Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed today walking in the Spirit. I had a good day on campus encouraging some Christians in their faith and  Fernando prayed with me to receive Jesus today.

He was sitting in the cafeteria building eating lunch at a table near the back and said he’d do a survey. He had a bit of an accent having grown up in Mexico. Fernando had on a coat and a black baseball cap, a real friendly face and wore his jacket and jeans. He finished eating as we went through the gospel. I asked him what he would say to God if asked why he should let him into heaven and he said, “Because I like to help other people.” He only thought he had a 40%. He had not been to church since he lived in Mexico. As I explained that Jesus had died for him and paid for his sins and that the blood of Jesus became a power in the world that cleanses us from all sin he replied, “Simple”. Then he asked me to explain sin to him and I did talking about the ten commandments. “Killing someone.” he agreed. I said yes but other more subtle things as well “You could steal someone’s time by driving too slow in traffic.” I explained how you could not do good things to fix your bad things and he agreed saying, “Doesn’t work.” He wanted to be forgiven for his sins so I asked if he believed Jesus was God and died for his sins and rose from the dead and he said he did. I said if he wanted to trust in that he could pray for forgiveness. I talked him through the prayer and asked if he wanted to pray silently to be forgiven and he did and took the booklet and prayed. I explained to him life in the Spirit “living inside out”. First we ask God to change us by His power on the inside then we do good things on the outside, where in other religions you do good things on the outside and God is pleased. Or in psychology the good things you do change you by your own efforts. God produces His fruit in us as we read it in Galatians 5:22,23. I gave him a Bible showing his that passage and showing him the “Where to Turn” section. (He had a NT he had gotten on campus from the Gideons). I wrote his name in the front and the date and “Forgiven” beneath it. I gave him 20 Things God Can’t Do and wrote “By the Spirit’s Power” in the front. Showing him examples like in the 13th chapter that say’s “God can’t withhold his guidance when you trust Him”. You might say, “but I am struggling to trust him” so you simply ask for more trust. The 4th Chapter says, “God cannot withhold his forgiveness when you forgive others” so we ask for a forgiving spirit towards those we need to forgive–so it don’t keep coming back up. God gives us all the power by His Spirit to live the Christian life. I gave him a bible study and showed him where Job taught God walked on water over 1500 years before Jesus and he was amazed by that.. I got his email I told him I would pray for him each night until next spring and he thanked me.

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

In Him,

bob