Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I had a great first day of sharing today for the semester. I went through the gospel with 11 people several were Christians, a couple had to run before I could do more than breeze through and give them a booklet but with a positive response. The first guy I spoke with Matt was searching a bit and had had a hard time believing in Jesus though raised a Lutheran, we talked a long time and I gave him the student edition of The Case for Christ. So I got a good seed planted with Matt and several others. By the end of the day 3, John, Mary and Antuan, had prayed with me to receive Christ.

John was just a “Christmas and Easter Christian” attending Church on those days and had not understood the atonement of Jesus on the Cross for his sins saying he’d go to heaven “because he always helps people”. After I went through the Gospel with him he said he wanted to be forgiven and prayed to receive Jesus as his Savior and God so that was great. He had a Bible @ home and did not want to take anything to read so I will be praying for him to be moved into fellowship by the prompting of the Holy Spirit.

Mary attends Calvary in Napervillebut said she would go to heaven because she knows “God forgives all sins and accepts everyone”. I added, who ask right? She agreed but when I asked her, “What was the really big thing that happened so God would forgive your sins?” she thought hard for a little while but could not think of anything. I went through the Gospel with her and asked her if she had asked God to forgive her sins based on what Jesus had done for her on the cross or had been praying with that in mind and she said she hadn’t and wanted to do that, so she did. I gave her a Bible study and the student edition of The Case for Faith I got her email too and invited her to bible study which we are going to being having on Mondays at Noon in the atrium lounge with the big round desk in it if ya know anyone at COD who would like to come.

Antuan was sitting with a couple of friends. They were all African American guys and I asked them if any of them felt like doing a student survey. Only Antuan responded saying he’d do it if it did not mean he’d have to attend the Bible Study. I laughed and said no strings attached and we talked through the gospel. Antuan went to Church in Lisle. He said he’d tell God “I did my best to walk the path you gave me.” But he too did not know how God had taken away his sins. After I went through the gospel with him he prayed to receive Christ as his savior. I gave him a Bible Study and a copy of More than a Carpenter to read and got his e-mail. He thanked me twice and shook my hand. His friends ignored our entire conversation.

So hey thanks for your prayers if you got a chance. Please pray for John, Mary, and Antuan that they might be lead By the Spirit.

In Him,
Bob Bollow