Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed, I had a good day, and Nick prayed with me to receive Jesus.

He was sitting in the hall of the BIC wearing shorts and a t-shirt. Classic clean cut kid hair wept back looked a bit young, kind of like the kid in “Monster House” the Movie without the bangs.

Monster House Trailer Where I Do Every Sound

When I asked him what he would say to God if asked why He should let him into Heaven he said, “I would say… I don’t know.” He had been to church a couple times with a friend growing up. The last time he remembered was one Easter he thought but he could not remember the name of the Church at all. He thought he had maybe a 70% chance of getting to Heaven. He had few expressions as I went through the Gospel with him, barely cracking a smile and I was afraid he was bored but it turned out he was simply quiet and had been taking it all in as I explained how Jesus had died for him. He said he liked scuba diving and wanted to do that in Australia on the Great Barrier Reef. So I said Heaven was not just a place it was the presence of God and our problem is our being does not match God’s being, we are not perfect without sin. It is kinda like you are breathing air and you need to be able to breathe in the water, like the Gillyweed in Harry Potter (that magically gave him gills to save his friend). We need to be transformed so God takes away our sin so he can live inside us and transform us for Heaven. I asked him if he would want to be forgiven for his sins when I asked him and so I asked if he believed Jesus was God had died for his sins and rose from the dead. He said, “Yeah.” So I said if he wanted to trust in that he could be forgiven, telling that to God in a prayer. I talked through the prayer and asked if he would like to pray and he said “Yeah sure.” I gave him a Bible, he did not want to take one but I explained they were bought by people for me to give away and they would want him to have it. So I wrote his name and the date (which he questioned but I was sure of it) and “forgiven” by it showing him the “Where to Turn” section. I gave him 20 Things God Can’t Do and wrote, “By the Spirit’s Power” in it explaining living the Christian life, “Inside Out”. Also gave him a Bible Study.   I told him if he was now trusting in the Righteousness of Christ to be his righteousness the likelihood he would get into Heaven was 100%, he seemed to have some visible joy at that and I told him I would be praying for him until a year from Spring. “Thanks,” he said with a big smile. “Nice to meet you,” I replied. “Nice to meet you too.” and he headed across the hall into class.

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

In Him,

Bob