Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was a blessed one standing on the promises of God. I had a good day on campus and Josh prayed to receive Jesus today so I’m grateful. I had a long talk about religion and the truth with Ricky too. He took a lot of info on prophecy Jesus fulfilled and so that was great. He had a wavy mop of brown hair, an earring with a cross hanging on it in his left ear and a couple days growth of beard, tan skin. He was writing a paper on religion and that’s how we began talking. He sat at the counter in the cafeteria.

 Josh was sitting on one of the bench couches on the edge of the pit in the middle of the Science building lounge. I asked if he wanted to do a survey about what he thought about God and he agreed. He said, “I always believed in God, specifically Jesus,” he replied. I said that’s the God I am speaking about. He was waiting for his girlfriend (Mayra) to get out of class though he did not take classes at present. He wore a yellow windbreaker with a black fleece lining and black sweats. He had full cheeks and a very neatly trimmed beard. The hair on the side of his head was in a fade and the top was short curls. He was an averaged size guy, fuller than me. He said he wanted to get closer to God and his aunt had been inviting him to church events but he’d been sick for the last couple, he had yet to go. He’d never been to church otherwise. She had been Catholic but now attended what he called a “Christian Church”.  I asked what he would say to God if he died and He asked, “Why should I let you into Heaven?” “That’s a good one,” he replied. He thought for a minute and said, “I’m here to give up my whole self to you, that’s all I could probably think to say.”  I asked how likely it was he thought he would get into Heaven. He thought and said, “Thinking about it I’ve done good things but I’ve also lied and stolen so taken all together I’d say 30%.” I began to go through the Gospel with him and said “knowing God” was that He lived inside him and this was eternal life. I said the problem was sin and God could not be in the same place as sin. So He took it away. I asked if he knew what Jesus had done to take away his sin, asking if his aunt had ever mentioned it. He didn’t think his conversations with his aunt had gone that deep. So I began to explain the blood of Christ as a sacrifice for his sins that cleansed him and paid for what we owed God after wrecking His stuff. I explained that Jesus earned the righteousness of God and it was to his credit when God adopted him. We are all children of God in one sense as Paul says in Acts we are His offspring. But if we place our trust in the name of Jesus, that He is God died for our sins and rose from the dead we have the rights of a child of God. If he did that that would mean he had faith. The Bible says this is a gift of God by His grace. I asked if he would want to be forgiven placing his trust in Jesus or if he thought something else. “Definitely that one,” he said of the circle with Christ inside you on the throne of your life. I said if he wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray and I read it through to him and read the line, “Does this prayer express the desire of your heart? Do you think it does?” He said it did so I said he could pray it silently and know he was forgiven. “Yeah cool,” he said and prayed to receive Jesus. I explained the Christian life to him. He did not have a Bible so I gave him a NKJV and showed him the study helps in back to help him find things. I wrote his name and the date and “forgiven!” in the front. He was really grateful as it seemed he only had a New Testament; he had just started to read it. I also gave him Bible Promises for You and The Case for Christ Answer Booklet and a Bible Study to read saying he could do it with his girlfriend who I met briefly and seemed stressed about school. I explained living the Christian life by the Spirit’s Power “Inside Out”. I said I would pray a Bible Verse for him each day from now until Spring and one year after. I explained to him that now trusting in Jesus’ righteousness to be his righteousness. “Thank you for this I think this wasn’t an accident,” he said. “Maybe your aunt is praying for you?” I put in with a smile. He didn’t seem to think so but I bet she is.  “Thank you for doing this I think this will encourage a lot of people.” I said he was welcome and I headed off.

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

In Him,

Bob