Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed in the Lord, no one prayed to receive Jesus today when I was first at school. I got home really tanked edited up the Bible study I had written and printed it and rested for a while. I was really sweaty from some conversations today in the sun so I took a shower and was still shot so I sat on the couch and flipped through some stations trying to shake off the brain fog but was still really tired. Then I felt prompted to go back a little early before Bible Study to do some more evangelism. I could not shake the feeling so I prayed if God would give me some energy I would go. I felt better so I left for school, (forgetting to fill up my bag with 20 Things God Can’t Do books). I walked around in a bit of a loop through the door I had pictured I was to go in once I got to school and the halls were empty, I asked one girl who said, “no thank you.” Then down the hall came across Issac. He was standing in an adjacent hall in front of a vending machine buying some tea. He asked how long it would take when I asked him if he wanted to do a survey and I said “5 minutes or so” since I knew I had to be at the Bible Study pretty quick. We sat on the padded bench right around the corner. He had kind of a rough afro, white t-shirt and athletic shorts, that looked worn, backpack on. Wore black athletic socks and sandals. Good looking kid about my height, nice features, young face. I asked him what he would say to God if he died and was asked why He should let him into heaven. “Well,” he said thinking “Because He forgives everybody.” He thought he had a 90% chance of going to Heaven and went to Church. He knew Jesus had died to take away sins and liked imputation of Christ’s righteousness. He said (when I asked) he’d like to be forgiven with God living inside. (After his mom interrupted with two separate phone calls I prayed away.) So I asked him if he was trusting in what Christ had done. “When you ask for forgiveness are you thinking you are a pretty good person who goes to church so you are the kind of person God forgives or were you trusting in what Christ has done for you to be forgiven.” “I believed I was forgiven.” “That’s not what I am asking you,” I replied. “I’m asking you if you are trusting in what Jesus did on the cross so that God can forgive you, not if God is forgiving.” Owning it he said, “I didn’t really think about it that much,” he said with a sheepish smile. He then agreed that if he had not been thinking about it he had not been trusting in it. So I offered him the prayer he could pray and he was happy to do so saying something like, yeah I’ll do that. I gave him Bible Promises for You and a Bible study, and they only had a family bible at home so I gave him one of his own and wrote his name and the date he was forgiven on the presentation page which made him happy, showing him the “Where to turn.” section showing verses he could look up for various questions. “Wow I didn’t know they had that,” he said. I explained the Christian life was By the Spirit and then his mom called, again. “Thanks I really needed this,” he said to me as he listened to his mom with one ear. “Is that your mom again?” I asked. He shook his head smiling so I said, “Here give her a book,” giving him another copy of Bible Promises for You. he grinned and nodded and I ran off for Bible study.

This  afternoon I encouraged a couple students who did not have assurance of salvation, one catholic student and another in the Chicago Church of Christ and went through the Gospel with a Muslim exchange student from Turkey, Rabia. So that was good though no one came to Christ today in the afternoon maybe that helped God get me out the door early later.

So thanks for  your prayers for the ministry today God blessed and Issac came late.

In Him,

Bob