Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed walking with Jesus. I had a good day on campus and Nick, Bre  &  Jada  all prayed to receive Jesus today. I also gave a copy of the Student Edition of The Case for Christ to Alexis, a girl who did not think she believed in God but had a Christian boyfriend she debated with and occasionally went to church. Classes and activities were cancelled at school tonight at 5 PM due to weather, so we had to cancel Bible study

Nick was sitting on the 3rd floor of the BIC on some chairs in the hall. He had brown, curly hair, a warm, round face and black rectangular framed glasses. He had a curly beard and mustache and described himself as shy. He was wearing a grey hoodie. When I asked him why God should let him into Heaven he said, “I guess umm… I’ve always tried hard to do my best to help other people through all of my life, kinda along those lines. I never really thought about it.” He thought he had a 50/50 chance to go to Heaven. He had not been to church since he was a little kid. He listened closely to the Gospel and enjoyed the analogies and illustrations I gave him to explain Bible verses. At the end I asked him if he would like to be forgiven for his sins or thought something else. He thought he would like to be forgiven. “Do you believe Jesus is God, died for your sins and rose from the dead?” I asked him. He thought and said, “Yeah I do.” So I asked if he would want to place his trust in that to be forgiven and he said he did. So I offered him the prayer he could pray, walking him through it, asking if he’d like to pray. “”Um.. I mean I guess,” but he meant that as an affirmation and taking the booklet he prayed silently to receive Jesus. I gave him a Bible since he did not have one, and wrote his name and the date and “forgiven” under it, saying he could remember. I gave him 20 Things God Can’t Do writing by the Spirit’s power in the front. I also gave him a Bible study to read and a card with the website for a local church (Compass)  that is doing an on line outreach he could listen to. He seemed really reserved and I thought he would probably not go to Church without being able to check it out from a distance first. But he was happy as we parted and I told him I would be praying for him and he thanked me.

A girl named Isamar walked up then and asked if she could have information for our groups saying, “That was really cool,” having eavesdropped on my conversation with Nick. I gave her a card and she said, “I’ve been looking for something like this,” and asked if I had a Bible. I said I could get one from my truck if she had a minute. So I walked her to her class on the same floor and told her to lean against the wall so I could spot her and I would run get her a bible. I had just over ten minutes to get back to where I was parked and got her one and ran back. So hopefully she can make it to Bible study.

Bre was laying out on a bench in the PE lounge under the stairs listening to something. She had a large bun of curly hair pulled up on top her head and wore a parka, a sweatshirt and sweatpants. She wore a heavy silver chain around her neck, had a pretty face with full features and was a little larger than an average-sized person. I asked her if she’d do a student survey for our  Bible study group and she agreed and sat right up, giving me the corner of the bench. She was hard to get a read on at first. She attended church regularly. She said her mom was Greek and she wanted to travel there. When I asked her why God should let her into Heaven she said, “I don’t know.” And thinking some more she said, “”Cause I’m me.” I wasn’t sure what she mean exactly, and ferreting it out a bit I think she meant she was genuine. She was certain she was going to Heaven, 99%. I began to explain the Gospel to her and it became clear she had not heard it before. I explained that God wanted to live inside her but first He had to take away her sin. Like a blood transfusion, God wanted to make her his “type” so He could transfuse His life into her. I asked, “So what was the big thing Jesus did to take away your sin?” She didn’t have any idea, so I told her how Jesus lived a perfect life for her, died in her place and His blood became a force in the world that could cleanse her from all her sin.  She interacted with what I was saying a bit then, which was a relief that she  began to open up. When I finished going through the Gospel, I asked if she’d want to be forgiven for her sins and she nodded. I said, “Well, it seems like you never really put all this together before right?” “Right,” she replied. I said if she wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer she could pray and walked her through it, saying she could pray it silently. She agreed and took the booklet. She prayed then to receive Jesus. She had a Bible at home and so I gave her the book, 20 Things God Can’t Do and used it to explain that, when it was hard to forgive someone, you could ask God for a Spirit of forgiveness. “’Cause of what I’ve been through I’ve been getting closer to God,” she replied. “It feels so good to forgive, it’s like a weight is lifted.” I agreed, saying that those that hurt you no longer controlled you when you forgave them. I wrote her name and the date and “forgiven” in the front along with “By the Spirit’s Power” explaining the Christian life. I also gave her a Bible study. I shook her hand in leaving after getting her email and said, “It was so nice to meet you.” “I was nice to meet you too,” she replied warmly with a smile and I headed out of the lounge.

Jada was sitting on the north side ground floor of the BIC at a table in the vending machine lounge. She is a cute black student, smaller kind of pug nose, long braids past her shoulders, long oval face. Cool kid. She was wearing a dark blue NIKE sweatshirt and Adidas sweats. I asked her what she would say to God if she died and he asked her why he should let her into Heaven and she said, “’Cause I’m his child I guess.” She thought she had a 50/50 chance to get into Heaven and had not been to Church much. I began to go through the Gospel with her and when I asked her what Jesus had done to take away her sins, she knew Jesus had died. She listened attentively to the Gospel, stopping me once for clarification, asking if everyone went to Heaven because Jesus had died for sin. I explained it was offered to all, kind of like a free ticket under the name of a famous ball player at the Park. But you had to claim his name to get the ticket. She wanted to be forgiven for her sins when I asked, saying she had always known there was a higher power “who made all this” as she gestured around and out the window at the snow covered landscaping in the atrium. “Do you believe Jesus was God, died for your sins and rose from the dead?” I asked. Jada thought for a second and said, “Yes I think I do.” So I asked her if she would want to place her trust in that to be forgiven, claiming what He had done for her and she said, “Yeah.” So I walked her through the prayer and she took the booklet and prayed.  She finished and kept reading most of the booklet and looked up and said, “Oh sorry.” “No worries,” I said smiling, “Amen?” “Amen,” she replied. I also gave her 20 Things God Can’t Do writing ‘by the Spirit’s power’ in the front and her name, the date and ‘forgiven’. I gave her a Bible Study too, explaining that and also gave her the same website I gave Nick. She shook my hand and laughed, “OK Bob,” when I said I’d see her in Heaven. I told her I would be praying for her as I did all the students, and she thanked me and I headed out.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance. God truly blessed with some miracles of faith.

In Him,

Bob