God Answers

 There is no doubt in my mind that God is answering the prayers that are posted in the prayer room. I can feel the spirit of God moving on this campus. I know He is working in the lives of those that are seeking more from life and those that have committed their lives to Him. God is MOVING here! 

After blogging about faith last Friday, God showed up to increase my faith on Sunday. I went to church and knew that the Sunday before a girl had came from Trine to church, but I didn't know who she was. I had an elderly man approach me after church and asked me if I knew who she was and I was like I don't know who it could be. I talked to the pastor's wife, and she told me the girls name was Kate. My friend, Trent and I looked her up on facebook and I was pretty sure I had an idea of who she was, but I had never talked to her before. So, I added her to my friends and later that day she accepted my request. I talked to her about how she went to church the week before and told her that I normally go there, but didn't have a ride. I invited her to come to Tuesday Night Worship with Christian Campus House, and she said she would see if she could make it. I found out that two of her suite mates are a part of CCH and two of my friends. Tuesday night, Kate was there with one of her suite mates! Praise God! It was really awesome how my invitation of her to come to CCH opened up her heart to go. I talked to her on facebook last night and she said she was really glad that she went! God is already at work on her heart and I know He has big things in store for Kate. We will be having a "dinner date" next Tuesday and go to worship together! I love how God is using the people that love Him to further His Kingdom.

Again this past Sunday, God showed up! I had a girl who I know very well text me and ask me if she could talk. We ended up chatting on facebook and she told me that she really wanted to get right with God, and that she thought I could help get her plugged in with CCH. WHAT?!?! I talked to her about different opportunities she has within CCH to get involved and dig deeper with her relationship with Christ. She is not able to go to our Tuesday Night Worships, but she will be joining me in the next Bible Study that we have. Do you know why she contacted me? She contacted me because she knows that I live my life for Christ. I never really thought about how people look at me or what they think of me, but to realize that this girl approached me because she saw Jesus living in me. This just gives me so much encouragement. 

It's crazy to think about all the ways I alone have helped to impact this campus for Jesus (and that's not even my words, a friend pointed that out to me!). Could you imagine what this campus would be like if we all had the mindset of sharing the Gospel daily? Could you imagine what our friendships would be like if we intentionally sat by someone at a meal that we have never talked to before? Could you imagine if each of us put on "Jesus goggles" and saw the world as He does? Could you imagine an entire campus of over 2,000 students, staff, and faculty coming to know Jesus? 

At our Saturday prayer meetings we have had as many as 8 people praying and as few as 2 people. God has been answering our prayers for expansion of the body of Christ through the prayers of these 8 people. What if we had all 90 or so people in CCH coming to the prayer meetings? The above stories are merely two instances of how God has showed up through our prayers. A week after our very first "Prayers for Revival" meeting, we had our weekly "Friday Night Activity" which happened to be ice skating about 45 minutes away from campus. Normally, there will be 20 or so people that show up to CCH events, but God really blew us away with this event because 53 people showed up! That's more than double the normal! This past Friday there was a toboggan run event and there were over 30 people that showed up to that event too! This just goes to show that God is truly answering our Prayers for Revival here at Trine. God is so good, isn't He? :)

In Christ,

Brandi :)