Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed. I had a good day of work on campus, Colin and DJ prayed with me to receive Jesus and Stephanie who told me she would pray later at the book table (August 29) told me today she had prayed to receive Jesus today. I was sure she had received Jesus by her testimony but it is always great to hear someone has prayed. “I feel so good,” she told me with a smile. So that was really great. (I put her story at the bottom).

I came across Colin in the PE building lounge upstairs by the workout area. He had a mop of blonde wavy hair going everywhere, a bit unshaven good-looking guy with pronounced cheeks (Kinda like Dudley Do-right without the chin). He wore a black short sleeve shirt with a baseball emblem on the left side and tan cargo shorts. When I asked him what he would say to God to get into Heaven he said. “I feel as though throughout my life I’ve tried to help people, put other people before me, tried to help them make decisions.” He thought he had a 70% chance of going to Heaven. He came from a Roman Catholic background and he knew Jesus had died to take away his sins. So I explained how the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin so God can live inside us and that His righteousness is ours and we are wrapped in it. I explained how your good stuff couldn’t fix your bad stuff and your bad stuff was still out there kicking people around but that God says He’ll turn our bad things into good things in Romans 8:28. I asked him he felt like he had been trusting in Christ for the forgiveness of his sins. I said I knew he knew the story but sometimes when you grow up in the Church you are cool with everything and just kind of along for the ride. Did he think as an adult he had told God he was trusting in what Jesus had done for him to be forgiven? He said he was, “Not sure,” kind of “Between”. Like you knew the story but had not really thought about it and he agreed. So I showed him the prayer where he could receive forgiveness mentioning the Mass was symbolic of all that and that he was forgiven by the death of Jesus. After I read through the prayer I said he could start trusting in what Jesus had done for him and God could live in him by faith. I said he could pray it silently and would he like to, “Yeah sure.” he said. And he prayed to receive Jesus making the sign of the cross as he finished. He didn’t have a Bible so I gave him one (I showed him the “where to turn” section in the back) explaining some of the books that taught you prayed for the dead and could buy your way out of Heaven were not in it from back in Catholic History and he thought that would be fine. I put his name and the date in it and “forgiven” under it. I gave him 20 Things God Can’t Do and wrote “By the Spirit’s Power” in it and explained living inside out and the fruit of the Spirit. I gave him a Bible Study on the Deity of Christ. We shook hands and he said, “Thanks.” and I said I would keep him in my prayers and he said, “Appreciate it.”

I headed out to my truck to get another Bible and came back in and talked in the MAC lounge to one of the counter cultural guys I chat up sometimes Lukas, he’s a trip. Coming down the hall into the BIC from there DJ was sitting alone on a chair in a line of them. He had a hoodie on and Jeans tucked into black boots. He seems a shade foreign it turned out his family was from Greece. His hair was brown and short on the sides one the ears, receding a bit on the temples and he had the top pulled up into a slight wedge as some do these days. Had a round-tip nose, kind, young face. When I asked him what he would say to God if asked why He should let him into Heaven he said, “Because through all the bad things I might have done my intentions were always good.” He thought he had a 50% chance of going to heaven. I asked if he ever went to Church and he said, “It’s been a long time.” He did not know what Jesus had done to take away his sins. So I explained the Gospel to him and all that Jesus had done and asked him if he wanted to be forgiven for his sins and he said he did. So I said, “Do you believe Jesus is God he died for your sins and rose from the dead?” He thought for a bit and then said, “I do.” I said that if he wanted to place his trust in that there was a prayer he could pray to receive God’s forgiveness and after reading it through with him I said he could pray it like I wasn’t even there, would he wanna do it. “Yeah,” he replied and he prayed to receive Jesus. He didn’t have his own Bible so I gave him one (grateful I had felt the need to go back to the truck, I parked close). I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven” in the front and showed him the “Where to Turn” section in the front and the book of John to start to read. I gave him 20 Things God Can’t Do writing “by the Spirit’s power” in the front. I gave him a card for Compass church to check out their web site and listen to some sermons. I explained living by the Spirit’s power telling him everything God was asking him to do God would give him the power to do, living inside him. I gave him a Bible study and he thanked me and we shook hands and he thanked me again and I told him I would keep him in my prayers.

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

In Him,

Bob

PS.

Stephanie story from August 29.

I was talking to an older student who I used to know from Africa, Mariah who had just finished up at Southern in Physical therapy. She was visiting school and dropped by to ask for a prayer request that she would pass her boards (please pray she does) and say hi. She paused our conversation over her prayer request as Stephanie had picked up  Evolution the Lie and was looking at 20 Things God Can’t Do. Mariah said to her, “I know I saw that too.” I used the break to explain the book a bit and then asked her if she wanted to answer a question. She agreed and I asked her if she died and stood before God what would she say to get into Heaven. She did not know but said I could tell her what the Bible said. I went through the Gospel with her having to blow off Mariah but she understood. Stephanie was a slight tiny girl , a pointed chin small face, cute with glasses and long light brown hair, several inches past her shoulders. She was wearing one of the balloon hats they were making for students on clubs and activities day. I made sure I didn’t rush since she was so hard to read, very quiet and reserved. She had a mostly pink multi colored shirt on with some white and blue. She wore a couple necklaces. She knew Jesus had died to take away her sin but had seemed to be hoping she would be good enough. She was attentive but did not say anything as I explained the Gospel to her. She said she went to a Roman Catholic Church. When I asked her if she would want to be forgiven for her sins she looked up at me in the eyes and nodded. So having finished the Gospel I walked her through the prayer and read, “It says here: Does this prayer express the desire of your heart? So would you say that it did, she nodded again and I said if she wanted she could pray and ask God to forgive her trusting in what Jesus had done to pay for her sins on the cross and His Spirit would live inside her.. She said she would pray it later when she was alone. I explained living buy the Spirit’s Power inside out. I gave her a copy of 20 Things God Can’t Do and wrote her name and “By the Spirit’s Power” explaining how everything God was asking her to do He would give her the power to do. I explained a symbolic view of the Mass as remembering Jesus had died for her sins and she was forgiven and when she took it she could just say, “thank you”. I think she also took a Rose publication hand out called “Following Jesus” she had some other things in her hands. I also gave her a Bible study. I apologized for taking so long and she said “No I needed this.” So I said something like, Do you believe Jesus is God he died for your sins and rose from the Dead and do you trust in that to take away your sins and bring you to heaven? And she said she did. So I said all that is left then is for you to pray and tell that to God. She was grateful. I put her balloon hat back on her head for her she’d left on the table to straighten her hair as she’d almost forgot it and she headed out. So that was great