Don’t you just love it when a good story has a sequel? Anticipation
builds when faithful movie goers hear of the upcoming release for a sequel
their favorite movie. Historical numbers
of people come out of the woodwork to see their favorite characters return in
movies such as Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, The Dark Knight Rises, and Lord of
the Rings: Return of the King. It’s with this level of anticipation we hope you
receive this letter as we continue the story from last month, and what happened
literally the day after we mailed out the update to you!
Last month you may remember us laying out the strategy we’ve
used this semester in training students to have a ministry. We shared about
Sarah, who was living this out in her life, and asked you to be praying for her
friends, especially one who is an atheist. In this episode we learn that Sarah
no longer has a friend who is an atheist.
Jeff is a freshman student at SFA. His experience of hurt
with family and Christianity eventually drove him to conclude there is no God.
Jeff would say that this semester and a half at SFA has been very dark for him
personally, but there is a bright spot that he has found some good friends who
care for him. These friends just happen to be Sarah, and another student you’ve
read about named Eric, and people in the large group Bible study they are part
of.
Eric had been sharing the Gospel with Jeff for a while now,
and Jeff had been attending his Bible study. Very casually in an answer to a
question in Bible study 2 weeks ago, Jeff referred to himself as “Christian”.
Obviously catching Eric’s attention, Eric and Vince asked Jeff about it the
next day over lunch.
During lunch, Eric and Vince asked Jeff about his recent
spiritually growth. Jeff described how a lot of his previous skepticisms had
been answered through the love and patience shown him through his Cru friends. Then
they asked him about how he mentioned being a Christian, and if he had received
Christ. Jeff asked what the exactly meant, saying that he had heard about
people “receiving Christ” but didn’t know how. Eric explained the idea of knowing
we need a savior, believing what Jesus did on the cross covered your sins, and
placing Jesus as the Lord of your life. After a short discussion Jeff happily
declared that he had done that in prayer with the Lord just a week before!
Eric then says “Jeff, what should you do next?” Jeff: “I
need to tell everyone I know about Jesus, they need to know this.” He gets it.
We are so encouraged to see how God brought life to Jeff! We
don’t always get to see how the story in a person’s life progresses, but it is
so exciting to see the life change that happens when someone places their faith
in Christ! We ask that you continue to pray for Sarah, Eric, Jeff that they
would continue to share the Gospel with their friends, and that there may be
many stories God will write in their lives
