Romans 1:16

It started as a mere what-if.

After our respective cellgroups last night, Neil said that he's really looking forward to having more cell members. Well, what if we share the Gospel? We can start right after we had dinner!

Honestly, even I was surprised that he readily agreed. XD But thanks to that, the habit of sharing Jesus to other people has started again. 

And so, after eating dinner and doing a little review to brush up on the outline of the Gospel, we went out to fish.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

- Romans 6:23

We met Christian who was sitting alone in USSC at that time and Neil shared the good news of salvation to him. Turns out, he's a Baptist Christian and he has heard the Gospel shared to him many times. I told him that perhaps God just wants to challenge him to do the same or just remind him of His love.

 

Afterwards, we walked around for a bit more until we passed by the lagoon again and saw Kuya Joe sitting by himself. We half-jokingly told him that we almost shared the Gospel to him. XD Anyway, Neil was evidently very excited with the prospect of Gospel-sharing so I totally took advantage of that and suggested that we should share again tomorrow. Haha. (Aaron's declaration that Neil would be a 'pastor' might just come true!)

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Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.

Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins.

Isaiah 40:1-2

I was supposed to meet my Monday cellgroup but since they're not available, I pushed through with the planned Gospel-sharing with Neil. Even better, Junex and Rey was able to join as well. After praying, we went out in pairs to Matthew 28:19. 

Rey and Junex shared to a group of people sitting near the infirmary while Neil and I each shared to a couple sitting by the lagoon. Both of us were nervous at first though. He was very vocal in saying that it felt like he can't breathe and he actually looked like he's about to hyperventilate but thank God he was able to do it. Tbh, on my part, I also felt unsure at first because it's going to be my first time to share to a couple. But I just took the plunge.

The couple I talked to are 2nd year Psych students named Crystal and EJ. They were attentive and really paid attention to what I was saying, and for that, I'm really thankful. Just beside us is the couple that Neil was talking to and all seems to be going well on his end, too.

Little did we know that our brothers on the other side were having a hard time. 

Apparently, Rey was caught unawares because one of the people in the group they approached is a foreigner. And he's really not comfortable speaking in English. Apart from that, the group seems to be in a hurry. Still, they're thankful that they were able to finish sharing the Gospel. Also, they learned in the end that they were talking to believers already.

Rey lamented that he felt he was not well-prepared for it and that he realized that the best way to go is to rely on God's power and not his own.

When we returned to admin to share our experiences, we met Jude and Nelson who also joined in. Jude told us of his first time sharing the Gospel just this afternoon with Dan. He was really in awe that just by sharing his testimony to the couple they approached in the "Chinese temple", the guy they were talking to started to cry. Indeed, God uses us, His children, mightily for His purpose of making Himself known to the lost.

All in all, we learned a lot from each other tonight. Questions were asked. Explanations and clarifications were shared.

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One of the biggest answered prayer for today is that it didn't rain! Just before I left the house at 5.00pm dark clouds can already be seen on the sky and it looks pretty obvious that rain's about to pour down but I still prayed fervently (as I'm sure others did) for it not to happen. Thankfully, the day ended and it did not rain (well, aside from the few droplets that did fell for a few seconds) in CLSU. What made me extra thankful was the fact that it rained downtown as proven by the wet roads when I walked home.

P.S. Kuya Joe, I'm really sorry I wasn't able to attend the SP Fellowship, hehe. (Anyway, I'm an undergrad once again so...) I guess I was more productive out on the field today.