Students fasted and prayed yesterday. Then they gathered at my house to watch some training videos on how to transition into gospel conversations, why we should actually invite someone to follow Jesus after talking about spiritual matters, and how to make a clear invitation. They've committed to risk looking foolish, share the gospel, and make an invitation to follow Jesus with at least one of their friends before April 15.
On Thursday, April 5, we're doing something to help students have those conversations. We're inviting our friends to "Sexy Pizza" that night to grab a slice and ask their questions about sex and relationships. Our students struggle to invite their friends well, so I'll be working with my students in the next couple days to do that.
Last year, Seth invited Ryan to movie night, and he started attending a Small Group. A summer coworker called David out of the blue minutes after we left dinner to begin our fast, asking David to share the gospel. Since November, Hannah had led a GIG with Jason who wanted to know how you can believe God is in control when bad things happen. During Fools For Christ, she asked, "Where do you see yourself at this point?" He responded, "I'm ready to jump in."
Please pray for:
- students to be courageous, see and take opportunities, and share the Truth in love
- their friends to listen and maybe even decide to follow Jesus
- the Sexy Pizza panel members, for peace as they address hard questions and to have good, grace-filled answers that get students thinking
I know all the things you do, and that you have a reputation for being alive—but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what little remains, for even what is left is almost dead. I find that your actions do not meet the requirements of my God. Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly. Repent and turn to me again. If you don’t wake up, I will come to you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief.
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