Monday, April 23, 2012

Saturday night at Stonehill College went great!

This is just a short post to update you all on how this past Saturday night went at Stonehill college in Easton, MA. We did a night of worship there with a short message and a Q&A time. I want to thank you all for your prayers and encouragement. There is definitely a strong spiritual warfare going on in the Northeast, especially on college campuses. I want you all to know the night went great! It was a little hectic, as we could not get into the room we were playing in until 8:00 and the event started at 9:00. Trying to get a full band loaded in, set up, get sound-checked, and then have any time for rehearsing is pretty much impossible in an hour. But God is good, and He is so much bigger than any logistical dilemma! I don't like being rushed and feeling not prepared or ready, but it's always amazing to watch God shine through in those times and prove that it is about His power and His spirit moving, not about our ability to perform well or be perfect. And that is exactly what happened. We led worship for about 40 minutes, then we taught out of Ephesians 2:1-10, which is just an amazingly deep, yet simple explanation of the gospel of Jesus. We then took questions that people had written down and did our best to answer and respond to all of them. I really love this time because it helps make the night really relevant to skeptics and non-believers, and for everyone who just has questions they would like explanations for. Some of the questions were "why is Jesus called the Firstborn of Creation, and what does that mean?" "How can you say we are born into sin when the first people (Adam and Eve), started off pure, not sinful?" "There are too many religions out there, how do you know yours is right?" "You say you are saved by faith, how do you know for sure that your faith is good enough?" These were just several of the questions. You see why I love this time because it allows us to address things that they are directly dealing with in there hearts and minds. It was great! There was a smaller turnout than the people hosting the event were hoping for, but we are not worried about that. God is sovereign and knows what He is doing. It was midnight when we were done, so there was not much time to hang around and talk with people, but 1 girl, who is a believer in Jesus, came up to me and just thanked us for being there and said "you don't know how much this helped me tonight, even though I'm a Christian it's really hard to live it out. This has really encouraged me and my group." This is why we do it and this is what we pray for! I'm praying that God will take what happened in her heart and in the hearts of those that were there and fuel a passion and courage to start turning these campuses upside down with the gospel. Thank you for your prayers. Chris Allen

3 comments:

  1. Hey! Thanks so much for coming out to Stonehill! It was such an incredible night. I know it was a smaller turnout but with spring weekend, I'm just so happy those who came were able to!

    It was great that we were able to be in such a public place, too, worshiping Jesus! Hopefully at least one person heard us and got to hear the name of Jesus that night.

    God bless your ministry; you all do a great job! Thanks for making the drive out to us! :)

    Elsa Pearson

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  2. It is definitely our pleasure, and it was definitely a great night! Looking forward to doing it again!

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  3. Love the updates. We don't hear what all you are doing nearly enough. Your family and ministry stay in our prayers. Keep up the good work!

    Emily

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