Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed today. It took Ellen an hour to get to work past the accidents, peeps relearning to drive in the snow. But I slip-slides my way to COD just fine and  Issac prayed with me to receive Jesus. Robert who had shoulder length hair and a flannel came jacket on looked a bit like Errol Flynn (Robin Hood without facial hair), also took the Student Edition of The Case for Christ to read. He said he thought religion got a bad rap from the News but he was exploring through different faiths (had talked to some Mormons) to see which was the right one. So hopefully the book will help.

Issac was sitting up on the third floor of the BIC building in a lounge by the vending machines. He was a good looking guy, bit shorter with a Clark Kent hair cut and a red Tommy Hilfiger jacket. He wore black sweats and had a couple days growth of beard. He said he wanted to become a fireman. I asked him if he would do a student survey for our Bible Study group and he said sure. He had grown up Roman Catholic. When I asked him what he would say to God if He asked why should I let you into Heaven he thought for a minute and said, “‘Cause I’ve helped people out before, so give me a chance.” He thought he had a 50/50 chance of going to Heaven. He listened to the Gospel and liked all the metaphors I used, he really tuned in. He could not remember what Jesus had done to take away his sins. But I think some of it might have come back to him as I spoke. He said, “Makes sense.” When I explained that God wanted to live inside him with the Holy Spirit but would have to take away his sins and make him His type, that this was what it meant to know God leading to eternal life. As I finished I asked if he would want to be forgiven for his sins trusting in what Jesus had done for him on the cross or thought something else he said. “Forgiven for my sins.” I asked if he believed Jesus was God, had died for his sins and rose from the dead. He said he did. I said then if he wanted to trust in that to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray and I talked through the prayer and asked if he would want to pray it silently so God would hear and forgive him and live inside. “Yeah,” he said. And he prayed to receive Jesus. I explained the Christian life to him living “inside out”, “by the Spirit’s power” writing that in the inside of 20 Things God Can’t Do. I gave him a Bible writing his name and the date and “forgiven” on the inside, I showed him the “Where to Turn” section and the Messianic passages fulfilled section. Also gave him a Bible study and explained how Jesus claimed to be God. He said he helped his dad do janitorial work at the Church sometimes. He gave me his Email and thanked me and I said, “God bless you” told him I would be praying for him each night and headed out.

So thanks for your prayers for the Bible study and for evangelism today if you had a chance, God was with me and guided me.

In Him,

Bob