Hey Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope your day was blessed today and you felt the presence of the Lord. We are having awesome weather at my house and today on campus Trent and Dominque each prayed to receive Jesus.

Trent was sitting in the hallway in the BIC building on the main floor with all the doors that lead out with his friend Juwan (who was a Christian and had talked to me before). He was tall about 6’2″ had a ball cap on and a mustache and goatee, African American, good looking guy in jeans and a fleece pullover.  I asked him what he would say to God if He asked. “Why should I let you into Heaven?” Trent said, “I’ve never done anything to intentionally harm anyone in my life. I always maintained a positive outlook on life and the positive [overall].” I asked him how likely it was he thought he would go to Heaven and he said, “101%”. I asked him if he went to church and he said he did regularly back home. I believe he said he lived in Missouri, where he was a Baptist.  “So just to be clear,” I said, “you think if you have a positive attitude and do good things you will go to Heaven?” “Yeah,” he replied. ‘So you think that good people go to Heaven that’s what gets you there?” I asked. ‘Yeah,” he said again. “Ok,” I said “Well the last part of this is what the Bible says. So it’s 4 quick points and say what you think.” I began to explain the Gospel to him, how God wanted to live inside him but could not because of sin. He sobered right up and I asked “So what is it that Jesus does to take away your sins?” “Baptism?” he guessed. “Well, it is symbolic of that,” and I told him about the Cross and how he had to be perfect. He tuned into all of it and said he wanted to be forgiven and used a churchy colloquialism to suggest he was already there. I had reinforced his answer to the question and he had to admit that, though the story seemed familiar, he had not been trusting in Christ to save him. He put on kind of a sheepish smile, realizing from everything he had said he had not been trusting in Christ as I pointed it out.  I told him if he wanted to be forgiven there was a prayer he could pray and walked him through it, suggesting he could pray it right then like we were not there and he didn’t wait. He began to pray it while I held the book, as I could see his eyes go back and forth over the phrases as I held it out. When he finished he said, “Ok.” “Amen” I replied. “Can I keep this?” he asked, referring to the booklet. I said sure and explained the Christian life to him, living by the Spirit. I chatted Trent and Juwan up a bit more and gave Trent a Bible Study and 20 Things God Can’t Do writing his name in the front and the day he had given his life to Christ and he was happy.  I told them I would see them in Heaven, “I’ll get there before you guys so I’ll know all the great places and I’ll show you around.” They laughed and I told them I would keep them in my prayers.

Dominque was sitting in the science building on a bench on the edge of the lounge. Also African American she had straight hair past her shoulders and wore round black rimmed glasses and a chiffon scarf around her neck over a light blue jean shirt. She had jeans on and had a triangular pointed nose, cute kid. She was quiet and soft spoken and had grown up going to the Catholic church a bit. I asked her what she would say to God to get into Heaven and she said, “Because I am a good person, like I never do anything bad. I know some relatives up there too. Oh and I don’t want to meet any celebrities there.” I told her I wasn’t sure any celebrities made it anyway. She listened attentively to the Gospel. I asked her if she knew what Jesus had done to take away her sins and she said, “I don’t know why they killed Him.” So it seemed like she knew Christ had died because of sin but she hadn’t understood anything else.  I explained the Gospel and the imputed righteousness of Christ to her explaining she had to trust in that to be forgiven. I asked her if she would like to be forgiven for her sins and she said, “Yeah.” “Do you believe Jesus is God, that He died for you sins and rose from the dead?” I asked her. She thought for a moment and said, “I could believe that.” I talked her through a prayer she could pray then, reading the line beneath it to her, “Does this prayer express the desire of your heart?” “Yeah,” she replied. So I told her she could pray quietly in her heart and God would read her thoughts and she could be forgiven and she silently did that. I explained the Christian life to her, living “Inside out” by the Spirit and gave her the book 20 Things God Can’t Do, writing her name in the front and the day she had given her life to Christ and a Bible study. I walked back and gave her the little Max Lucado book I just got called Pocket Prayers. She was grateful and I headed to my class.

So thanks for your prayers for the ministry and for evangelism today if you had a chance. God truly blessed them.

In Him,

Bob