Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
I hope you had a blessed day walking with the Lord. I had a great day on campus. Three black students prayed to receive Christ; Two girls, Precious and Meishan (MeMe) and Brandon. I was encouraged by a young Christian black guy named Jonathan, who is really resting in the Lord, to do the same. I gave him a book on testimonies of faith in the NBA he was really excited to read. He plays ball.
Precious and Meishan were sitting at a table on the second floor near the lounge where we have Bible study. There are a ton of bureaucratic peeps around there, but I asked them to talk anyway (hoping not to be seen) They said they wanted too, but did not have time b4 class. But they were really nice. So I said sorry for interrupting and went on my way talking to several Christians and giving them assurance based on their faith. Then towards the end of the day, (the school dies about 1 pm on a Friday as there are not many Friday classes), I came across them again sitting on the floor in the science building in the hall. They were happy to answer some questions about God. Meishan had big eyes and a round face, cute kid, hair pulled back. Precious had a more mature look to her with shoulder length straight hair and straight features. Neither understood the Gospel or had any assurance of salvation, though they had gone to church when they were young. When I asked them why they would go to Heaven Precious talked about doing good things for poor people and others, giving homeless peeps her spare change. Meishan basically said she’d ask for another chance to come back and accomplish things. But both tuned in really well to the Gospel and Meishan said in answer to my Question, “I want to be forgiven!” Precious had some questions about living for God saying effectively, “What if I don’t want to follow God?” I said, “Well there are two things that you might mean. Do you mean you don’t think you will have the desire to sometimes follow Him and you don’t and do not want to. Or do you mean you want to follow God and would commit to Him, but do not think you will have the strength to follow through with the commitment? Because if you want a relationship with God, He can give you the strength to live for Him if you receive Him by faith by the power of His Holy Spirit.” She said she wanted to have a relationship with God and they both said they believe Jesus had died for them to take away their sin. So I explained the prayer to them in the back of the little booklet I had been jumping off of and each prayed to receive Jesus. I gave them books the student editions of The Case for Faith and The Case for Christ. I gave them Bible Studies and got their emails to send them some stuff.
Brandon was sitting on the stairs by the bookstore, waiting for the bus. He had a pink-trimmed Bulls stocking cap on and a big smile and said he’d answer some questions. I asked him why God would let him into Heaven and he said, “Because I prayed to wash my sins away… God forgives right?” So I asked him, “How does God take away your sins?” he struggled a bit so I said, “What is the big thing God does to take away the sins of the world?” As he struggled a bit more I said, “It has to do with Jesus.” He shook his head and said, “I don’t know.” So I said I had a booklet I could go through and tell him, and I went through the Gospel with him. He believed it all and wanted to be forgive for his sins. I asked him if he had been trusting in Jesus work on the Cross to forgive his sins or if he had ever asked God to forgive his sins based upon what Jesus had done. He grinned a bit sheepishly and said, “No” So I showed him a prayer he could pray and he prayed to receive Christ saying it aloud next to me. That was great, but his bus pulled up as I offered him a book. He took a copy of Enjoying Your Walk With God and I asked him to email me as he ran for the bus and I handed him a Bible study.
So thanks so much for your prayers today for the Ministry and for Evangelism today if you had a moment. I was Guided by God’s Spirit.
In Him,
Bob Bollow