Day 3 Good news

The Kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground, and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow.  He himself does not know how.  Because the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, then the full grain in the head.  But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come."  Mark 4:26-29

The seeds that have been planted this week are ripening.  During the International Cafe message, a student named Hammad from Iran asked me if Jesus was the Son of God, or God, or both?  I told him that the bible says that Jesus is fully man and fully God; God in the flesh; that God came down in the form of a man, Jesus Christ, and lived among us, being tempted like we were, experiencing everything that we experience.  He asked me about my life, as he had heard me share my testimony earlier, about what it looked like when God did such a radical change in my life.  Is God so real that He listens to us, cares about us, changes us and helps us?  He asked me what i do for fun if i don't drink or smoke or have sex.  I told him that with God, i don't need anything else to be fulfilled, and that Jesus came to bring abundant life.  He said that when he smokes and drinks it never satisfies him and leaves him wanting more from life.  

Hammad has come to the tent every day this week, and has changed dramatically.  Through people talking to him all week and sharing the truth with him, Gods word has planted in his heart, and its grown overnight, and is now ripening.  He asked me to pray for him, that God would come into his life and reveal Himself to him.  When we finished praying, he looked at me with a massive smile on his face and said, "I know God has heard me and that he knows my heart."  God is absolutely amazing.  I am learning about Gods power, not to trust in my words, or efforts, but to look to God and trust fully in His power and His word.  When we speak his word, it does settle in peoples hearts as they are able to hear it.  Not everyone is ready, but God prepares them.  

Hammad invited me to come to have lunch with him, and he will be coming to the tent tomorrow.  And in light of his question of whether christians have fun or not, he is coming with us to a free dance club night this monday put on by the Christian Union.  This has been an amazing answer to prayer, as i know that students have been a priority in every prayer letter and many of you have been praying for God to reach students on campus.  Students are discovering God given passions to evangelize and many of them are seeing Gods truth come to life and His power for the very first time.  Even at Calvary Chapel, people were so excited to serve and it really fired them up to step out even more.  

So thank you for keeping this week in prayer.  

For thursday, your prayer is appreciated for:  

Refreshment for the students.  Many of them come in between lectures and stay all day.  

Continued trust in God to prepare people and save them as we share about God.   

The lunchtime message on, "what about other religions."   For God to speak through Krish, who has done every talk this week.  

International Cafe in the evening:  This has been an amazing way to meet students and talk about God, as we sit down and have a meal with them.  Pray that they would feel welcome.

Valentines day:  We are handing out chocolates and roses to students for V day.  Pray that it would lead to people seeing that God is love.