Hey Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope you felt the presence of the Lord today as you walked with Him.  I had a good day on campus and Jordan and Ryan prayed to receive Christ today.

Ryan was sitting in the MAC Arts building and said he’d answer some questions.  He was from a Catholic background.  He was a nice lookin’ kid wearing a Bears sweatshirt and a stocking cap.  He had his arms crossed over his chest the entire time.  That is said to be a psychological sign of closure, but I think it is more about security or trust.  I read this week, “Millennials possess very low levels of trust in other people [19%]”.  I am careful not to demand follow-up information out of students.  Just because God has brought them to Himself doesn’t me they want to hang out with me.  Ryan was trusting in his works to save him, but was receptive to the Gospel and said he would want to be forgiven.  As I explained the difference between trusting in Christ and in his own works and asked him if he understood it and would want to be forgiven he said, “Probably” But then he was quiet and prayed the prayer as I held it out and said, “Ok.”  I explained the Holy Spirit to him and how the Christian life was to be changed from the inside by God’s power.  I encouraged him to think about that during the Lord’s supper, that he was forgiven and he said, “Yeah but if you have committed a mortal sin you are even more guilty to take it.”  I agreed and said there was a Bible verse that said as much about how taking it unrepentantly would make you guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. [1Cor. 11:27].  I talked to him about forgiveness and that it was only God who could forgive our sin.  I gave him Playing With Purpose on the NBA and a Bible study to read.  As I left him saying, “Good to talk with ya.” he said, “Nice to meet you.”

Jordan was sitting at the hallway entrance to the tunnel that goes over to the PE building.  She had highlights in her hair and was really nice, cute oval face, skinny jeans looked acid washed.  She said the thing she wanted to do before she died was, “To fall madly in love and marry that person.”  She grew up Catholic, but when her parents divorced (probably why she hoped for love), she started to go to an evangelical church for awhile.  But she was working and going to school full time and about to start another job and had no time for church right now.  We talked about other religions and I explained that Christianity was the only religion offering any assurance of Heaven to you.  Hinduism was escape from the endless cycle of births and deaths into nothingness.  Buddhism was similar.  There was no assurance in Islam.  Judaism was really about good works as in the Old Testament you went to Sheol not Heaven.  It was a place of rest but not the presence of God or a reward.  I went through the Gospel with her and asked her, “So the question is:  What kind of person are you or would you want to be?  Would you want to be forgiven for your sins and have God live inside you or is God more on the outside of your life?”  And she began to cry.  I said that was ok when she was kind of apologetic and said she didn’t have to know why, “Oh I know why”, she said and got teary eyed again, “It’s signs [from God].”  I nodded.  She wanted to pray to receive Christ and did.  I gave her More Than a Carpenter to read and a Bible study and got her email to send her stuff.  As I left, her friend had shown up and sat down so I leaned over and whispered, “God loves you.”  And told her she’d be in my prayers through the year.
So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance.  God worked and moved peeps to Himself.

In Him,
Bob Bollow

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