Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
How was your day?  Blessed I hope.  Mine went ok.  I encouraged some Christians in their faith and eventually came across Melissa who prayed to commit to Christ.  I was headed out of the Science building and walked past Melissa, but felt prompted to walk back again, which does not always work out.  But Melissa was willing to talk and turned out to be an older student, 36, in pastel sweats. She was also divorced and pregnant.  Her story was kind of interesting as her parents had been Roman Catholic, but when they moved to Illinois with her as a baby, the Catholic Church they were attending would not baptize her as they had not attended long enough to have given enough to the Church financially.  I guess Catholic Churches had kind of a “pay to play” thing going then, might still now, who knows.  Anyway, this completely alienated her parents, understandably enough.  They have not been back to a Catholic Church since.  She married a Lutheran guy, was married in that church and had attended a nondenominational church.  But when I asked her  why God should let her into Heaven she appealed to the minimal least morality I’d heard anyone put up.  Effectively she hadn’t stolen or killed anyone or done anything she thought would keep her out.  After going through the Gospel with her I pointed out to her that she seemed to be depending on not having done anything very bad and that, like most people, she seemed to kind of assume God was forgiving and that would get her into Heaven when she died.  She acknowledged she was and I said, “Well, if you just know the story of Christianity and are not holding that in your heart when asking forgiveness, trusting in what Jesus did for you on the Cross, you have not received Christ.”  She seemed somewhat surprised to realize that.  I offered her a prayer she could pray but she wanted to pray later, so though it seemed she committed to Christ and I asked her and she confessed this, I’m not sure if she will, but will pray for her. I gave her the booklet and a Bible study to read.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance. I’m grateful.

Drive safe. 🙂

In Him,
Bob Bollow