Hey everyone!

Hope you are all having a great summer so far! I just wanted to do a blog update since it has been about a month since my last one. A few of you have been keeping in touch which is great. I pray that everybody is having a summer of seeking after God and growing in godliness and holiness. I've been reviewing much of the evangelism materials that we will be using next semester, and I just want to say that I am REALLY excited to start the new semester and help change our campus for Christ!



Also, this update is to hound you a bit. Has everybody started reading their Way of the Master books yet? Nearly a month has gone by, and the summer will end before we know it and I just want to make sure that we all have a solid foundation before we spring into action next semester. Remember that when you grabbed one you also promised to read it! :P As you read it please e-mail me updates on how you are liking it and how you have been doing this summer. I'd love to hear from all of you!



Finally I'd like to give some words of encouragement from the scriptures. I know many of us have friends and family that are not saved. We interact with unsaved people on a daily basis, both people close to us as well as complete strangers. I pray that God would use us all this summer to be soul winners and influence peoples' eternities. As you get equipped from The Way of the Master and The Bible, take a step out in faith and engage people in conversations about their eternal destinies.



2 Corinthians 5:17-21 (NKJV)



17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,

19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God.

21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.



Paul tells us in 2 different ways how God has now given us the ministry of reconciliation, and bringing people to Christ. God has ordained that it is through us that people shall be saved. We are also called Christ's ambassadors, and God will plead with others through us! Isn't that amazing, God pleads through us if we will simply step out in faith and do as he has commanded. We can be God's tool and instrument for bringing others to Christ, for helping them to inherit eternal life. I pray that we will all have safe and godly breaks, and that we will come back to UNR next semester with a fire and passion for God that cannot be squelched. Keep in touch everyone and God Bless!