Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I hope your day was blessed walking with God in Christ. I had a good day on campus and Jehieli (aka Jelly) and Abby each prayed with me to receive Jesus.
Abby was the first person I talked with today sitting on the edge of the small corner lounge down the hall of the door I come in, in the BIC building. She had long dark hair and fair skin, her face was long and she had a nice smile. She was Latina and was wearing her jacket. She thought for a minute when I began talking to her and then decided she’d answer some questions. When I asked her what she would say to God if asked why He should let her into Heaven she said, “Um… that’s hard… I honestly have no idea what I would say.” She thought some more and finally landed on “I believe that I lived a compassionate life.” She was 90% sure she would go to Heaven and had gone to CCD in the Catholic Church and made her first communion. As I went through the Gospel she seemed struck by the different things I was saying, possibly never having heard it said quite that way before. But as I finished explaining everything to her I asked her if she would want to be forgiven or if she thought something else and she said, “I would want to be forgiven.” So I talked her through the prayer and asked if she’d like to pray it silently in her heart and she said, “Right now?” I encouraged her saying, “Just pretend I’m not even here.” And she prayed to receive Jesus. I said she could keep the booklet and she said, “Oh good.” And then I explained living by the Spirit’s power. And gave her 20 Things God Can’t Do writing “By the Spirit” in the front. She did not have a Bible so I gave her one showing her the “Where to turn passage and then I recommended she could begin to read in John if she’d like. “Do you know where that is in the Bible the first books in the New Testament are Matthew, Mark Luke and John.” “No I don’t,” she said. So I turned to that and explained that John called Jesus “the Word” which was a kind of knick name for Jesus in the Old Testament that Jeremiah uses to describe Jesus, so John borrows it. “Then it is just stories about john the Baptist and Jesus.” I wrote her name in the front and the Date and “forgiven” beneath it and taught her Zwingli’s symbolic view of the Mass. I gave her a Bible Study and said I would pray for her and got her email to send her some stuff. “God bless you, “ I said as we got up to leave her to class and me down the hall. “Thank you have a nice day,” she said cheerfully.
Jehieli was sitting in the 2nd floor corner lounge on the southeast corner of the BIC. She was a short cute kid had some tints in her hair, she was Latina, round face, jeans cuffed at her ankle boots t-shirt on. She said her family did not go to Church any more, “It’s complicated” she said, but her mom read her the Bible once in a while. When I asked her what she would say to God she said, “Because I tried to follow the law of God, the 10 commandments.” I asked her if she thought she could list the 10 commandments she laughed a bit and said “No.” Of course it would be tough to keep rules you could not name but I let it go until later when I pointed out “not by works” would be the religious works of the Law which no one could keep perfectly. She thought she had an 80% chance of going to Heaven. She knew Jesus had taken away her sin but had to be reminded of the specifics but he enjoyed the explanations and listened closely to the Gospel and she wanted to be forgiven for her sins. I explained the prayer to her and we were alone in that lounge by then sitting against the windows with the sun pouring in and she prayed to receive Jesus. I gave her gave her 20 Things God Can’t Do writing “By the Spirit” in the front. I also wrote her name and the date in front and wrote ‘forgiven” saying she could remember that day. I got her email to send her some stuff. I gave her the theCompass.net website to listen to some sermons she lived quite a ways from school. She took a Bible Study and I explained the Spirit filled life to her. She was really grateful and got up to go to class and saying, “Thank you.” I told her I would pray for her each night and she thanked me again and 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