Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope ya had a great day walking with the Lord. It is still warm and sunny here, but a Grand Solar Minimum is predicted and a cold winter ahead. So I am grateful for the warm days outside.  Henry prayed with me to receive Jesus today. I’d be grateful for your prayers to bless him if you have a moment. I had a long hour and a half conversation with a Muslim guy, Anas (pronounced like Honest without the T. he told me). He took the Bible Study on places Jesus claims to be God in scripture. I offered him a Bible Promises for You Book but he said he could not carry that around, but had a bible on his phone he read sometimes. He grew up as a boy scout and learned some of Christianity there. He was disheartened by the lack of commitment he saw in the young Muslims he knew or had met. He had moral hopes for the world, but I said as Christians we believed most people would have no hope of even being moral without the power of the Holy Spirit in them, and they were not. He was a tenderhearted guy with a thick beard and mustache from Pakistan. His family has a booth in the mall where I get patches sown on my Biker vest so I hope to get in to see him sometime. Henry’s story is below if you have time.

Henry is African American and had a 4 inch afro with a rough top. He wore a black rock band t-shirt and grey sweats. His mask had been down when I first walked up and I saw he had a pencil thick mustache and a goatee. Good-looking guy. His glasses were the style with black tops and half-circle clear bottoms. He was sitting in the lunchroom beside a sandwich from subway still in the wrapper where it remained while we talked. I asked him what he would say to God if he died and was asked why God should let him into Heaven. “I could say a lot of things…” he replied, paused and then said, “I always had faith in you.” Seeming not to want to sound proud, he said he had an 85% chance of going to Heaven. I began to go through the Gospel with him and he was very interested to hear the explanations. When I asked, he knew Jesus was “sacrificed” for our sins and he went to a Bible-teaching church as he described it. I explained the righteousness of God Christ had earned on our behalf that can be to our credit by faith. I asked if he would want to be forgiven for his sins, trusting in Jesus or if he thought something else, and explained other religious options. “I would want to be forgiven for my sins trusting in Jesus,” he replied. So I walked him through the prayer and read, “It’s says here ‘Does this prayer express the desire of your heart?’ Have you ever actually said to God you would want to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus had done to save you?” I asked. “I haven’t really said it, I gotta be honest,” he replied. So I said he could pray the prayer right now silently and know he was forgiven, trusting in Jesus. He took the booklet and prayed to receive Jesus. I went on to explain living “Inside out” saying he could have power to live the Christian life “By the Spirit.” I gave him a Bible Study on the Deity of Jesus and 20 Things God Can’t Do writing his name and the date and “forgiven” in the front along with “Just Ask” and “By the Spirit” “Thank you, I appreciate it a lot.” He said.  I thanked him for talking to me and as I got up he said again, “Thank you I appreciate it a lot.” “Sure” I replied smiling. “I’ll see you in Heaven and you can tell me how things went.” And I headed out. Seeing him later outside the cafeteria I told him I would pray for him for the next year and he said, “Thanks appreciate it.”

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

In Him,

Bob