Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed. I had a good day on campus encouraged some Christians went through the Gospel with a Muslim named Adam. At the end of my day Josh  prayed with me to receive Jesus.

He was sitting in the PE building when I found him sitting at a section of tables in the lounge with a bunch of other black athletes. He had a winter cap on big eyes with long eye lashes I noticed later when with our heads pretty close he was looking hard right into my eyes, otherwise I’m pretty sure I would never have noticed that on a guy. A couple guys cleared out near him and he was at the end so I asked him if he wanted to do a student survey drifting by the table. He said he’d already done one. So I asked him if they had asked him what he would tell God to get into Heaven and asked him. In response he said he was a Christian and then listed the good things he thought you had to do to get into Heaven. I said the Bible said something different and asked if I could give him a booklet to explain it. He said would be ok. As I gave it to him I began to explain the gospel saying Christianity was like a blood transfusion where you had to have the same type of blood, I explained, “God wants to transfuse His life into you, live inside you with His Holy Spirit, but first He has to make you His type, so He has to take away your sin.” I asked him how God had taken away his sin but he was unsure so I continued to explain what Christ has done. I was kneeling at the edge of the table he was hunched over it so no one else could hear our exchange, which I think worked in favor of my being able to continue out of his friends earshot as he occasionally glanced down the table. Then he locked in and looked me straight in the eyes as I talked as I explained that unlike what he had thought he did not go to Heaven because he was good but because Jesus was good. I explained he must trust in the cross and believe that Christ had taken away his sins to be right with God. I explained Christ’s imputed righteousness and then that he must receive this all by faith. I asked him if he wanted to be forgiven with God living inside him and he did. I quietly walked him through the prayer to be forgiven and asked if he wanted to pray silently to receive Jesus and he did and took the booklet and prayed. Aren’t ya glad I begged ya a little bit with this?” I asked after he had prayed. “Yes sir” he replied. I explained living inside out trusting in the power of God to do all things. I asked if he played sports at school and he said he was a receiver on the football team. I said he could ask God to give him skills to play and do well. “I pray with my coach before every game,” he replied. One of the coaches is a Christian who has a Bible Study for the players.  “Well before you could ask God to be with you but now God’s power is in you.” I asked if I could give him a book to put in his back pack and he said I could give him a small book. I gave him Bible Promises for You and 20 Things God Can’t Do writing his name and the date and “forgiven” in the front and By the Spirit;’s Power mentioning that Gordon one of the other players he knew had that book and was reading it. “Sorry I took so much of your time,” I said getting up to go. “You’re good,” he said assuring me and shaking my hand. And I headed out grateful to the Lord.

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

In Him,

Bob