Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
How’s your day been?  I had a good day.  We had an interesting Bible study and then I walked around doing evangelism, as the guy I was gonna meet for lunch couldn’t make it.  I found some of the peeps that have come to Christ this year and like to talk to, and then I found Elvis who prayed to receive Christ.  He was sitting in a corner lounge on the first floor listening to his iphone, and he did a survey with me.  We talked about Elvis ( the former rock star who hailed from Memphis) a bit which was fun.
He went to a catholic church now and again and seemed like a really good guy who was trying to be good.  As to why God should let him into Heaven he said, “I really used a lot of my life to pay it forward so to speak, effort towards others.”  He was sure that would get him into Heaven.  So I talked with him about motives and how your good deeds can’t fix your bad and how everything we do is less than perfect.  I explained to him that two different people could look the same on the outside but inside have entirely different motives. I went through the Gospel with him and it turned out he had never thought about God forgiving him based on what Jesus had done for him on the Cross.  But he wanted to be forgiven and live his life asking God to direct him and give him strength to live.  So he prayed with me to receive Christ.  So that was great. I  gave him a Bible, as there was only a family Bible at his house, and I gave him the student edition of The Case for Faith to read and a Bible study on the deity of Christ.  I got his e-mail to hook him up with some other stuff too.

So thanks for your prayers today for the ministry and for evangelism if you had a chance.  Please pray for Elvis, that he might grow in faith and trust in the leading of God’s Spirit.

In Him,
Bob Bollow