Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
Well, I had a good day of sharing the faith today and two African American guys prayed to receive Christ, Jonathan and later Anthony.

Jonathan was sitting in the Big lounge near Starbucks and said he would do a survey with me. There was a believer sitting across from us, putting in some info here and there too, and later Kameron sat down who had prayed to receive Christ last semester (had grown a beard though so I did not recognize him at first).  Jonathan was a nice looking guy, intelligent, had a beard coming in.  He had a lot of questions and interrupted me several times and seemed to have come from a Christian background, but he had not prayed to receive Christ based on his work on the Cross.  He’d been trusting in his own effort to justify himself with God saying, “I believe I lived my life well.  I did everything you [God] asked me to do.”  Which is, of course, impossible.  Then in half-jest, grinning, he said, “I earned my wings”.  I went through the Gospel, explaining that he had to be perfect.  And he humbled himself and prayed, receiving Christ’s righteousness to his credit by faith.  So that was great and we talked a while with the other guy across from him.  I gave him a copy of More than a Carpenter to read and got his e-mail to send him stuff, telling him I would pray for him this school year and all through the next. I explained the work of the Holy Spirit in giving him power to live the Christian life.  He pointed out he was lucky to have come to Christ early in year saying he would get prayed for longer.

At almost 4 pm I saw Anthony sitting on the second floor from overhead in the same lounge. He was a really big guy with a big full beard and glasses.  He seemed older and was trying to get through Community College and finish up.  He was from a Church background too, but he did not know how God took away his sins.  He thought of himself as a “child of God” but when I asked him if he had ever asked God to forgive his sins based on what Jesus had done for him on the Cross (having explained the Gospel) and holding that in his heart, he said he hadn’t, but had only asked God for forgiveness.  I showed him the prayer that centered on the Cross and he prayed it and had real joy and thanked me a couple times, shaking my hand.  I gave him the Student Edition of The Case for Christ and I told him I would pray for him too.  And I explained to Anthony too that the work of the Holy Spirit is how God now is always with him and gives him power to live the Christian life.

So that was great. Thanks so much for your prayers for the ministry, and for the work of evangelism if you had a chance today.

In Him,
Bob Bollow