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Sold out event…hundreds trusted in Christ…6,500 trained to know, live, share and own their faith…23 tons of canned food collected in two hours…enough said.
Were you there? Did you take the Double Dare? If so tell me your 48 hour or cell phone challenge story!
Lincoln was AMAZING! This has been my second time at Dare2Share and it always is amazing to see all of the people who trust in and follow Christ!!!
Hey! I went to the Dare2Share in Lincoln this weekend it was AMAZING! I can’t wait 2 go again!!!!! Keep doing what u are doing!
God Bless,Alliaha Jordan Chesteen.
Greg,
I tell you what. Dare2Share was definitely one of the most fulfilling experiences of my life to this date. This was my first year going in the seventeen years of my existence and I was awestruck by the sheer size and unity that occurred. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your dedication to changing the lives of youth towards Christ.
Everything about the conference was coordinate in a professional manner. My personal favorite portion of the conference was all of the Audio/Visual content. I am head of A/V stuff at my church and I definitely have a TON of work ahead of me to bring my presentations anywhere close to the talent that was displayed this weekend.
But aside from that, it did show the character of those involved when Zane accidentally said “Lion” for “Lamb” at the end. It really showed that even the most dedicated Christian aren’t perfect and that we’re all in the same boat. Whether it be you all coordinating the conference itself or us spiritually hungry teenagers, we’re all in a struggle to be the most that God wants us to be.
I look forward to volunteering in Saint Louis and Lincoln next year [Not too far from my hometown of Topeka, Kansas]. And certainly if there is any possibility of being on the A/V team then my e-mail is on this comment. :]
God Bless you in all of your ventures and may future Dare2Share conferences and ministries be a success!
Sincerely,
Johnny Nelson [I Corinthians 9:14]
I’m glad you enjoyed Lincoln yet again, we’re a great group of kids! But yeah I went to Dare 2 Share for the first time last year and it was there that I accepted Christ as my personal Lord and Savior. So I just had to come back and it was definitely as powerful as it was last time if not more so. I’ve fallen into the role of spreading my faith to others around me and it gets easier as time goes by. I’;ve affected many lives positively in the last year and that’s just a great feeling. So Greg keep up the good work and I’ll see you next year! God Bless!
Greg,
Thank you so much for Dare2Share. This was my first year going and I thought it was so amazing. I was born and raised as a Christian girl and I went to church, I’ve been confirmed and all that jazz. But two days ago, on the first night when you asked for the people who had just accepted Christ as their saviour to raise their hands, I did. I was literally in tears as I did this. I was never told out right and straight forward all of the stuff you said about him. Well, I take that back. I was told. It just never really hit me until I went to Dare2Share.
I enjoyed hearing all of the speakers talk and explain. I also agree with Johnny Nelson’s comment about Zane’s little mess-up with the “lion” and the “lamb”.
I have a story about the Double Dare Challenge. When you were explaining about it, I was trying to think of someone I could talk to Jesus about. It took me about thirty mintues to even think of one person. But right as I was trying to figure out how to talk to that said person, a sudden urge hit me to go talk to my ex-boyfriend about God and Jesus. Let me explain something before I go any further. My ex and I aren’t friends. His parents don’t even allow him to talk to me at all.
He was supposed to go to the conference but decided not to because “No one he knew was going.” He has been unable to go to church, youth group, Sunday school, or anything because his allergies are really bad. And when your life is down, your faith can be shaken. But, I was just hit that I needed to talk to him about it. And soon. At first I put my hands up and took a step back, thinking “No way dude. Not gonna happen.” But the urge stayed for the entire day. And at the last concert, Sanctus Real’s last song “We Need Each Other” really hit home. My ex doesn’t have very many friends right now, I’m sorry to say and one of the song’s lines was about that. So I thought “OKAY! Fine. I’ll do it for you God. I really don’t want to but I will.”
So this morning, I sent him an email about many of the things d2s was about. And I’m just waiting for a response. Well, I don’t really need one. I just want to know he read it and took it to heart. I told him I’ll be praying for him and that I hope he feels God loves him and his life is not just pain for him, but for Jesus too. And I feel so good right now about doing this for God when I didn’t want to. Just thought I’d let you know.
God Bless,
Noelle
P.S. I can not wait for Invincible to get here. Hopefully I’ll still be as hyped up about God and Jesus when next d2s hits! Thank you so much again. I hope all of your ministries go well.
Sorry, this part of my comment got deleted before I could post it. I am working on reading your book “Venti Jesus Please” and I love it right now. It answers some of the questions I had about God and it’s really written well. I also loved all of the bands that played. I was in awe about how many tons of food we were able to collect and one person accepted Jesus as their lord and saviour after I read the script to her and explained it best I could.
I want to try to spread my faith not just right after Dare2Share or next week, but all year and my entire life.
God Bless,
Noelle
(Again.)
Hey Greg,
Linkoln was AMAZING! I loved it so much! I think it was way more emotional than last year. I even got my T-shirt signed by Zane, and a C.D. Signed by The Washington Projects, and I got a high five from Sanctus Real AKA my faveoret band ever!!! (Front row rocx my sox off!!) I’m so thankful that there wasn’t a blizard like last year, because we left early and we didn’t get to see superchic[k], but when my friends came back they told me i didn’t miss anything because there bus drove into a dich. I tried inviting my friend Martha to D2S this year but it was late notice and her mom didn’t let her go. My mom says that you would be a perfect pastor at our church. Do you know what bands and guest speakers are comming to next year yet?
Lincoln was sooooo awesome that right when I got home I emailed all my friends who didn’t and invited them to next years conference!!! Can’t wait till next year!!!!!
Hi you told us to tell you our story of how we brought people to god in the 48 hour challenge, well right after we were done i called my friend and i asked her if she believed in god, she said yes. Then i said r u sure you are going to heaven and she said how do we really know. So i went through the gospel and she became a believer
Sincerely,
Chase
hey!
i was in the front row after dinner and it was the best place to be…i got to get a high five from zane. He smiled and waved at me and he is really funny. I was with sadie too! I really liked lincoln brewster’s band…sadie is obsessed with sanctus real because she got to hold the lead singer’s hand…i got to hold Zane’s hand too! Do you think I could get your email?
hey..it’s me again.
My friend cuts herself and so when you asked us to do the double dare I chose to call her…she doesn’t believe in god. When she answered she was all happy and i told her the gospel journey and by the time i was done i had her crying and she put her trust in god on friday! I am 13 years old and in 8th grade.
I was there
=]
It was amazing! I’m proud to say I took the double dare challenge.
and I’m still working on it. I planted a itty bitty spiritual seed in them, so hopefully with God and myself helping, they will turn into a spiritual flower.
23 tons of food.
Thats the Lincoln way!
haha
God bless!
I thank God for dare 2 share! I have a foreign exchange student from South Korea living with me and I have been praying for along time that she would meet Christ. Every time I would try to witness to her she would just get mad and say that it just wasnt Korean culture. We are fom Omaha andwe went to the conference in Lincoln(which was awesome!). After the drama on friday night when Greg was talking about giving your life to Christ and after everyone was done praying she told me that SHE HAD GIVEN HER LIFE TO CHRIST!!! I was so happy and thanked God many times! Now she is thinking about even becoming baptized!
Thank you so much
I love you all!
Hannah
i just moved from minnesota to nebraska, and so i’d never gotten the chance to go to dare2share. it was whole new experiance for me.
moving had made me confused, and really i had lost hope in God. in the last four months, i had gotten heavy into drinking, drugs, sex, and other things along those lines. a week or two ago i had gotten in trouble with the cops involving alcohol, and i honestly knewi had hit rock bottom.
obviously my parents were furious, but my friend had asked me to go to a dare2share conference,and i am a christian so i really wanted to go. my parents instantly said no, but with help from my youth pastor we changed there minds.
i know i had previously accepted christ as my savior. i knew i was going to heaven. i believed and trusted in christ nearly all of my life.
but at the dare2share conference, i realized i needed to do more then accept him as my sabior, i needed to accept him as lord of my life.
and that’s what i did this weekend. JESUS CHRIST is LORD and savior of my life now.
thank you so much for every speaker, and band. it all added up to an amazing experiance ill always remember.
GOD BLESS
This weekend was such a refreshment for me. I loved it.
I took your double dare and started already on my first person. Last night i had her stay overnight at my house, and she had very surprising news. I think God had her tell me this after Dare 2 Share, because hanging out with you guys this weekend gave me the words to share with her.
To my surprise, she told me that she went to the doctor earlier yesterday morning. She has a lump under her arm that they said was a sist (idk how to spell it) and inside of that sist, is cancer. She already knows Christ to be her Savior, but for the both of us we were refreshed in the word of God. We read a few chapters in the Bible last night, and had an awesome prayer time for the both of us. I just ask that you keep her in your prayers, as she will be in mine, and for me to help keep her focused on the true medicine of her cancer (God).
This is getting long i understand, but im ready for the second person on my list. Thanks again for such an awesome weekend, i had so much fun worshiping with everyone. Ill try to keep you updated.
-ali
Greg…
I went to the Lincoln conference and it ROCKED!
During the outreach experience me and 3 other girls talked to 2 girls. One of them went to church but hadn’t excepted Christ as her savior. the other one taught Sunday school and also hadn’t excepted Christ. Both of them thought that Jesus existed but didn’t believe he died on the cross for their sins. When asked if the were going to go to heaven the said the thought they would just vanish for existence. I told them that the only thing that said that Jesus was alive was the Bible, and in that very same book it says he died on the cross for us. I also said you can either believe in God completely or you don’t at all because you’re either totally going to hell or totally going to heaven. They said they had to go after a while but I think we really made them think twice about their life.
The other person I talked to was a man who believed was going to be reincardnated (or w/e) when he died. He believed God existed but not in the bible. I asked him if he believed in heaven and he said it was in your heart. Then, I said, “If heaven exists in your heart and you get reincardinated into grass, that’s great. But grass doesn’t have a heart for you to live in. Grass isn’t full of people in heaven just hanging out there.” He thought about it for a second and then said, “Sorry, I have to go catch a bus.” But he only walked like 10 feet away. It was pretty funny, but at the same time powerful
GO HUSKERS1111
-Brendon
Hey! Dare to share was amazing! It was my first year and I loved it so much! The music/skit/talks/everything was so cool! I cant wait to go back again. I also love zane! haha!
Greg-
Thanks again for another great conference!
Last year only 4 of our freshman girls decided to come to dare to share
this year that doubled to 8. All the people that had been there for the first time this year accepted Jesus Christ into their hearts. And the ones that had already accepted him rededicated their hearts to him (including me)
They were also really nervous to evangelize but after talking to these people they would probably never see again they said it was the best feeling in the world knowing that they could of saved that person.
We had a great conversation with a guy that was trying to figure out what path he would lead. When we asked him if he had a relationship with God he said “kind of” so we kept talking. He said it was hard for him to believe in such a perfect higher power when there is suffering in the world…We explained to him that everyone has a purpose in life and that God has a plan for each of us.. and that peoples sins also cause suffering. We felt good about planting the seed in his heart and making him think.
Another house we went to was an elderly lady.. after hearing that we were from dare to share youth ministries she pretty much cleaned out her whole cabinent. she gave us extra bags too because we had so much canned food. She explained that she had just gotten over cancer the year before and that is when she became such a strong christian. She gave us hugs and told us “The ground is level at the foot of the cross” and that we should never be afraid to ask anyone any of those questions we asked her. We all almost started Crying.
Every house we went to we got prayer requests and after we finished that block we all got in a huddle and prayed for each and every person. AND! we only had one person slam the door in our face.
I took on the double dare challenge and called a friend but she didn’t answer. She had talked to me the week before randomly and asked me what it was like being a christian and i said it was amazing..she is very interested in having a relationshp with God. But she’s never taken on the task of trying.. I’m getting her involved in our youth group and FCA and going to start taking her to church with me.(hopefully)
AND.. your book is amazing.
our youth leaders told us to sign the cover and pass it on and each person is supposed to sign it that reads it. I’ve already finished it and my mom is reading it now:) i’m hoping to pass it along to me friends, family, and boyfriend 
thank you so much for changing lives.
Already got my ticket for next year!
God Bless<3,
Nicki
I was there! It was amazing! I had such an amazing time and my best friend accepted Christ! She was already asking about next year when the conference was over! I am sooo excited about what Christ did here and cant wait untill next year! As for the 23 tons of food…well, that’s just how we roll in Lincoln. :o)
Thanks,
Katie
Hey Greg,
my name is Jessie and I’m from Winterset, Iowa, and I went to the Dare 2 Share Conferance in Lincoln Nebraska… and well with that cellphone challenge when you told all of us to do that well… I didn’t and it stuck with me when I got home…because the person that I thought of well… I didn’t know their number so I decided not to do it… but just now I got off of the phone with her!!! I asked her if she knew where she was going to when she died but when I did it kind of came out like this…
“Hey Monica…it’s me Jessie and I wanted to ask you if you knew where you were going to go when you died today…..well I mean tommorow….no sorry I mean when you die..?”
yeah so i was so nervious I didn’t know what I was saying I just knew that I had the Survive packet in my lap while I was talking with her….
well in the end she told me that she knew she was going to heaven and I was really happy because I know that she knew that I was a Christian and all because she goes to the Catholic church… and the Catholic church is right next to my church (Winterset Grace Baptist!)
anyways I am just so happy and i did take the Double dare challenge and i am going to stick with it and my friend Jessica Scheffers (she was on the stage at Linclon that last night and told us about her and my friend Brittany getting saved) she is going to help hold me accountable and I told her that I would do the same for her!!!
so i would just like to say thank-you Greg for everything and please tell Zane a big thank-you because his last story, the one about meeting his friend from high school at the store, I didn’t want that to happen with me and Monica so please tell him thank-you so much…. I just want to say THANK-YOU TO EVERYONE THAT HELPED OUT to because I don’t know what might have happened with me and Monica if it wasn’t for all of you guys and for Zane and his story!!!
so let Zane know that I said THANKS!!!!
THANKZ,
Jessica (Jessie) Lynn Conard
oh and just thanks it was me and my youth groups 1st time there and we have already bought 7 tickets for next year so just thanks again!!!
Hey Greg!
This was my 2nd time at Dare2Share! It was amazing! As usual. But i really feel like a different person this time. Everything you said and Derwin and Zane.. You guys have changed my life for sure. I called one of my friends to share the Gospel. I am going to finish tellin him on Wed. at Youth Group. I have invited him an dI really hope he comes. But i want to thank you for everything Greg!
Sarah Joan Johnson
Hey Greg!
The Lincoln Dare 2 Share was awsome, as usual, again this year. I loved it and your little boy is sooo cute! Keep it up with Dare 2 Share. It is just so amazing to see that many people come to worship Christ and to see so many impacted in such a huge way in only two days. I can’t wait to see what you’ll have in store for us next year.
Thanks for all you do,
Amanda
Thank you. You guys work your butts off and I love going. I can’t wait for next year. I love seeing how everyone gets into shareing the gospel. After words we stared sharing the newds with the workers at the reasterants. They were a little creeped out but we did our best. Thank you is all I can say. I loved the teretotter theology. Your boy is the cutist little thing.
thank you for all you do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jessie
Dare2share in Lincoln this weekend was my first time there. IT WAS A BLAST!! Im going there next year. It was so cool to see thousands of people there cheering for god!
hey greg!
i thank god for you and the team! you all do his work! this week myself and 2 other girls excepted crist in to our lives and we are going to take your challenge and go beyond!!!
thanks sooo much again!
see you next year!
anna
I took the cell phone challenge seriously and I called my friend who has been on suicide watch for about two months now. I am also using her as my 48 hour dare challenge. I have tried to talk to her before about God and my faith in him. I got about halfway through G-O-S-P-E-L and she told me she had to go because she was going to work. As soon as I hung up the phone, my phone DIED! Today I followed up on my call yesterday and when I called her, instead of finishing with P-E-L, I asked her what she thought about what I had already said to her about God. Her response made me want to yell in her ear, she said “I believe in God, but I don’t believe he loves me. No one could love me because I don’t love them back.” Without allowing me to respond she hung up the phone. I tried calling her back to comfort her, but she didn’t answer. I tried texting her, but she didn’t respond. What do I do next?
Phoniex!!!! Woot….is coming up.*Gets Excited*
Dare2share in Lincoln was wow! i cant explane it! i though the play was great! it was my first time ever going to dare2share and i loved it!?!?!?! i was amazed by how i really like getting the canned foods from people. i want to go back there next year again!
Greg,
Wow! Even though I Broke my wrist and a few fingers allong with still dislocating my shoulder wile I was in Lincoln, God is good. He taught me things through you that I never saw before. The challenge that you gave us I started on my friend Ryan.
Now Ryan would be thw last person you would ever see becoming a christian, but that doesnt mean anything to me. I saw what kids did to save someone and i want to do that more than ever!! So I thought Ryan vwould be perfect. So he came over after I got ouy ofchurch and i told him all the things that hadhappened this week(besides my arm). He was willing to listen and he aske me questions that I could actualy answer right. No stammering! But then he said that he didn think that that was going to happen. I told him that I would be prayin for him.
Its just amazing what we can do through God. When we had to call someone, I heard God telling me to call my dad. I already knew what he was going to say and he said it. But my youth leader told me that i did a good jo by planting a seed and making him think thst hmm why would my daughter be thinking that. i want to tell you my life story and how things turn out when God is control, but I cant type that much with one hand.
I just want youto know that I thank God for putting you 3 here on earth and making you go through things that mos shun to talk about. you have really inspired me to do so much more for God an that is what me and my friends’ goal for our community is to spread the word out.
Thsnk you so much ang God Bless
Bre’ H
Hey greg,
I MET THE 48 HOUR CHALLENGE!!! woot woot!!
Our group from the First United Methodists in Kearney, NE went to Star Bucks for our 9 pm energy bost!! lol Me and my friend walk in and the worker looks at us weird! i was wearing my LOSER shirt from 2 years ago!!( by the way I LOVE STARFIELD!!!)and so i was like this shirt is from Dare 2 Share and he asked me what it is and i told him how it went and how we went around licoln to collect cans and such like that and he is like yeah i have heard of it but i have never really wanted to go! i told him to talk to his local church and see if they get tickets to it he said he would try to and i was like i know it is on a Friday and Saturday but it is the best thing to do to grow in your faith with JESUS CHRIST!! he said that it would be cool so he said he is going to go to DARE 2 SHARE next year!!!!!! woot woot
Isnt that totally sweet?!?!?
well if you want to talk more about it will you please email me at on-pointe@hotmail.com b/c i have some things i am worrying about so i really need to talk to someone like you!!
Thanks!
Courtney
PEACE
Dare 2 share was a blast!! i loved derwin, zane, and of coarse greg i felt they all talked from their hearts and truly touched mine!! thank you greg for this spiritual lift that i have been needing. i also participated in the cell phone challenge and i called one of my best friendsi hope to someday with the help of god to lead her to christ. thanks greg!!!!! and hopefully i will see you in 360 days!
michelle
Hey Greg,
Thanks so much for coming to Lincoln again this year. My friends had gone in the past and said it was awesome, so this year I went for the first time, and I was SO amazed at what God was doing and is doing!!!! During the cell phone challenge, one of my close friends was able to lead a mutual friend to Christ, and the friend I called is beginning to understand but isn’t ready to make a committment yet.
Also, I took the Double Dare challenge and completed the 48 hour part of the challenge about an hour ago. My friend wasn’t ready to make a committment, but she also willingly listened, which really surprised me. For quite a while, she didn’t believe in God at all, as far as I knew, and she always point blank refused any invitation to church or youth group aside from when we went to a convention and our family brought our group to church Sunday morning (long story… Moving on), but today she said she sort of got it but wasn’t ready. For the time being, all I can do is keep explaining and more importantly praying, but ultimately, it’s down to her and God, which it always was anyway. I’m just the one who He’s allowing/commanding to tell her about Him.
Anyway, thank you again! Good luck in Phoenix. I know God’s going to do something AMAZING!!!
-Linnea
I have two stories to tell you about,
The First story is the one about the cell phone challange. I found myself calling my bestfriend who happens to be Jewish and this is how the conversation went.
Friend: Hey Bro, Whats up?
Me: ummm… nothing i guess,
Friend: aren’t you out of town?
Me: Yeah, actually… thats… actually why i was calling
Friend: okay?
Me: I’m at this conference called Dare2Share and i’m calling you to ask you a couple questions?
Friend: OH God!
Me: Hey, you never know it wouldn’t hurt
Friend:Fine, shoot
Me: I was wondering if you believe in God?
Click…
The phone call ended right after that. never before has my friend ever hung up on me until that i called him. I didnt know what to think it was that crazy, i mean he’s my bestfriend hahaha, they don’t just hang up on you, but then again he is very sensitive about his religion and i thought i crossed the line, so today i called him and cleared up all this. I want to tell you the end of the conversation though….
Friend Yeah man its okay,
Me: Thanks, i’m glad i got that cleared up, i guess i’ll see you at school monday then.
Friend: yeah, By the way man, i wanted you to know as much as my parents think i don’t, i do believe in Jesus Christ, I really Do believe in heaven too, but i dont know about that Jesus dude.
And before i got a chance to tell him about jesus christ i heard a something that sounded like this… Click
Hey Greg! I just wanted to say that I had an amazing time in Lincoln. D2S really affirmed my faith in Jesus. I have a little story to tell you. On Friday night, I felt God talk to me. During the time when people were accepting Christ and stuff, I just opened up my ears and listened for God. Well, he spoke to me. Recently my family has been have issues and i felt Jesus tell me he would always love me and be there for me. That is the first time that I have ever truly heard Jesus talk to me and it was so cool.
Thanks again for an amazing time in Lincoln!! Can’t wait till next year!
In Christ,
Emily
hey greg,
this dare2share conference was the first year i went and it has tottally changed me. i tried to talk to my friend about god and he ignored me.
i asked him if he were to die,did he know where he was going to be.his exact words were,’i really don’t know, but i’ll know when i die.’ that got me sad and i ‘m praying for him hopefully he will ask me.
sincerely,
Ian davis
Hey I was at Dare To Share this weekend also.
Its pretty crazy that we got 23 tons of food
alot people will be eatting soon:]
I also took the 48 hour dare.
though i did mine over MSN
but i think it still works:]
Cant wait till next year to see you all
Hey Greg,
I went last year to Dare to share and did not take much back this year was so muh better. I am glad I can share to someone here is my story:
I took the Double Dare. Also when you said to ge out your cell phone I did not have mind at the time and I did not know her number. Well I had been prayong for awhile about her. At the time people where on the phone I took the time to just talk to God and pray for her. Then lader on we went to dinner. My mom came with us and she new the number so I took 5 min. from my dinner to call her.
I started by saying Do you think you will go to heaven she said well I think so so I responed well do you want to know for sure and then I said Well I don’t want to go to heaven and you not be there with me.I feel like I would be sad. so she said I want to be for sure. so i started going though the G.O.S.P.E.L. and well it was good my other friend was righ there because I was a little scard and well I got to E and forgot what to say she helped.
The I sayed soes that make sense she sayed you know you have been tell me this for a while and in that way it clicks in. so I sayed well you have a simple prayer about what god has done for you and what you want to do. But it dosn’t madder if you pray it has to come from your Heart and ypu have to trust and serve god.
She Made that comentement and now she is saved. I feel so much better about it know.
Thanks to DARE to share My Friend is going to be in Heaven. Thanks for what you guys do there
I feel so much better about share to other I have a partner who also took the dare that is going to help me and I will help her.
Thanks Keep doing what you do it is great
Dear Greg,
I need your help ASAP. Please contact me as soon as possible.
I just got back form the D2S conference in Lincoln and was super pumped. I went to my church this morning and asked to give a testimony about my time there. (Which I am going to do in a few weeks!) The conference was one of the best times of my life and I was most excited about the double dare. I picked out a friend instantly that I wanted to share Jesus with.
Well, my priorities have changed quite drastically. I was sitting down thinking of how I could share the Gospel with this friend when I get a call from my father saying that my grandpa is in the hospital with a cancer they hadn’t noticed before in quite a few places over his body and only had about 3 days to live. He has been a heavy smoker and gambler for much of his later life and never was one for Jesus. The instant I heard this, I looked down at my yellow survival book and my Bible (which I have been using almost nonstop since Lincoln!!) and heard God telling me that now was the time to put my faith to use. Heard really isn’t the right word. Felt is more like it. He can’t be contacted at the hospital for another 2 days until he goes home to Lake Havasu, AZ from Phoenix where he will (God I can’t believe this is happening) die at home with my grandmother and my dad at his side.
Please Greg, your message has touched me now for the second year and left a mark that will never fade away. I want to make that impact onto my grandfather. I want to be able to die one day and see him in heaven. I just need a little help. I was never one for sharing my faith. I have saved 3 people in my whole life and I was with someone else that inspired and helped me save them, but I don’t think that I can do this one alone. So please Greg (and anyone else who reads this), I don’t know if you will get this, but I need as much support and as much prayer as possible.
On a last note I want to personally thank you. My best friend went with my to the conference in Lincoln and one of the most memorable moments of my life was when he turned to my stepfather during your message and said “I’ve decided to follow Christ.” You have touched me and those around me.
So please Greg and readers, my grandfather needs as many prayers and as much support as possible. Please help me help him spread Jesus into his life so that he can be with me forever in Jesus.
Love for you readers and love for Jesus always, ALex
Greg,
this weekend i finally excepted god into my life at dare to share. You inspired me So much to do so. Dare to share was the best excperience of my life, and i couldn’t have asked for a better turn out. Thank you so much.
Love always,
Emma.
Hey Greg.
Nope. I didn’t go to Lincoln, but I would if I could!! Say hi to the whole D2S crew for me! Well…tonight I had a youth group and I’m pretty new to this area. We were talking about how to have a relationship with god. I wasa asked that if a random person walked up to me and asked me to help them begin to know god. I gave them the whole Gospel. They’re mouths hung open partially. It was really kinda funny…But nobody was able to disprove or disagre with what I told them. I’m pretty sure nobody fully came to christ past what they already were at, but I know I made them think! Have fun at the next stop and keep the faith!
Greg,
Being a teenage girl in America, I’ve always wanted to be loved. I’ve dreamed of having a boyfriend, and prayed for my future husband, but I’m not the most patient person on the planet.
I’ve been through some scary times compromising my boundaries with one of my guy friends, and started questioning how far was too far. It’s the first time I can remember stepping away from my faith. When he got a girlfriend and I realized that he had used me, I was crushed. I grew closer to God that night then ever. Until this Friday.
After the drama when you were doing your bit about dedicating your life to God, I thought about it. Being the control freak that I am, I was terrified of the aspect of letting anyone, even GOD control my life. I heard Him saying I’d be okay, that He did have my best interests in mind, and that he cared about the details. But I was still scared. I kept asking Him, “but what about my friends? who can I fall back on in this world if I lose them?”. And then He whispered, broken-hearted, “Am I enough?”.
And that’s when His love hit me.
This was the creator of the world, asking for an intimate relationship with a broken, sinful being. I couldn’t dream to find that love on earth, and I’d been turning it down this whole time.
In honor of this, I’ve picked up the book “Authentic Beauty” again, and I’m re-reading “For Young Women Only”, two AMAZING books that I highly recommend to young ladies anywhere. Both are written by Christian women who have been there and done that.
And now, with a fear of the past, realization of the present, and hope for the future, I’m ready for God to use me however He pleases. God gives me the permission to fail, so long as I try my hardest. The 5 other youth in my group (including my younger brother) made the decision to start living for Christ, and that’s also a huge help.
I’m still praying for that future husband, but in the meantime, I’m getting to know someone better; the Groom of the church, and my personal heavenly Prince.
God Bless
Hi Greg,
I was at Dare2Share and this was my first year to ever go. I just moved to Nebraska and my family and I really haven’t found a church, but recently we have been visiting a church in Grand Island and I was told that a conference in Lincoln was coming up and that it was really fun and that I should go, so I did. I was a little reluctant at first because I didn’t really know any one yet. But I went anyways because I thought it would be a good way to make some new friends and connect with God. Well I was right, I have some new friends and a I have re-connected with God. You were one of the greatest and most influential speakers I have heard in a while. You were my answered prayer. I thought that I would just thank you for helping on search for God. Plus I really loved your teeter totter videos with your son, and all the other clips you showed. Thank You so much for how you and God worked in my life this weekend.
God bless, Graeson
Greg,
ive always gone to church and ive done the whole youth group thing but lately i havent really been going because i didnt know if i really believed in God, i know all about him and everything but i just didnt understand how people could tell me to believe in a person that people dont even know truely existed. i needed hard evidence. i made my friend go to a concert with me so in return i desided id go with her to this dare2share thing because she came to the concert. i didnt even know what it was really about.
it was a life changing experience and i will always be forever greatful that i went. i have now excepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. i realized i didnt need to see him to belive him. seeing 6,500 other people there believing in him and you preaching about him got me to think, when you asked us if we died tonight would we be going to heaven i really did believe that i would. thank you for everything you did. you are an amazing person. keep doing what you are doing.
P.S. i took the double dare and i emailed my friend Jon who was telling me a story about how him and his friend were getting high and i was like you know what, this is my chance. so i told him all about God and the gospel and that i too now believe that Jesus is my lord and savior. i havent heard back from him, i just hope he understands better now and thinks about his desisions.
Love,
Nicki
hey!
sorry this is Kate again! But I have a story about the cellphone challenge. I was calling my friend who doesnt know christ and I was talking to her about the G-O-S-P-E-L and she hung up on me! I was really disapointed so I called her back and she said she didnt care to hear about it. So instead I went right for the questions. She thinks she will go to heaven and she does belive in Jesus christ. I think she just likes to keep things to hersef like that. She has had a tough time because her mom and step-dad broke up because her step-dad was going to kill himself. He hasnt yet and he is denying that he ever did say he was going to commit suicide. I will keep her and her mom in my prayers and I hope that now she will know Jesus a little better. And by the way..can I have ur e-mail? and zanes too! haha! okay well thanks so much for bringing me closer to Jesus!
Dare2Share was awesome this year… Crazy just like last year…
but thats how Licoln does it, right? haha
But my story is…
both this year and last year I found out I could go to D2S within about 2 days before the actual conference…
So I believe I got really lucky….
But the cellphone challenge was really challenging this year….[haha]
I called 10 people…
only one of those 10 actually picked up…
And then she could’t understand me because I had a bad signal…
So I couldnt connect anybody right away…
When I got home I couldn’t call anyone because it was about eleven o’clock…
the next day I had a volleyball tournament where I was gone from 6 in the morning ’till about three…
But after the few hours it took me to get some food and finish reading the Venti Jesus Please book…
I thought…
“I’ll continue my cellphone challenge by doing the DoubleDare…”
I’m not sure if I officially led the two people I’ve talked to to Christ yet,
But I’m doing what I can and God is helping make it possible
The most powerful part of the conference was when Derwin was talking about the statistics of young adults being molested…
I almost broke down when he said that 1 out of 4 girls are molested because I was wondering if the 3 girls around me have been through what I’ve been throug…
but besides all of that I am now 100% confident that I can start a Christian Youth Group at my school…
and no matter how big or small its going to be one God-loving group
Thanks to you and the D2S crew for changing thousands of teens lives!
-Kira
=]
Hi Greg.
First off, I really want to meet you. And I’m really glad that God lead your mom not to have an abortion because what you do is Great! And you know so many cool people. I was amazed with Zane’s story and Derwin’s story too. I love how you guys talk to us, like we are actually people and not a bunch of dumb teenagers like a lot of speakers that come to my school do.
Well, enough about that. Umm…I’ve been to Dare2share for the past 3years! and every year I’ve loved it. Except for a couple of things- my youth group doesn’t go out and collect can goods. the 1st we didn’t go because my youth leader, who I love, didn’t know Lincoln to well. The 2nd year because the weather was bad, so we left early on Saturday. This year, we had car trouble and had to get that fixed and run the rental back to the airport just in time to get back to the conference. I just really want to go out and do this. but I realize that maybe God has a different plan for out group.
And then there is when I get home. I talk about all the cool stuff that happened and all the cool speakers there are(i love you guys) but I leave out the whole message part or it. I’m scared, but I don’t want to be. And then I will get really emotional and frustrated and just start crying. I pray that God will give me the strength to tell who I love about this in person. But I do write about this on my blog on bebo and my message on msn. I’m just scared that I don’t have strong enough feelings on this and that I can’t get through to people. I choke up.
Hearing Zane’s story about his life with alcohol and drugs reminds me of my older brother. Except he’s just addicted to alcohol(it’s hereditary, that’s one of the reasons i won’t touch the stuff) and he doesn’t really have the light of the Lord, and I am freaking out there in my sit and the whole time about how Zane and my brother should meet because I think it would be great for him. But then Im thinking it might not be the greatest idea. And I want to talk to my brother about this but I’m freaking out about how to do it.
Well I LOVE what you guys are doing and I am glad that I will be seeing you next year.
Truly yours in Christ,
Morgan
I just got back from Dare2Share in Lincoln and this one has changed my views on life. Hopefully I can keep the fire burning inside that I have right now. I didn’t get to meet the people who inspired me to go out and share with all my firends but I have the strength of the one I will get to meet someday. I took the double dare and the cell phone challenge too. I didn’t have my phone the day that you asked us to call our friends but I called him the next day. At first I got his voice mail and I left a message saying I had something important to say to him. He called me while we were on our way back home and the entire car got quiet (praying hopefully). I shared the gospel with him and told him that Jesus was coming soon and I wanted him there beside me cheering when he did. I also told him that if he had any questions that he could call or catch me in the hallway at school. I’ll continue to pray for him, that God would work on his heart and that he’ll see that he can know for sure where he’s going when he dies. I also told him about a local christian theater/cafe and invited him to come see a play with me sometime. Thank you so much for opening my eyes to see that Jesus’ return will be something to cheer about and how much I wanted my friends there with me. I bought a double dare t-shirt to help hold me accountable and told my mom so she could too. I’ll continue to ask God to help me keep on track and share with as many people as possible. Thank you so much for taking time to help teens like me be bold about sharing…that it’s not something to be scared of. I can’t wait for next year!
hey Greg this is brandon! and i have to say thank you for everything! i pray that God will bless you and your family. with out this weekend i would never have been brought out of my comfort zone and getting underneath a car to preach the gospel! thank you again. and talk to you later!
Greg,
I don’t have a cell phone story, nor do i have a 48-hour challenge story, but a story nonetheless. While you were talking about believing in Jesus to get to heaven, you said “When you accept Jesus Christ into your life, you have become part of God’s family.” Right after you said that, I felt a giant, muscular arm come around my head and touch my shoulder, physically. I wasn’t freaked out, just a little surprised. I thought that was really awesome, and I decided that I should share that with you.
May God bless you and your family,
Andrew
Greg,
I was at Dare2Share in Lincoln. I just want to share a bit with you. I came to D2S this year as a student leader, living my life as I thought full out for God and I felt that this conference wasnt anything I really needed nor did I feel I was going to really have it impact me very much. I was wrong..God was in that Pershing Center and he moved in mighty ways!
God moved in my youth group, Lincoln, and to my suprise even me. You see God really Grabbed ahold of me and my attention and made me realize that I had gotten so involved with ministry and ministering to others-caring about where the kids in my youth groups relationships with God are the my relationship with God slowly became distant. God grabbed my heart at this event and said your doing great ministering to others but I miss spending time with you and I realized that I didnt have Gods spirit filling me daily and so therefor I had nothing to pour out on to the people around me and the kids in my youth group.I really saw how bad I was hurting God and said..no more to this and have asked my youth leader to keep me accountable to putting MY relationship with God first so I have God to pour into others.
Also this weekend refreshed the passion and urgency to tell others of Gods love with everyone I know. I have laid myself down and picked up my cross to follow Christ in all aspects..no matter the cost and if this includes persecution than I will endure to bring Glory to God. I have decided to take the double dare challenge and have began to start telling everyone I know of Gods love and saving grace for them. When you challenged us to call a friend on Saturday I called a guy in my grade, his name is Sid, he doesnt believe anything as far as religion and nore does his family, he has tried to get me to go to parties and to fall in my faith numerous times but I have never given in, he knows my faith but I have never really shared Gods grace with him. I called and he did not answer so I left a message, believe me I will be talking to him sooner than later. This didnt end her.
Apon leaving our hotel saturday morning I wrote a letter to the cleaner of the hotel room thanking them for the great hospitality and for the nice accomidations, I than went on to share that we were attending dare to share and what it is all about, then I went on to share the message of Gods love and greace for all of us, I left my email adderess in the note in case the person wants to contact me. I explained how to ask christ into your life and encouraged reading the bible, praying and going to church to grow in your faith and to find out more about god.
Once I got home I couldnt let this stop, tonight maybe an hour ago or so one of the most popular girls in my class-of which we are seniors so she is one of the most popular and influental girls in my whole grade was on msn messenger and I hardly ever talk to her in person much less on msn but something was telling me to strike up a converstaion, I did, after the conversation was going I said…Can I talk to you about something I find important? Her response was ok..what? I then begin to explain how God loves us no matter what we have done, will do, are doing or are or have gone through and the love he has for us is soo far beyond our comprehenison that its amazing, God even sings and dances over us. I super nervous but knew that she needed to hear it and that God was using me. The girl thanked me, I kept explaining Gods love to her and she said well I believe in God, I said that even Satan believes there is God but the difference is a relationship with God.
I then asked her if she were to die tonight where she would go? she said heaven and then I said are you sure if this? she then told me that I was scaring her, which I apoligized for and told her I just really care about you and this is important. I then said that I know without a shadow of a doubt we can be sure we are going to heaven. I then began to share the Gospel with her and then she stated she was to busy at the time.
I then ended the conversation by telling her I am praying for her and that if she wants to talk about it more to feel free to call me or email, msn or even facebook me and I would love to talk to her about it more.
I know that after this weekend God has shaken my life and its the beginning of him using me to shake the lives of those around me.
I know that I was not the only one to be impacted by this event from my youth group. All the adults said that this is such an amazing event and cant wait untill next year. Also going door to door I was enouraged to see one girl in my group go from “Im not doing it Im scared” to “I want to do the next house, let me, let me do it”! It amazes me to see how much of an impact and change was made in the lives of these kids over the course of a saturday and sunday!
thank you for such an amazing event, an amazing weekend.
Kelly L.
First Baptist Church
Jackson,MN
Dare 2 Share this weekend was Amazing!!! This was my third year going and by far the best. Every year I grow in my relationship with God even more.
I took the challenge to talk to one of my friends and I’m going to ask all of you for your prayers. I talked to one of my friends who used to live in Nebraska, but moved to Nevada. I asked him if he died tomorrow if he would go to heaven and he said no while he was laughing. I then told him I didn’t think it was funny and that I loved him and I wanted to see him in heaven when we die. He didn’t say anything so I told him if he felt uncomfortable talking about it he didn’t have to so I said good-bye. I hope all of you will pray for him. Good luck trying to spread the GOSPEL! I can’t wait until next year! See you all there to worship God!
D2S Lincoln was amazing. We used what we learned right away to share our faith at the mall. Also in reply to Alex… Remember that you aren’t alone… God is with you and the Holy Spirit will guide you while you share.
So you don’t need to be worried.
Hey Greg!
I just wanted to tell you that i did both things! For the cell phone challenge I called my friend Heather. Me and her have both been through alot growing up, and we both have struggled with drinking, sex, smoking, and cutting. i got tired of it all and gave my life to Jesus. And since i have been putting all my faith in Him and praying every night and morning, and all, things have been 200% better. March 31st will be my 1 year anniversery of not cutting. For Heather, ive tried to share my faith, and have tried to get her to do what i did, but she just wouldnt listen. and when i called her, i just was like, ive talked to you about this before, and i hope youll listen. and i just started talking. i asked her if she thought she was going to heaven and she told me how she didnt think she would. and i just told her things that you said. and i stopped, and asked do you want me to continue. and she screamed yes. it was was amazing! i felt so happy!
and just a few minutes ago i started talking to one of my other friends. we just wanted somthing to talk about. and i was like, well. Do you believe in God? and we just started talking. we talked about it for about an hour. it was awesome!!!
this was my first time going to Dare 2 Share. IT WAS SO AMAZING! Lincoln Brewster was awesome! So were the other bands! I cant wait till next year!
-Abbie.
Hey Greg,
When you told us to call a friend or family member I decided to call my best friend that has had a hard life, so first I will tell about her life.
When I was 10 years old I met this girl who was different then others. She was 2 yeras older than me and new to the town so I thought that i would try to make her feel welcome. She had 2 older brothers and her mom was raising them while dating this one guy. Her Moms boyfriend would come over to her house almost everyday and Kiala(the 12 year old girl) didn’t like him, so me and her would hang out at my house almost everyday. That went on for about 2 years and then one day she came over to my house crying, so i let her in and asked her wat was wrong and after she settled down a little she had told me that her mom had talked to her and told her that they were moving away. When she told me that, July was half over and they were moving the first week of August so we hung out as much as possible because we didn’t know how much we were going to get to see each other after she moved. Then the day came. We had to say good bye to each other. For about 2 weeks after that i locked myself in my rooms wishing she was there. 3 months later I found out what Kiala’s number was so I ran home got the phone and called her to say hi for the fist time in 3 months and on the phone just after 2 months I could tell that she was changing. After that day I didn’t talk ot her for almost 6 months when I got to see her. She came to town and stayed for a week and we just talked and hung out like old times. She told me about her boyfriend and she told me something that made me cry. Sitting in my room she had told me that her step dad had kicked her out of her house and that is why she was in town, but it wasn’t the first time that had happened. She told me that she had been kicked out many times before. After a week or so Kiala left my house to go back home, and after she went home I talked to her every few weeks over the phone noticing she was changing every time.
Then this summer she started to come to town to see me more often and to hang out. Then the summer ended and she had to go back home to go to school. I didn’t talk to her for a while and then one day I decided to call her and say hi, but then I called her and her brother answered and told me that Kiala didn’t live with them anymore that her step dad kicked her out of the house and she was living with one of her friends but he didn’t know which one. I started to call all the people that she hung out with and fiannaly I found out where she lived and my mom took me there and we picked her up and that Saturday night me and her talked from 7 until 3 in the morning and most of the time she had told me what all happened to her.and she told me this………….My step dad kicked me out of the house so I went to my friends house and was living there and I ended up in CAPS 2 times, my boyfriend of 2 yearswho got me pregnant 2 times(she lost the baby both times) broke up with me, I have to go to therapy once a week for my depression……….and that isn’t even half of it. We were about to lay down for bed and Kiala took off her hoody and all over her arms were cuts she had scares all over and I just went into shock realizing that if this continues I might lose my best friend. The next day my mom seen it and talked to her for a little bit and after that talk Kiala was happier than before and so i asked what they talked about and she didn’t tell me so i started to think about what could have been said. Well later that day we were walking around and she told me that my mom had asked her is she wanted to move in with us and I asked her if she was but all she said was, “I dont know yet,” so she went back to her friends house(home) and after that we talked everyday and she started to cheer up a little bit and she still hasn’t made up her mind on moving with us but then one day she told me that she might move in over the summer.
Sitting in my chair on Saturday I decided to call Kiala and share the GOSPEL and I am happy to say that she accepted Christ just like I did.
-Katrina
Hey Greg!
Thank you SO MUCH for everything you did for all of us this weekend. My first time going to D2S turned out an amazing experience, and like you talked about, I think it was the turning point for me as a Christian to get really serious about bringing others to Christ. I am proud to say that I took the double dare, and although I found out that the people I talked to were Christians already, I now have the confidence to continue to share my faith. One of my friends that I talked to has always been really close to me for a long time, but I didn’t know where she stood spiritually. Now I know that she is a Christian, and maybe by talking with her about it she will grow more as a believer. Also, I talked to another friend of mine tonight. She is more of a concern to me because she is in the party crowd, but she expressed her love of Jesus to me, so I know that she believes. I shared with her the rock, paper, scissors part that we talked about; and I hope that it will get her thinking about some of the things in her life that she needs to stop that are not honoring Jesus. I plan to continue to get the word of God out there and his plan for salvation. I’m really committed to doing so.
Also, I decided to sponsor a child through Compassion during the time when you said that if we felt called to go to do this, that we could right then. I felt such a strong urge to go down there that I knew it was from God and that he really wanted me to do it.
Thank you again for impacting not only my life, but the lives of so many others. I am definitely coming back to D2S next year!
God bless you and everybody on the D2S team and all the lives that you have/will touch!
hey greg…
just to let you know, this last weekend, friday night to be exact, i asked Christ to come back into my heart. i was raised a lutheran (lcms) and was baptized after not even a month after i was born, confirmed when i was in the 8th grade. it’s like i knew the answers to all the questions that dealt with Jesus. “do you believe?” i’d answer ‘yes.’ “are you going to heaven?” i’d answer ‘yes.’ it wasnt until this weekend, greg, that it made sense for the first time in my heart. back in 2001, an extremely close family friend was taken from me, it was my dad’s best friend. when he was killed in a tractor roll over accident, i lost all hope and my relationship with God suffered. i couldnt bring myself to go to his burial site or the funeral that day. in january of 2007, my boyfriend helped me walk to his grave for the very first time. for the past 19 years, my relationship with Christ and the church made sense in my head, but i finally put 2 and 2 together this weekend and got 4. when you told us to pick a side and stay on it, i chose my side. i was tired of trying to get people to turn to Christ when i myself was suffering! i was tired of the lying to them, lying to myself, but most importantly, i was lying and hiding from the one who really mattered…God. my boyfriend took me to church with him this morning, and in front of the whole church, i told the congregation that i had rededicated myself to the Lord Jesus Christ. it was a really uplifting weekend and i cant wait to take my younger brother next year!!
-in Christ-
lindsey
ps– i listened to my jeremy camp and casting crowns cd’s last night and today and i got to thinking that these 2 groups would be totally awesome to have at d2s in the future!!!
Oh…
And does anyone know where I can get a ram’s horn?
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Hey, I am so glad that I decided to go to Dare2share it has opened my eyes in ways that before this experience I was confused about. I was always a christian and so are my parents. When I came home that Saturday night I told my mom and dad about the weekend and I told them about the gospel and they are now stronger in faith like I now am!
Thank you for this and I am excited to bring a couple of friends next year!
And don’t be embarrased about becoming a fan of the old BIG RED! our sportsmanship is overwelmingly crazy!
Thanks again,
Jackie Ziemke, Waco, NE
What AWESOME testimonies! Tears of joy, guys! Tears of joy.
I have been to a lot of different youth conferences that has given me the challenge to reach out to my friends and share my faith, I was always one who would tell one or two then forget about it.
But at Dare2share, going out into the community talking to random people about God (which was very awkward btw) opened my eyes as to how important it was to go out of your comfort zone and talk to not only your friends but everybody about the love of Jesus.
My friends and I have decided to do a play at our school featuring the grace and mercy of Jesus Christ, I sincerely hope it will touch my peers. I don’t think I would have the courage to do this without Jesus and the people from dare2share to open my eyes to my greatest ally, God. Thank you.
Hey Greg! I attended Dare 2 Share in Lincoln this weekend and wow it was amazing. I took the 48 hour challenge. I asked on of my friends named Jake. He goes to college at UNK (University of Nebraska at Kearney) anyway I was on facebook and I started asking him if he went to church, he said yes. Then I asked him if you were to die tonight are you sure you would go to heaven. He paused for a moment and then with sadness in his voice he said you know what I’m not for sure. So I asked him if he wanted me to tell him how he can know if for sure he was going to heaven. he said sure why not. So I went the the GOSPEL and he finally responded “Wow God did all that for me…I had not clue he even really loved me”. the last thing he said to me was “Thank you..and next year I’m thinking about going to Dare 2 Share.”
I want to thank you so much for what you taught me. I have used the information i learned from your conference to talk to my brother and i think he might accept Christ soon! I want to thank you again and i will see u again next year in Lincoln!
Ok, like everyone else writing these things, I went to the Dare to Share conference in Lincoln. This was my third year going. I liked it a lot. But I couldn’t help but hurt yesturday because of everything happening at home. As the youth in my church are coming closer to the church and Christ, it seems as though our church is falling apart. Petty fights and arguements are hurting our once comfortable and loving church. This feud has turned one family away from the church all together. This family’s well being is spiraling down. Other members of the family won’t talk to them, and the church we go to won’t listen to their concerns. They havent been back to church for months. I felt bad yesturday, but I went over to their house to see if there was something serious to talk about with them and they almsot teared when they realized that someone outside of the people who live in that house loves them. I think they need to realize that more people do and most importantly, that Christ still loves them. I dont know if you will respond to this, but thats ok. If you could though, pray for my church to heal the wounds that divides us. Have fun in your next city!
I took the cell phone challenge and woke up a friend who I’d talked to about Jesus before and asked if she’d given any thought to what we’d discussed. The conversation headed kind of the same direction as before, but know where to direct it next time. Yeah, that was really vague, but the details would fill a novel.
I also took the double dare and started texting people during the Sanctus Real concert (sorry Sanctus Real). One girl said thanks for caring but she just doesn’t believe. One guy started to engage but I think it got too late and he went to sleep. Several people just ignored me. That’s okay. I’ll talk to them in person when the time comes.
I wish I could have gone to Dare2Share about four years ago when I first accepted Christ. I’d gone to church all my life and so once I was saved, I had this preconceived notion of how to witness. It was wrong. I wish I could start over with a lot of people- I know I’m forgiven, but the reputation is still there. Trust and respect are difficult to win back from people.
Oh and one more thing- did anyone else notice that the hip-hop artist last year was named Rachel Washington and this year the lady in Washington Project was also named Rachel Washington? Ha.
I, along with six and a half thousand other people came to D2S in Lincoln, NE. this last weekend. It was my first time. (In the adult training seminar, I was sitting next to the partially bald youth pastor with a goatee and glasses. =]) I’m a youth sponsor, so I came with the mindset of helping the kids out in their quest for knowledge. But I never expected God to blindside me with his compassion for me like he did. I raised my had Friday night and ordered a Venti Jesus, and though I unjustly considered myself a Christian for over ten years, realization struck me. Jesus really did live, die and rise again, just like the Bible says. I had my doubts, worries, even fears of telling anyone about Jesus and what they would think of me. But since He came into my life, I can’t shut up about him.
You know, I used to think that evangelism was crazy, and after seeing you practically flailing your arms around in front of thousands of young adults, I know I was right. You’re crazy for God. You’re not afraid to get your hands dirty and embarrass yourself in front of loads of teens, in the hope that just one of them might understand. And now I’m not either.
Somebody’s probably used this idea before. I’m not sure. But I’m using Facebook as an evangelistic tool to tell everyone I can about Jesus’ love for us. I figure that if I take my 154 friends and share Jesus with them and ten accept Him into their hearts, then they go and do the same, it would start a chain reaction. But I’m not just stopping there. I’m calling up old friends and asking them if they know who Jesus is. If it weren’t for the grace of God, none of that would ever be possible. Thank you for sharing with me, and all the other lost souls! God bless!
Greg! So if Lincoln Nebraska can hold a Dare 2 Share, we should be well on our way to getting one in Montana…right?
I am so pleased to hear how amazing the D2S Lincoln weekend went and see how fired up everyone is (as you can tell from the great post replies abov mine).
We are praying for you here in Laurel and we hope you are getting some rest after another successful weekend!
Hey Greg its me again!
about my friend Monica yeah well I forgot that Cathlic’s believe that they have to do good deeds to get to heaven….
well at school today me and my friend Jessica Scheffers (the one who was on the stage) well we talked to her to be sure and she said that she really didn’t know if she was going to heaven she just hoped that she was…. so my friend Jessica after school talked with her and well … she understood so they prayed together and well…
Greg I just wanted to let you know that the angels are parting up in heaven today because there is another name in the Book of Life!!!!
(just so you know she accepted Christ…well that is if you didn’t understand the whole Book of Life thing… ha ha ha)
Well just another BIG THANK-YOU to you guys!!!
also just so you know the little clip called “a letter from hell” that pushed us to go and tell her so thanks
Your good friend
Jessie
HEY GREG!
I took you double dare and am pleased to say that i succeeded!
I called my friend Sara on Saturday and had a two minute convorsation. I basically asked if she knew God (and she said yes). I then asked if she knew if she knew she was going to heaven and she said, “no…but i want to.” I talked to her briefly on how Jesus took our sins away and before leaving she said thank-you.
Today, monday, in gym i partnered with her and when sitting on the wall watching a game of baddmitton i laid out the gospel and told her about the amazing love of God. I said things in a way i didn’t know was possible. I’m turely thankful for the way Dare To Share helped me know what to say…and even more thankful for God working through me and helping me out. Sara is now one step closer to knowing she is loved and accepted by God…no matter what she does.
These past days i have been sooo pumped to share the word of God…and after talking to Sara i had a burning desire to tell someone else. When walking down the hallway after gym i saw another friend of mine, Kaitlin, who i know has been having trouble with her family and pressure from her friends lately. I asked if she knew god…she said yes…then i asked if she wanted to go to heaven. She said, “yes i do. but i don’t think god will want me there.” In the two seconds i had told her that i wanted to explain to her what Jesus had done…and to my surprise she said, “i’d really like that.”
I can’t wait to tell her about the amazing love of God!
I’m ready and serious about telling everyone i know about God. Thank you soooo much for comming to Lincoln!
—–AMBER—–
greg,
This year was my 4th year of attending Linclon’s D2S! The first year i went i went to just get away from my family….my mother is a drunk who beats me,my father has problems with drugs, and my sister is just annoying she does whatever she can to get me into trouble with my mother. Well that year i was a sixth grader so i paid attention but not very well, the information was over whelming….so i came back the next year and you guys at D2S, God, and my youth leader lead me to becoming a christian….i started believing in Christ right there at D2S! I’ve went every year since. I’m a Freshman in high school now…and every year our group always brings one new beleiver home with us EVERY YEAR!!! can you beleive that? And ever since i became a christian my lief is looking better. My mother and father are taking classes for their problems and even talking to our Pastor so i’m prtty excited…i’m getting baptizied this coming summer….i cant wait for next yeas D2S!
This year was AWESOME our group usually only takes 15-20 students but this year we took around 60! It’s amazing…!
Also this past summer i was molested at my cousin’s house….but God got me threw it….and the only reason i made it was becuase i went to D2S and met Jesus Christ Threw you wonderful people keep it up!
Thank you very much for sure a wonderful event!
Ashley Hurley
Dare2Share was awesome up in Lincoln. The bands, the lessons were all just awesome. Can’t wait till next year.
Dear Greg,
this year at dare 2 share was amazing!! This was my second year and it definetly won’t be my last!! I made the decision to live my life with christ. it really showed yesterday during my volleyball tournament. me and my friend who also went prayed before every game. Everyone wondered what we were doing but we didn’t care. My youth leader said when I went to get up and talk to him on Friday night that for me it was a matter of taking Jesus and living for him in my sports not just at home or at school and church. It was amazing to see the things that can happen when you put your trust and faith in god.
I also wanted to let you know that I began the double dare challenge today. At lunch me and my friend were singing one of the songs from the confrence and another girl asked us to please stop. I asked her why and she said that she doesn’t believe in God at all. My friend and I looked at each other and we made a face that said, “No, this can’t be happening!” So we did the first thing that popped into our heads. We asked her if she knew where she was going if Jesus were to come back today and she said she knew it was going to be hell. My friend said,”Well we want to see you when we die in heaven!” She said she didn’t care and that her mom didn’t want to force a religion on her. I told her that being a christian is not a religion, it’s a relationship between her and God and being a 7th grader you never want to listen to anything, she just ignored me. Please help me if you have any advice on what to do because me and my friend want to see this girl in heaven someday!!!
In Christ,
Emily L.
Lincoln, NE
Greg,
I have to say that this weekend was truly a God sent!!Thank you so much for the time that you gave to do this! I am 23 and a youth leader for a small youth group in Iowa, and I have been saved every since I was 6 years old but I have to say that my walk has been so off and on for the past couple years and when I went this weekend I really thought it was just going to be for our teens but God really got a hold of my heart as well, and I really feel that God is calling me to be a bigger part of Youth Ministry. I truly love seeing the teens when they finally surender to God and I have not had this much Joy and peace in a very long time. When you guys talked about purity that really hit me hard, I have had some very bad realtionships and I could not get past some of the things that had happened in them, untill now. When we sang the song Surrender, I prayed that God would just let me give everything to him, and just stop holding on to it and finally forgive myself. I felt like a burden had been lifted.
I would love to know how I could get more invovled in somthing like Dare to share. So if you have any information about this that would be great!!!
Thank you again for giving your time to all of us!!!
I ma in the 8th grade and I took the cell phone challenge along with the double dare challenge. My cell phone challenge was quite interesting i called one of my best friends and i was asking her the questions and to my suprise she had answered yes to most of them until the end and i said would you be willing to put your faith in jesus Christ our savior, thats when she said i don’t know. I told her that it was okay and that we could talk about it more whan i got home and she said that would be nice.
Today on the bus 2 6th graders knew who Jesus Christ was but they weren’t completly sure so we had a long conversation and They left more than they got on knowing so i was really happy and excited!
Greg,
This year was my first time going to Dare2Share and I’m so happy I went! I accepted Christ into my life and I was amazed at how many people were there. Lincoln Brewster was awesome! This weekend was the best experience of my life.
Greg,
I was at Lincoln’s conference this past weekend, my 3rd conference and it was really amazing..my youth group and myself included saw alot of things happen in our lives! Alot of us including myself were really inspired to share the gospel and took the double dare challenge.
I shared Christ with my first friend just a few hrs ago actually..I didn’t share with her in person i actually gave her a copy of your book “Venti Jesus please” with a personal note from me in the front sooo we’ll see how that goes! Now I’m just praying that God will give me the opportunity to share Christ with my boyfriends family!!
Also thank you so much for the talk you guys gave on sex this year..it was encouragement to me to continue to keep myself pure, and one of my friends this weekend that has been having pre-marital sex with her boyfriend actually came and talked to me and my youth pastor aka dad about it..and made a commitment to stop and to stay pure from now! so thankyou so much! I cant wait for next year!!
oh p.s. me and one of my other freinds had a question. How would you share your faith with a friend that believes they are already saved knows all the right answer’s but your 99% sure they don’t know Christ because of they way they continually live?
uhhmm i know your busy but if you could e-mail a reply that would be great (barlow90@gmail.com) I would of e-mailed you to start with but didnt know how.
-thanx.
Dare 2 Share Survive in Lincoln
really changed my life.
im like in love with zane now, but your guyses sermons and testimonies changed my life in ways i cant desribe, and you guys are my heroes. I have been talking about how great greg zane and derwin are since friday night.
do u guys have an email?
i have some really really super
duper important things to ask that could potentially save a few kids lives, could you email me “randi” back at RCrodsquirl13@aim.com?
christ plus nothing equals eternal life with jesus:,
randi
HEy Greg! I am soooo glad I came to dare2share! My friends wanted me to come and I wasnt sure about it but I am so glad I made the choice to go! what you tought was so inspirational and I cant thank you enough for teaching me how to share my faith with my friends and even the people I dont know.
Thanks bunches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey greg!!
ok so first off Dare 2 Share totally tested my faith in God. i shared my faith for the first time ever during the cell phone challenge, and the girl i was talking to said that it really meant a lot to her, so God helped me plant a seed in her life. also, i took the double dare and completed it at school today. it was really cool! my friend emily and i witnessed to this guy during english class when we were done with our work. we asked him if he thought he was going to heaven or hell if he were to die today, and he said ‘i would want to go to heaven but i think i might go to hell’ so then we told him about having a relationship with Christ is the only way to heaven. then we prayed with him in class! it was a really fulfilling experience! i dont know if he actually accepted Christ but my friend and i said he could totally come to us or go to God if he had any questions!! so i want to thank you soo much for that challenge that u gave me! i love sharing my faith, even though i’ve only done it twice, but God totally helped me when i did!! thanks so much!!
Your sister in Christ,
Jill<
Hey! i just have to say I had a blasts this year. This year was my 3rd year going to Dare2Share and every year just gets more amazing. And i have to say Dare2Share really saved my Christian faith. Because 4 days before my 14th b-day my mom pasted away from cancer and right then and there I basically said ‘God I don’t want you in my life anymore’ b/c i didn’t understand how someone who was supposed to loving could take my Mom from me. And i start to have a eating problem but after a while I was like ‘what are you doing?’ and i knew that that voice inside of me was God. So i stopped and I tried to belive in Christ again but it was hard for me b/c I still had huge doubts. But then it was time for Dare2Share again and I went and that is when I realized that I needed Him in my life. And i believe if it wasn’t for Dare2Share and Greg I would be without Christ right now and he has become a BIG part of my life.
Sorry- its me again - it went w/out me knowing. but i just wanted to finish by saying Thanks a ton to Greg and Dare2Share - it is truly an amazing program. For next year I’m going to try to get all of my friends to come and see how many of them will give their lives to Jesus Christ. Thanks so much Greg - you are truly a life savior God bless to all -brandy-
Greg-
God bless you man! This was my first Dare 2 Share, and it was awesome! I could feel the prescence of God’s Spirit in that place. I have been to other events similar to this. I went to the LCMS National Youth Gathering last summer(shout out to my Lutheran brothers and sisters!). In all of my past expieriences I have grown in my faith.
But this was different. It challenged me to be all I can be. It challenged me to share the gospel. You, Zane, and Derwin told us to go out and WITNESS TO ALL PEOPLE! TO PREACH! At that point I knew that I was one of the many that God spoke to that night(Friday). I have been restless. I have felt that fire in my bones to do something but saw nothing I could do. I contented myself with just trying to set an example. Don’t get me wrong, that’s a good thing. But with the statements that were made God spoke into my heart.
The drama was especially powerful. It literally pierced my heart and gave me a burning feeling. It REALLY made me consider what it is to die for Christ; to actually have a visual example of martrydom. It is forever etched into my mind. Then when you asked those of us who believed if we were willing to surrender ourselves fully to Christ, I did. I had made “recommitments” before, but let’s face reality. We daily have to commit ourselves to God’s grace and mercy. But this time is different. I am determined with the help of God to COMPLETELY SURRENDER TO CHRIST!
I also took the double dare. I called up my cousin whom I haven’t talked to in a long while. I’ll be honest- I became nervous and stammered thru the thing. I didn’t even finish the conversation due to time. Please Greg(and all who read this) pray for me, that I would boldy be able to evangilize no matter the circumstance. Any other prayer requests post’em(or link them to my profile? I dunno- I’m new to doing internet board-thingys,so bare with me XD!)
Greg(and Zane and Derwin and all who work on the D2S team) thank you so much with what you do. God is truly working thru you. I not only was equiped with some tools(hint hint GOSPEL), but the Holy Spirit filled me and fanned the flame even more. I pray that God Almighty in His mercy and grace would stretch out His mighty hand and bless you and work wonders thru you!
The Lord bless and keep you. The Lord shine His face and be gracious unto you. The Lord look upon you with favor and give you His peace. Amen
-Tim
Greg,
Just wanted to say that I was at the D2S in Lincoln and that it really changed my life. I went to D2S last year but didn’t really know what to expect. Going again this year was awesome because I came to know and trust in Christ becasue of what you, Zane, and all the others said. My life will never be the same. I can’t wait for next year so I can bring on of my friends who doesn’t believe.
Love,
Jorie
Romas 8:28
and
Romas 10:13
Hey Greg,
First off i want to thank you for the best birthday party i’ve ever had because the 23rd was my 18th birthday, and also i wanted to let you know that friday i decided to stop playing around with my faith and get serious about it and friday I gave it all to Jesus. I also wanted to let you know that i followed through with the double dare even though it wasn’t with who i talked to on my cell phone that night. I shared with one of my friends my experience at the conference in Lincoln and reached out to him and he told me he is going to try and change for God and I invited him to my church and to youth group. I thank God for the things you do through Dare 2 Share Ministries, teaching us to share our faith and you really helped me to share mine. I just really appreciate what you do because its beautiful to see that my generation can live above the influence of modern society through Christ. Thank you for all that you do and i pray that you have more success bringing teens to God.
Sincerely,
Brian Carter
Hey Greg,
This is Sarah Henry again. And I had asked for some information on how to get more invovled in something like dare 2 Share,(and I forgot to give you my address) I realy feel like God has called me into youth ministries and I really want to do more than what I am doing now! Anyways my E-mail address is crash_o_3_22@hotmail.com So if you could e-mail me that infor that would be great. Sorry I forgot the e-mail the first time!
Living 4 and becasue he didn’t and dose.
Hey Greg,
Dare 2 Share was so AWESOME!! I learned so much. The music was amazing. No regrets. I wanted to tell you that I took the Double Dare. I got home and thought about who to tell. Almost all of my friends are Christians. I finally decided to call our neighbors. They are on a cruise for a week, so I left a message. I asked if they knew if they were going to heaven. I then told them all about how to become a Christian, and I left an example prayer for them to repeat or use for example. I’m quite honestly expecting to get some major rejection and ge
