Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I hope your day was blessed with all good things. I had a good day on campus, Jane and Zeke prayed with me to receive Christ and Bridget who had told me on September 12th she would pray later told me today when I bumped into her she had prayed to receive Jesus, and her mom really like what I had told her when she told her about it.
Jane was sitting on the second floor of the BIC on a pair of stuffed chairs with a circular mini desk on the armrest. She said she’d do a survey and I sat on the other side of the desk. We were in a smaller side lounge half way between the halls. She had an oval pan face and sharp features natural blonde hair down past her shoulders. Nice looking girl, low top Keds on her feat. She had athletic shorts on and a Marquette T-shirt and came from a Roman Catholic family. I asked her what she would say to God to get into Heaven and without much conviction she said, “I tried to be a good person.” She thought she had a 75% chance of going to Heaven. I went through the Gospel with her and I could tell she was very interested. She knew Jesus had died on the cross to take away our sins so I explained that His blood cleansed her and so God then could live inside her and that His righteousness was to her credit. She wanted to be forgiven and I asked if when she asked for forgiveness for her sins she was thinking she knew she’d be forgiven because Jesus had died for her. Or if growing up in the Church she identified with it and just didn’t think much about it but was kind of just hoping she could be good enough. “Yeah more that,” she replied. I asked her if she would want to place her trust in it and pray a prayer to that, she listened and when I asked if she would want to pray silently she said, “Yeah, why not.” I explained living inside out and the work of the Spirit. I told her that if she was trusting in the righteousness of Jesus to be her righteousness the likelihood she would go to Heaven was 100%, “Sick!” she said enthusiastically. I gave her, Bible Promises for You and 20 Things God Can’t Do writing her name and the date and “forgiven”. She gave me her email to send her another Bible Study. I explained when she participated in the symbolism of the mass she could remember it was to remind her Jesus had died and so she was forgiven. I gave her a Bible study on the deity of Christ too. “Do you have any questions?” I finally asked. “No you’re good at explaining,” she said with a smile. “Thanks, God bless you,” I said. “God bless you too,” she replied. And I headed out.
Zeke was sitting across from the student activities offices. He had on a red and blue ball cap, jeans and a hoodie, had a cub round face. He looked Filipino and went to a Roman Catholic Church, good looking kid. When I asked him what he would say to God if He said, “Why should let you into Heaven?” This is what he said, “I wouldn’t know. Why would you? I know I’ve committed some wrongs in my life. Can you forgive me for what I’ve done?” He still thought he had a 100% chance of going to Heaven if God forgives and accepts. He listened closely to the Gospel too and said he would want to be forgiven. So I offered him the prayer to receive Christ that expresses thanks to Him for dying for his sins and asking Him to make him the kind of person He wants him to be and asked him if he would want to pray it silently so only God would hear. “Yeah I would pray it silently,” he said and he prayed to receive Jesus. I gave him a Bible study explaining how Jesus claimed to be God. I gave him a Bible explaining why some of the books were not in it but had at one time been added by the Catholic Church. I showed him the “Where to Turn” section and he really liked it. I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven” beneath it. I also gave him 20 Things God Can’t Do writing “By the Spirit’s Power” in the front. He was grateful and I got up to go saying, “Nice to meet you.” “It was a pleasure,” he said sincerely reaching out to shake my hand. “Have a good semester,” I said walking away. “Have a good one,” he called after me. “Yeah you too,” I said and headed out.
So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today. I was dragging when I first got to school as Tuesdays are a long day but God picked me up.
In Him,
Bob