaire’s family you get to live in the mansion and drive the cars. So God adopts us and gives us the blessings of His family. He gives us the sacrifice for your sins the blood that cleanses us, and the righteousness of God that surrounds us. So you got some place to go: Heaven. And something to wear when you get there: the righteousness of God.” I explained he was saved by faith and asked him if he wanted to be forgiven for his sins trusting in what Jesus had done so God could live in him and give him strength.” “Definitely that,” he replied. So I said there was a prayer he could pray if he wanted to be forgiven. I read it through for him and asked if it was the desire of his heart. He said it was with a “yeah.” I said if he wanted he could pray it silently and he nodded and took the booklet and asked, “Can I keep this?” I said, “Sure” but asked if he’d want to pray and he nodded and prayed to receive Christ. He was smiling then, happy, and I gave him Bible Promises for You writing his name and the date and “Forgiven!” in the front. I gave him The Case for Easter and a Bible study. I knew he had to study and I told him also I would pray a Bible verse for him each day from now until Spring and one year after. He thanked me. “Thanks for your time,” I said getting up to leave. He gave me an uplifted hand with the 5-finger spread and said, “God bless you,” and gave me a big smile and I headed off.

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

In Him,

Bob

Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed today and you found shelter in Christ for the storms of life. I was sick Monday (some stomachache thing that keeps coming back) but I had a good day on campus Tuesday and Gabi prayed to receive Jesus. Her story is below. Please pray she can grow in Christ.

Gabi was sitting at the counter in the cafeteria. She has blue eyes and dishwater blonde hair, pulled back behind her head and was wearing grey, black and light brown, plaid pants and a matching shirt. Looked kind of dressed up. She had a red and black tie with paisleys on it tied around her neck scarf style. Her chin came to kind of a button and she had full cheeks.  I asked if she wanted to do a student survey for a Bible study group. She said she was already attending a Bible Study. When students tell me that I ask them the name of it and ask if they want to hear the big metaphysical question to think about through the day. I do this because as near as I can tell the Bible Studies at school do not teach students the Gospel, so if they are not Christians when they arrive God has them bump into me because many come to Christ. I did that and she said she went to one called “Christians on Campus”. She was up for hearing the question so I asked, “You’re walking down the road and you get hit by a bus, so you’re dead and you stand before God and He asks, ‘Why should I let you into Heaven?’ What would you say?” “He shouldn’t,” she replied. Is there a “But” in there after that somewhere?” I asked. She could not think of any qualifiers saying something like, “Not really” so I asked if she’d like to hear the Bible verses that explained how you get to heaven suggesting she could share it with someone. She was up with for it so I began going through the Gospel with her. I asked her what Jesus had done to take away her sins and she thought a second but knew He had died. I explained the Gospel to her then. The blood that cleansed her, which was the way God was paid, and the righteousness of God Christ earned. God wanted to adopt her and give her all these blessing by faith. I asked her if she’d want to be forgiven or thought something else and she said with a tone that it was rather obvious, “I’d be forgiven.” So I said there was a prayer she could pray and when I explained it I asked if it expressed the desire of her heart, she nodded and I said she could pray it silently. “I wouldn’t hear you but God would hear and you’d know you were forgiven trusting in Jesus, wanna do it?” She nodded again so I said, “Just pretend I’m not here.” She prayed to receive Jesus. I told her I would pray each day praying a Bible for her through Spring and one year after. I gave her Bible Promises for You writing her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front and I gave her The Case for Easter which she seemed to really like. I gave her a Bible Study dramatizing it a bit for her and said I’d see her in Heaven, I was sure to get there first being old. “You never know,” she said smiling 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 week was well spent resting in the Lord and His great grace. I had a good week on campus. Calvin and Tilicia prayed with me to receive Jesus yesterday.

Myles and Simone prayed with me earlier in the week so 4 students prayed to receive Christ after I told them the Gospel and one said they would pray later (Fabian). Calvin and Tilicia’s stories are below if you have the time. Please pray these all grow in their faith. I’m home today trying to recover from a chronic cough.

Calvin was a very big guy sitting at the stretch of tables in the PE lounge. He had a bushy beard largely on his jaw line and a mustache flat to his lip above it as thick as my finger, though thinner than his. He’s an African American guy and is on the offensive line on the football team. He was dressed in a black pull over hoodie that had info about bats printed on it and cotton-polyester sweats on. He had glasses that were gunmetal rectangles and a mole perfectly centered between his eyebrows. He seemed like a genuinely humble guy and was soft spoken. I asked him one thing he’d like to do before he died and he said, “Get close to God, as close as I can… if there is a God.” I asked him what he would say to God if he died and was he was asked, “Why should I let you into Heaven?” “Because I did what I could to get close to you,” he replied. He thought he had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. I began to go through the Gospel with him and he knew Jesus had died to take away his sins. He listened closely and made eye contact and wasn’t distracted. I finished explaining the blood of Christ to cleanse him and the righteousness of God to his credit by adoption and salvation my faith. I asked if he would want to be forgiven for his sins and he looked hard at me and nodded, I explained the prayer and asked if it expressed the desire of his heart and he nodded again. So I said he could pray it silently and know he was forgiven and asked if he’d want to do that and he again nodded. He took the booklet then and prayed to receive Jesus. I began to go through the Christian life with him. He did not have a Bible so I gave him one. I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front and explained how to use some of it. I gave him Bible Promises for You and though he said he was not a reader except to do school work I gave him The Case for Christ Answer Booklet saying Strobel had videos he could watch. I gave him a Bible study and told him I would pray a Bible verse for him each day from now through Spring and a year after. I told him the likelihood he would now go to Heaven, now trusting in the righteousness of Christ and his blood was 100%. I got up to go and he said, “Thank you.” I nodded and said “See you in Heaven man.” “See you,” he replied. And I headed out.

I talked to a Christian guy who was dating a Mormon, and warned him marrying her would make him unhappy and screw up any kids they’d have. He was grateful for what I taught him and she’s away at BYU (I think the one in Idaho). They were having difficulties so if you read this please pray they break up.

I came across Talicia at about 2:30 or 3. She was a short black girl with a cute face small nose, round head and long straight hair that she had pulled back in a hair band. She had some kind of Las Vegas t-shirt on under a grey cardigan, black leggings and was a bit heavy.  She was a biology student, very sweet girl. I asked her what she would say to God if He asked why should I let you into Heaven and she said, “Um I would say… well my main thing is I try to live by His word all the time, I try my best. I even talk to my people about him.” She thought she had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven saying she still had lots of stuff to get consistent. As I began to go through the Gospel I asked what Jesus had done to take away the sins of the world and she said, “He died and rose again.” I explained then that Jesus blood cleansed her so God could live inside her and was a payment for her sins. I explained the righteousness of God to her credit saying she would not go to Heaven because she was good but because Jesus was good and she was connected to Him. God wanted to adopt her and give her the blessings of His family. These blessings were hers by faith, believing Jesus was God had died for her sins and rose from the dead, not that she just knew the story but that she put her trust in that. So if someone would say to her, “Why should God let you into Heaven she’d say, “Because Jesus died for me” I asked if she’d like to be forgiven or thought something else. “Forgiven,” she said. So I said to her also there was a prayer she could pray and talked her through it asked if it expressed the desire of her heart. She said, “Um hmm.” I said she could pray it silently and she nodded saying she’d like to and she prayed to receive Jesus. I gave her Bible Promises for you writing her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I said the likelihood now she would go to Heaven trusting in the righteousness of Jesus was 100%. I said I’d pray a Bible verse for her each day through Spring and one year after. I gave her The Case for Christ Answer Book and a Bible study and I mentioned I had a book on evolution, that it was quotes from evolutionists betraying their lack of confidence in their own paradigm. She said that was ok and that she was convinced evolution was not possible. I mentioned a couple proofs that evolutionary theory failed and we talked more about the darkness in the world today but that God had something for each of us to do. “You know I think that book might be helpful,” she said. I agreed, so I took it out and gave her, Evolutionists Say the Oddest Things. Natural Selection is simply an invisible power that has no scientific evidence that Darwin creates to replace God. Nothing is biology gives the least hint of being random and the environment does not select minor changes in life forms, the code in the life form is already built by God to be able to adapt. Even the mutations follow a pattern in Humans, only one in 1,000 of which are positive. We had a good talk and another friend came by I had yet to see this semester who I pray for, Isabella. She moved on after chatting with Talicia and I said, “I’ll see ya in Heaven and if I see you on campus I’ll just give you a nod.” “Thank you so much,” Talicia replied. “You’re welcome, thanks for your time,” I replied. “Of course,” she said and I headed off.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and evangelism yesterday if you had the time. God truly blessed.

In Him,

Bob

Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed knowing God is blessing the upright, and we are that in Christ by the power of His Spirit. I had a good day on campus. Interacted with some Muslims a bit who had no response to ways the Quran has changed. We had a Bible study with a couple guys and Simone prayed to receive Christ so that was great. Her story is below if you have some time. Please pray she grows in faith; she’s going to a pretty good church in Aurora.

Simone was sitting in the SE corner lounge of the second floor of the BIC at a table slid in there on an angle. She is a pretty black girl; her septum was pierced with a horseshoe and she had another piercing in her right nostril. She wore a grey sweatshirt for Ohio University and had leggings on. She had her hair in braids with ornaments tied in in multiple places had a firm jawline and a slight square chin. I asked her what she would say to God if she died and He asked, “Why should I let you into Heaven?” She began to reply with, “Hmm… I mean… Hmm.” Then said, “I feel like I’d be willing to confess the sins I’ve made. I’m willing to learn from the mistakes I’ve made. I feel like I’ve lived a good life. I’ve loved the people in my life. I would try to help as many people as I can if I can.” She thought the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 70%. She listened as I began to talk about the Gospel and God living in her. I asked what Jesus had done to take away her sins and she said she did not know. So I explained how Jesus had died His blood cleansed her and was a payment to God for all we owed Him. Then when God adopts us the righteousness Christ earned is too our credit. I explained receiving Christ and that the answer to the question: Why should God let you into Heaven? Is: Because Jesus died for me? I asked if she’d like to be forgiven for her sins or thought something else. “I’d like to be forgiven,” she replied. So I said if she wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer she could pray and talked through it asking if it expressed the desire of her heart. “I think so, yes.” She answered. I asked if she’d like to pray it silently and she said, “Sure.” And she prayed to receive Jesus. I told her now trusting in the righteousness of Jesus to be her righteousness and His blood to pay for her the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 100%. I said I was old and so had sinned way more than her but the Blood of Jesus is of infinite value as was His righteousness and so would cover us both. I gave her a Bible Study and Bible Promises for You and wrote her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front and I gave her The Case for Christ Answer Book. I told her I would pray a Bible verse for her each day from now until Spring and then one year after. I told her if I saw her around I’d give her a wave. “I like your hair,” I said getting up to go. “Thank you I did it myself for the first time.” I said it looked good and the top really laid flat and she explained her hair flattened out easily with something she put in it and was happy to receive the compliment. I said “good job I guess you saved a lot of money” I’d heard from other black girls it can cost $200 to braid their hair. She agreed smiling and was happy. She said thank you 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

Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed and God provided you with all good things from above. I had a good day on campus and Myles prayed to receive Jesus, Fabian said he would “go and pray” as we parted company so I hope did or will, he was a Latino wearing a black ball cap backwards with a hoodie on with colored skulls like the Day of the Dead is depicted in Mexico. His features were sharply pronounced and he had wavy shaped upper lip. He was raised Roman Catholic. He watched his Parents convert to Jehovah’s witnesses which he rejected having investigated on his own and deciding he believed Jesus was God. He did not attend Church but hung out with some friends who studied the Bible but was trusting in his religious works when we met. Janiyah trusted Christ last Thursday and I never wrote about it being both busy and sick on the weekend. So those stories are below if you have time. Please pray they grow in their faith or in the case of Fabian that he realizes his need to trust in Christ alone by faith, his works empowered by the Holy Spirit.

Myles was sitting in some stuffed chairs in a circle outside the cafeteria. He’s a tall lean looking guy. He was wearing a “Saint’s” black with white sleeves letterman style jacket. He had black sweats on that said NASA and wore white high tops. He had gold wire rimmed glasses that were near round and wore a black watch cap. I asked him what he would say to God if asked why He should let him into Heaven and he said, “I would say I’ve been a devout follower and… Humm, I trust that he would make the right decision.” He thought he was 95% sure he would go to Heaven. His mom he said made them all go to Church and was a strong Christian. I asked him what Jesus had done to take away his sins and he said, “He forgives you,” in a less than sure tone. I said it was true He forgives and he does this by the payment of His life. I began to go through the Gospel with him and when I finished explaining the how Jesus’ blood, of infinite value, paid God back for all the imperfect things we owed God something perfect for he enthusiastically said, “Cool.” I explained the righteousness of God to his credit and he could receive Christ by faith. I asked if he would want to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus had done or thought something else and he said, “A life entrusted to Christ,” reading that descriptive line from the booklet. So I said, ‘Well it doesn’t seem like you had put all this together before.” He said he hadn’t so I said if he wanted to trust in what Jesus had done on the cross there was a prayer he could pray and I read through it explaining it. I then asked reading, “Does this prayer express the desire of you heart?” “Yeah,” he said and so I said he could pray it silently would he like to do so. “Yeah,” he said again. And he took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. He had his own Bible and I encouraged him to begin to read in John. I said he should confess his sins and God would always forgive him already knowing what he’d done a hundred thousand years before. I explained living “Inside > Out” by the Spirit’s power and gave him Bible Promises for You writing his name and the date and “forgiven!” on the outside. I gave him a Bible study and told him now trusting in the righteousness of God to be His righteousness the likelihood he would go to Heaven was 100%. I said that though cumulatively I had sinned far more than he through the years there was infinite supply of the righteousness of God and the Blood of Christ was worth an infinite amount so it would cover us both. I told him I would pray a Bible Verse for him each day and gave him The Case for Christ Answer Booklet telling him Strobel had more on line. He was grateful and I got up to go and said “I’ll see you in Heaven, I’m older so I’ll get there first and show you where the cool things are.” “Hopefully not anytime soon, God bless you,” he said and I headed off.

On Thursday Janiyah was sitting in the lounge on the corner of the first floor of the BIC right before it enters into a hallway headed to the cafeteria. She sat on her legs more or less kneeling and made a place for me in front of her saying she’d like to do a survey. Her interest seemed to be in part provoked by a lady she worked with who had been quoting the Bible to her. I asked if she had a Bible and she said no but she wanted one and was intending to get one so I said I had one for her and gave it to her at the end. She had her hair in corn rows tied to her head and wore torn jeans and had a hoodie on. She had a cut oval face and a warm slime a smallish nose and her chin was kind of squared. She was not a very big person. I asked her what she would say to God to get into Heaven. “Ok now Humm,” she replied thinking. “I’d say you saw my life; I deserved better than this.” She was 100% sure she would go to Heaven. As I explained the Gospel she leaned in with her face close to the booklet. I explained the blood of Christ to save her though she seemed to remember Jesus had died for her sins of the world though not having been to Church since she was little. After going through the atonement with her I explained the righteousness of Christ and she said, “OK,” accepting what I was saying as if it made sense to her. I said that she could be forgiven receiving Christ by faith and I asked her if she wanted to trust in what Jesus had done for her to be forgiven or thought something else explaining how Islam or Buddha would differ. “I think all the religions have something… everyone has something right to say. [but] I’d be forgiven.” She replied. So I said if she’d like to be forgiven there was a prayer she could pray and I talked her through it and asked if she’d like to pray it silently. She said she would and took the booklet and prayed then to receive Jesus. I gave her the Bible then writing her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front which she really liked. I gave her Bible Promises for You and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet I also gave her a Bible Study and told her I would pray for her each day until Spring and one year after. I said the likelihood she would go to Heaven was now 100% trusting in Jesus Righteousness to be her righteousness. She was thankful and I headed out.

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

In Him,

Bob

Hey sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope you were blessed today and have a blessed evening ahead; holidays make me even more grateful God has seen fit to keep Ellen on the earth. I had a good day on campus and Gia & Cristina each prayed to receive Jesus today. Pretty great Valentine’s Day gift, eternal life. Their stories are below if you have time. Thanks for your prayers please ask that they might grow in faith.

Gia was up on the 3^rd floor in the lounge at the southeast corner of the BIC building that overlooks the PE building across the way. She was wearing a hoodie and a kind of black leggings that stopped at her ankles. She had light brown hair and an oval face. Nice looking wearing no makeup, she didn’t have anything distinctive about her appearance, somehow looked like a lawyer. When I asked her what she would say to God she said, “I don’t know, I tried to be a good person I guess.” She thought she had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. She said she’d gone to Catholic Church through confirmation. I explained that God wanted to live inside her and to do so He had to take away her sins. I asked her how Jesus had done that and she knew He had died on the cross. I explained how Jesus’ blood cleansed her and was a payment for her sins and then explained the righteousness of God Jesus earned which was her when God adopted her, “Wow, she said.  I said would give her the blessings of His family, the sacrifice for her sins the blood that cleansed her and the righteousness of God that surrounded her. I asked if she would want to be forgiven for her sins or thought something else. She said, “I would want to be forgiven.” So I said if she wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer she could pray and I talked her through it and asked if it expressed the desire of her heart. “I would say that it does,” she replied. So I said she could pray it silently and be forgiven. “Sure,” she replied and she took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. She did not have a Bible so I gave her one showing her the things inside, cross references and maps and such. I wrote her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. I wrote her name in the front of Bible Promises for You and The case for Christ Answer Booklet and gave her a Bible study. She thanked me.  I explained living the Christian life by the Spirit’s power and said that now trusting in the righteousness of Jesus to be her righteousness the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 100%. I said I would keep her in my prayers praying a Bible verse for her each day through spring and one year after. She thanked me again and her sister walked up so they had to go so I headed off.

Cristina was sitting in the Science building in the hallway with a plate of what looked like pizza but she set it aside and seemed to forget it while we talked. She had a fish net shirt over a deep red shirt and was wearing a cross and dark red lipstick. She had a black and white wrap around coat on with kind of a South West patter on it and tan, pants, black shoes with a white stripe. She had a cute kind of diamond shaped face, looked to be a Latina in coloring. Her dark brown hair was parted on the left side and was not quite to her shoulders, a bit shorter in front. She had deep green eye shadow on. I asked her what she would say to God if asked why should I let you into Heaven. “It’s really up to Him,” she replied. “He knows what I’ve done, all my sins and I trust in His judgment. As much as I would like to [make a case] it’s really up to Him.” I asked her the likelihood she would get into Heaven and she said, “60% over 50+,” she replied. I began to go through the Gospel with her and she did not remember what Jesus had done to take away the sins of the world. I’m pretty sure she was aware of the crucifixion but the way I asked the question did not trip any lights in her head. I asked if she went to Church and she said she did, telling me it was Ash Wednesday and she would probably go later with her mom. I went on to say Jesus was the payment for our sin and His blood cleansed her. I also explained the righteousness of Christ. I explained that all this was to her credit by faith in Jesus. She said again that God would look at her and see what she’d done and she would accept that. I said, “He needs to look at you and see Jesus,” I replied, “Christ in you the hope of glory.” that seemed to bring her to a realization, like she woke up. I said, “When you think about it even the good things you do you have not done them perfectly. You might have done them to feel good about yourself or to make your mom happy.” She nodded in agreement. I said faith by grace saved her and then I asked if she would want to be forgiven for her sins or thought something else. “I would like to be forgiven,” she replied. So I said there was a prayer she could pray and asked if it expressed the desire of her heart. “Yes,” she replied and I said she could pray it silently and only God would hear and I was sitting next to her on a bench holding the book open as I said it and she had already begun to pray it silently reading it she went. When she had visibly stopped I said, “Amen?” “Amen,” she replied. I explained the Christian life to her. She had a Bible but I gave her Bible Promises for You and wrote her name and the date and forgiven in the front. “You’re giving this to me?” She asked and I said, “Yes.” She thanked me. I gave her The case for Christ Answer Booklet and gave her a Bible study explaining those things also. I told her that she could ask for forgiveness knowing God would not be surprised. He knew 100,000 years ago she had sinned and would have a plan to fix it. I told her I would keep her in my prayers each day praying a Bible verse for her from now until Spring and a year after. She realized she’d been blowing off a text then and said, “I don’t mean to be rude I just had to look at this.” I said no worries that was fine and got up to go she said, “Thank you so much, I really appreciate it.” I said, “You’re welcome,” and headed down the hall.

So thanks so much 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 walking by the Spirit. I had a good day on campus. Alex prayed to receive Jesus today. I got through the Gospel with Megan, a pretty girl with light brown hair, wearing a lacy top under a black hoodie. She was sitting in the MAC with a guy I knew, “D” who hollered out to me and walked over later to be joined by Josh a guy I pray for who I often run into. I dropped the atonement really quickly with a vet named Steven (just the atonement but left him the booklet). He had short sandy hair and thought he’d go to Heaven because he had served his country. I said because you did something good, and he agreed. Might be some seeds planted there as Megan took a Bible. Alex story is below if you have time.

Alex was sitting just off the main E/W hallway on the 2^nd floor of the south side of the BIC building. He sat in a connecting hallway a couple steps south in some Chairs. He had a mop of bright red hair, kind of a boyish face, clean shaven with a smaller pointed nose and chin. He played basketball. He was wearing a black pull over hoodie and black sweats of some cotton blend. He seemed to be built pretty solid. I asked him one thing he’d like to do before he died and he said, “Spread the Bible, give my life to Jesus basically.” I asked him what he’d say to God if he died and was asked why should he be let you into Heaven and he said, “I shouldn’t. I’ve sinned like everyone else… I’ve done my due diligence with spreading the word.” It turned out he helped his grandma at Bible camps she ran up in Michigan. He thought he had a 90% chance of going to Heaven. I began to go through the Gospel with him and said that God had to take away his sin so that he would be purified and match God and God would live inside him. I asked him what God had done with Jesus to take away his sins. “I don’t know,” he said after a moment of thought. So I said something like this is how it works and began to explain the Jesus lived a perfect life for him that he could not live, died for him and His blood purified us was a payment for our sins. I explained the righteousness of God earned by Christ that we inherited when God adopted us as his children. I said he could receive this by faith. I asked if he wanted to be forgiven for his sins so God could live inside him and give him strength. “Yeah,” he replied. I said that there was a prayer he could pray then. I talked him through it and said, “It says here ‘Does this prayer express the desire of your heart?’ So would you say it does?” He said it did. I said he could pray it silently “would you want to do that?” “Um hum,” he replied and took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. He had a Bible so I explained living the Christian life “Inside > Out” and to him the likelihood he was going to Heaven now was 100% trusting in the Blood and Righteousness of Jesus. I gave him a copy of Bible Promises for You and wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front and he thanked me. I also gave him a Bible Study and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. I told him I might not see him again but I would keep him in my prayers until a year from Spring and reminded him my email was on the back of the booklet. “I reached out to shake his hand and he shook mine saying, “Thanks so much, I appreciate it.” “Yeah I’ll see you in Heaven,” I 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 you week last week was blessed and you walked in peace with the Lord. I had a good week on campus and 5 people prayed to receive Jesus, (Pearla, Griffin, Irlanda, Jarely) including CJ on Thursday. His story is below. Thanks for your prayers.

I had some other work to do on Thursday and wasn’t sure I’d get to campus until a Bible Study I had (which cancelled due to a lost cell phone).  But I ended up getting to campus just over an hour early. A guy in the BIC hallway with curly mop of hair and a beard, Gabe, committed to Christ saying he’d pray his own prayer later. I found CJ in the cafeteria. He had a hoodie on and a grey watch cap and was kind of randomly unshaven. He was African American and had an oval face, his features were unique, his lips not very full and the side of his nose which was more narrow than the stereo typical black guy wear like a shield or a plate. Good looking guy. When I asked him what he would say to God if he died and were let into Heaven he said, “’cause we go way back and our moments we spent together are worth more than … the evil I’ve done on the earth.” He said he thought he had a 50/50 shot at Heaven but he then said “Not because I’m afraid [I won’t get in] I don’t know if paradise is the only thing, if there is something bigger I would want to go there.” I said, “The Bible says that ‘no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor has entered the heart of man, the things He has prepared for those who love Him.’” He liked that. I went through the Gospel with him and he knew Jesus had died to take away the sins of the world. So I began to explain to him the Gospel and 3 times during the verses I explained he affirmed what I said, with a “Makes sense”. I asked him if he would want to be forgiven for his sins or thought something else. “I would like to be forgiven,” he then said something like I also feel like God wants us to guide us. I said if he wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray. I began to explain the prayer reading with explanation, “Lord Jesus I want to know you personally.  I want you to live inside me Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. so your grateful I open the door of my life and receive you as my Savior and Lord, or my God Thank you for forgiving me of my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of the throne of my life. Make me the kind of person you want me to be.” Then I said, “It says here does this prayer express the desire of your heart, so would you say it does?” he nodded and I said he could pray it silently and he said, “I just prayed it as you read it.” “Great I said. I then went on to explain the likelihood he would go to Heaven, with all that it was now 100% trusting in the blood and righteousness of God to save him. I told him the Christian life living “Inside > Out” by the power of the Spirit to strengthen and guide him. He had a Bible but I gave him Bible Promises for You writing his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. He was very grateful for it and I also gave him a Bible Study and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. “Thank you may God bless you, thank you for this!” He was happy for the materials. “I’ll see you in Heaven,” I said, “If you get there first you can show me where all the cool places are. “He said he would and blessed me again and I headed off.

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

In Him,

Bob

Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed with seeing God be held first place in everything. I had a good day on campus and Irlanda and Jarely each prayed to receive Jesus as their savior today. I think a good seed was planted with Jazzy from Kyrgyzstan who had been going to Church with a friend at work. She was pretty with long dark hair and looked Asian. She said, “Well of course I would want to be forgiven” but when I asked her if she thought the story of Jesus had done for her was true she said she was not sure. So I walked her through the prayer she could pray if she decided she believed and said she could talk to her friend about it and ask people at her church. She agreed and was happy to keep the booklet with which I had explained everything, though she did not want anything further to read. I’m grateful for your prayers, God blessed today. Irlanda and Jarely’s stories are below if you have time.

I had thought last night that I had not gone up to the 3^rd floor of the BIC building yet this year so I should try there and so when I got to campus I headed up on the elevator and just to my left sitting near the windows I saw Irlanda [ear lan da]. She had a small mouth with full lips and a warm smile that lit up her face. Her hair was a bit fly away but it was long to her shoulders and she looked a Latina, pretty face. She was wearing a cream color sweatshirt and jeans with a tear in the right knee. She was interested in doing a survey. I asked her what she would say to God if she died and were asked “Why should I let you into Heaven, “Hmm, hmm,” she said and then replied, “I guess because I believe in Him. I grew up with like faith and stuff. I’ve always had that expectation of seeing God when you die and stuff and Him letting you into Heaven.” She thought she had a 50% chance of going to Heaven and had not been to Church for a while saying she had gotten busy going to school. She listened closely to the Gospel smiling periodically through it. When I asked her what God had done to take away her sin so He could live inside her with His Holy Spirit. She could not think of anything and so I began to explain the Gospel to her, which seemed entirely novel if facial expression reveals anything. I explained that the blood of Christ had cleansed her from sin so God could live inside her. Jesus’ blood was the way God got paid. After explaining salvation by faith I asked if she would want to be forgiven for her sins trusting in what Jesus had done. “Yeah,” she said affirmingly. I said if she wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer she could pray and I talked her thought it. “It says here ‘Does this prayer express the desire of your heart?’ so would you say that it did?” She nodded and so I said she could pray it silently and God would hear her and she would know she was forgiven and she nodded and took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. She had her own Bible so I encouraged her to read the stories in the book of John. I explained the Christian life was living, “Inside > Out” “By the Spirit’s Power”. I gave her a copy of Bible Promises for You writing her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet. I gave her a Bible study too. I told her I would pray a Bible verse for her each day from now until Spring and one year after and asked, “Do you have any questions?” She smiled and said she didn’t and said, “Thank you so much.” I got up to go saying, “I’ll see you in Heaven and if I see you here I’ll just give you a wave.” “Thank you,” she said. “You’re welcome,” I replied and I headed off.

They have put some new long tables around that have electric plugs in them, some do not fit as well as the furniture that once was there. That’s true in the small lounge on the SW corner of the BIC where they slid the table in on an angle. I came across Jarely [jar relly] sitting at one there. There had been one other person in the lounge but he soon left. She had a cute round face and her hair was parted a bit to the left and pulled back into a ponytail. She wore a light grey hoodie that collared her head closely. When I asked her what she would say to God if she died and He asked her, “Why should I let you into Heaven?” but she could not think of anything saying, “I don’t know, a lot of things go through my head when that happens”. She said she went to a Christian Church with her boyfriend. She thought she had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. I began to go through the Gospel with her and asked her what Jesus had done to take away the sins of the world. “They were just talking about this at Church,” she replied. “I can’t remember what they said.” So I began to explain the Gospel to her and the payment for her sin by the blood of Jesus that cleansed her. I explained the righteousness of God that was hers by adoption into God’s family by faith. I read how he was seen after he rose and He was the “Way the Truth and the Life.”  I asked if she wanted to be forgiven for her sins or thought something else and she said, “Forgiven.” So I explained there was a prayer she could pray and talked her through it. She said, I was baptized a year ago. I don’t want to be lukewarm but I get anxious about things. I know that is sinful because the Bible says not to be and I pray for God to help me be on the path.” I said it was true the Bible said not to be anxious but to trust in God and that she needed to ask the Holy Spirit to give her peace and I explained then living, “Inside > Out” by the Spirit’s power. I knew though that she had not understood the Gospel and that though her Church had baptized her she hadn’t believed on Christ. So I said she could ask God to forgive her for her sins trusting in Jesus and the Holy Spirit would live inside her. “Do you think praying this might help you?” I asked. “Sure,” she agreed. So then She took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. I told her than that now trusting in the righteousness of Jesus to be her righteousness the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 100%. I explained again how she could pray and ask for the Holy Spirit to give her peace as this was the fruit of the Holy Spirit. I gave her Bible Promises for You writing her name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front and showing her verses on peace she in the book, saying she pray them and ask for God to give her the peace He promised. I said I would pray a Bible Verse for her every day from now until Spring and one year after. I also gave her a Bible Study and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet saying it might answer some questions she would have. She smiled a perfect smile and she said “Thank you.” I said she had a church to go to and God could help her to grow there. I got up to go and she said “Thank you” again and I said, “Sure,” and headed out.

So Thanks for your prayers for the Ministry and for Evangelism today if you had a chance, God truly blessed and sent forth His word.

In Him,

Bob