Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
Hope ya had a good day and felt the presence of the Lord. I had a good day on campus. Megan and Kendall both prayed to receive Christ today.
Megan was sitting on the floor of the center lounge in the science buildings and said she’d answer some questions. She had dyed her hair a lighter shade of red, close to orange-red. It was put up generally and she had some base on for make-up and a black t-shirt that read: “I woke up this way.” She had gray sweats on and was a kind, pleasant person, just drinkin’ a coke from a plastic bottle. When I asked her what she’d say to God to let her into Heaven she said, “I led a somewhat faithful life. I go to church. I haven’t done anything wrong necessarily… I’ve been a good person I think.” But she thought she’d only have a 40% chance of going to Heaven. She listened to the Gospel seriously and took it all in and I asked her if she would want to be forgiven. She said she would, so I asked her if she had ever really thought about God forgiving her because Jesus had died for her or if she had pretty much just grown up going to church (she went to a Roman Catholic Church) and done what her parents had done. I suggested that she was an adult and had to make up her own mind. She agreed and said, “Yeah I’m 20 now. I’m away from my parents. I have to decide what to believe.” She decided she wanted to pray to receive Christ as her Savior. She prayed quietly in her heart. I showed her some stuff in the booklet about the Christian life and the work of the Holy Spirit. She was into science so she took a copy of The Case for a Creator to read and a Bible study, and then had to run to class. I told her I would pray for her. Nice kid.
Kendall was and African American suburban guy sitting in the hallway outside the bookstore in an armchair across from some noisy distracting girls who fortunately left, asking him to watch their stuff. I was grateful to God for that, as it made it easier for him to listen to the Gospel. He was wearing a hoodie with the hood up, had reddish hair and tan cargo pants sandals and socks on. He said he went to a church called Crossway but didn’t know where it was, “I just get in the car with my Dad. He takes me.” He thought he had about a 40% chance of going to Heaven. I asked him what he would say to God to get into Heaven and he said, “I don’t know. I don’t really think I deserve to be in Heaven yet. I’ve been making some bad decisions lately. I need to get myself straight sometimes.” He listened closely to the Gospel, however not really getting the question when I asked him the big thing Jesus did when He was alive on earth to take away his sins. I reminded him that Jesus had died for him and Kendall seemed to remember a bit, and then I went on to explain whole of the Gospel. After going through several verses of Scripture and explaining it all, I asked him if he wanted to be forgiven trusting in what Jesus had done for him. He said he did, and prayed receive Christ after I walked him through the prayer. He was happy and I explained the work of the Holy Spirit in him to give him the power to live the Christian life and make better choices, something we could all use help in each day. He took a copy of the Student Edition of The Case for Faith to read and a bible study on the Deity of Christ and I got his email to send him some stuff.
With the exception of Tina, a cute freckled-faced girl with a dark complexion, deep red tint in her long brown hair and red tennis shoes on who was close to committing to Christ, the rest of the day I talked with peeps who turned out to be Christians. Tina took a copy of the book God Loves You by David Jeremiah. I’ll be praying for her as I hope she’ll commit to Christ. Her dad is a Christian and gives her apologetic books.
So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for Evangelism today if you had a chance. God blessed the work and 5 people prayed to receive Jesus this week.
In Him,
Bob
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