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Key Bible Verses: So I am eager to … preach God's Good News. … It is the power of God at work (Romans 1:15–16). Bonus Reading:Hebrews 4:12–16

I was running for freshman class representative and knocking on dorm doors. I rapped on one with a "Jesus Saves" sticker. It opened to two smiling guys with crosses around their necks. "Hey, brother, I'm Barry" one said. "And I'm Steve," added the other.

"I'm Roy," I replied, "I like your sticker." That was all the opening they needed.

"If you died right now," Steve asked, "would you go to heaven?"

"Well, I guess that's for God to say, but I'd hope so."

"Oh, brother, don't you know?" asked Barry.

They asked if I knew about The Four Spiritual Laws—I did not. If I was in a campus Bible study—I wasn't. I extracted myself by promising to attend a program a few nights later.

When I went, the speaker asked, "Do you want to give God control of every part of your life?" The idea was frightening. He had us bow our heads: "If you're not 100 percent committed to God, raise your hand." I raised it. "If you want God to change your life, now's the time." I struggled, but tired of messing things up, I went down front. Barry and Steve were there, hands on my shoulders, praying. Through tears of sadness at my sin came tears of joy.

—Roy Herron in Things Held Dear

My Response: I'm grateful for _____, who got "in my face" with the Good News.

Thought to Apply: This is my business.

—D.L. Moody (After the evangelist asked a stranger "Sir, are you a Christian?" and was told, "You mind your own business")

Adapted from: Things Held Dear (Westminster John Knox, 1999).

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