Comments on: St. Louis…I think I love you! http://www.gregstier.org/conferences/st-louisi-think-i-love-you/ Rantings of a Jesus-loving, raving lunatic Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:06:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: bobbypatterson18 http://www.gregstier.org/conferences/st-louisi-think-i-love-you/comment-page-2/#comment-115560 bobbypatterson18 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:22:00 +0000 http://www.gregstier.org/rants/st-louisi-think-i-love-you#comment-115560 Hey Greg, I wanted to say that one year ago when u came to st.louis it was an amazing thing for me cause it was my first Dare2Share confrence and I loved it. It was the most awsome thing that I had ever expericened in the 18 years of my life. Man I would do anything to have another expericence like that and to be able to go house to house spreding the word of God to the ones that didn't know there was a GOD it was wonderful. Well man I would really appreate it if you would e-mail me back at bobbypatterson_2@yahoo.com Your Brother In Christ, Bobby Patterson Hey Greg,
I wanted to say that one year ago when u came to st.louis it was an amazing thing for me cause it was my first Dare2Share confrence and I loved it. It was the most awsome thing that I had ever expericened in the 18 years of my life. Man I would do anything to have another expericence like that and to be able to go house to house spreding the word of God to the ones that didn’t know there was a GOD it was wonderful. Well man I would really appreate it if you would e-mail me back at bobbypatterson_2@yahoo.com
Your Brother In Christ,
Bobby Patterson

]]> By: Kody http://www.gregstier.org/conferences/st-louisi-think-i-love-you/comment-page-2/#comment-106227 Kody Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:24:25 +0000 http://www.gregstier.org/rants/st-louisi-think-i-love-you#comment-106227 Man where was the spell check when I wrote this?! anyways I have takn my first two steps to becoming a youth pastor. I am trying to go to SBU and have become the prsident and founder of FMA (Future Ministers of America)I'm teaching my irst sermons from Greg's book "a field guide to...." so hope God is right and I can do this. One Love, One God, One Way! Man where was the spell check when I wrote this?! anyways I have takn my first two steps to becoming a youth pastor. I am trying to go to SBU and have become the prsident and founder of FMA (Future Ministers of America)I’m teaching my irst sermons from Greg’s book “a field guide to….” so hope God is right and I can do this.

One Love, One God, One Way!

]]> By: Corey H. http://www.gregstier.org/conferences/st-louisi-think-i-love-you/comment-page-2/#comment-69809 Corey H. Tue, 27 May 2008 22:46:16 +0000 http://www.gregstier.org/rants/st-louisi-think-i-love-you#comment-69809 Bro. Greg. This is quite late, but I still have to share this story. I was at D2S ST.Louis in 2008. I called one of my all time best friends back home for the cell phone challenge. I wish i could tell you that it was amazing and I wish I could tell you that she was saved and share a dramatic story about how it all happened, but that wouldn't be the truth. The truth to my story is a very sad truth. I made the call and when my friend answered on the other end i began to share the gospel with her. This girl was at one time a faithful attendant at the church I attend and she claimed that she was saved. She is now living a life that shows the opposite of any of this. I asked her point-blank... "Are you saved?" The reply was something that nearly made my heart break into pieces... "You know the answer to that question. Why are you asking me this?"... I wasn't giving up... "Because I want to hear you say it. I want you admit it to yourself and to me. Tell me the truth. Are you saved?" ... The reply was this... "No." ... I asked this next question... "How do you live with yourself knowing what you walked away form. Knowing WHO you walked away from. Ho do you live day to day thinking about that?"... Her reply... "I guess I just lvie day to day. I really dont know the answer." The end of my cell phone challenge didnt come until I was out of the Savis Center and at Union Station getting lunch. The whole time I walked from the Center I was talking to my friend about the gospel. At the end of the conversation, nothing happened. I hung up the phone knowing my friend just admited she was heading for hell... and she didn't care. This made me appreciate my christian friends so much more. The purpose of my message isnt to discourage, but encourage. If you have a lost friend, dont give up on them. Keep witnessing to them. Keep showing them the love of God, Pray for them, live a Godly life as an example to them, and keep telling them about Jesus. And if you are blessed to have close christian friends as I am, keep them in your prayers and help them live strong for God. Relly on each other and on God together. Hold your friends close, and pray you get to spend eternity together... in Heavan of course. Bro. Greg. This is quite late, but I still have to share this story. I was at D2S ST.Louis in 2008. I called one of my all time best friends back home for the cell phone challenge. I wish i could tell you that it was amazing and I wish I could tell you that she was saved and share a dramatic story about how it all happened, but that wouldn’t be the truth. The truth to my story is a very sad truth. I made the call and when my friend answered on the other end i began to share the gospel with her. This girl was at one time a faithful attendant at the church I attend and she claimed that she was saved. She is now living a life that shows the opposite of any of this. I asked her point-blank… “Are you saved?” The reply was something that nearly made my heart break into pieces… “You know the answer to that question. Why are you asking me this?”… I wasn’t giving up… “Because I want to hear you say it. I want you admit it to yourself and to me. Tell me the truth. Are you saved?” … The reply was this… “No.” … I asked this next question… “How do you live with yourself knowing what you walked away form. Knowing WHO you walked away from. Ho do you live day to day thinking about that?”… Her reply… “I guess I just lvie day to day. I really dont know the answer.”

The end of my cell phone challenge didnt come until I was out of the Savis Center and at Union Station getting lunch. The whole time I walked from the Center I was talking to my friend about the gospel. At the end of the conversation, nothing happened. I hung up the phone knowing my friend just admited she was heading for hell… and she didn’t care. This made me appreciate my christian friends so much more.

The purpose of my message isnt to discourage, but encourage. If you have a lost friend, dont give up on them. Keep witnessing to them. Keep showing them the love of God, Pray for them, live a Godly life as an example to them, and keep telling them about Jesus. And if you are blessed to have close christian friends as I am, keep them in your prayers and help them live strong for God. Relly on each other and on God together. Hold your friends close, and pray you get to spend eternity together… in Heavan of course.

]]> By: alisha http://www.gregstier.org/conferences/st-louisi-think-i-love-you/comment-page-2/#comment-64332 alisha Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:41:22 +0000 http://www.gregstier.org/rants/st-louisi-think-i-love-you#comment-64332 hey, so i totaly took the challenge and im totaly excitted.. the week after i got back i talked to 10 ppl in one day..it was amazing. i didnt know i if i was serious about it so i waited a while to write this..God is amazing and is using me to share with others about JEsus..i just recently stood up to people in my class during a debate and shared my faith to a bunch of people..i have talked to so many people and been on misson trips and dare2share really has helped me have a better walk with God and train me to share the GOspel... YAY GOD!!!! hey,
so i totaly took the challenge and im totaly excitted..
the week after i got back i talked to 10 ppl in one day..it was amazing.
i didnt know i if i was serious about it so i waited a while to write this..God is amazing and is using me to share with others about JEsus..i just recently stood up to people in my class during a debate and shared my faith to a bunch of people..i have talked to so many people and been on misson trips and dare2share really has helped me have a better walk with God and train me to share the GOspel…
YAY GOD!!!!

]]> By: Kelsey Day http://www.gregstier.org/conferences/st-louisi-think-i-love-you/comment-page-2/#comment-57717 Kelsey Day Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:27:10 +0000 http://www.gregstier.org/rants/st-louisi-think-i-love-you#comment-57717 well i wasnt at the st. louis event but i was at seattle on march 14-15 2008 and i took the dare with a couple of people...1) Aleshia Watkins. a very good friend of mine that has...had no idea that there was a God and never knew of a man named Jesus Christ. I called her and she didnt seem too open to the idea at first...maybe it was the fact that i herd a click on the phone then my phone lit up and said "call ended" I got over it and everything since has gotten better things are moving easier and she has listened to what i have to say and Greg, you have REALLY helped me through everything so far. 2) Jesslyn Rose Smith. we had been together for quite a long time but it was a long distance thing because she lives in Boise, ID and i live in Baker City, OR in North East Oregon. I met her at a football game i played in and i got her phone number and we eventually hit it off and decided to date. i never thought much about her relationship with Christ if she even had one so I got a text from her the day we were heading home from seattle. We were talking about the weekend and the double dare...things started clicking in my head and thought well now would only be an approprite time so find out what her thoughts were right??? so i said "hey =) whats up? I have a rather important question for you..." she asked what it was and i asked her if she believed in Jesus and had a relationship with him. We talked for a long time and eventually we started to get extremely close and on track to saving her in Gods grace, in Gods timming and in Gods power. That day, she was saved and i know i will see her in heaven and i will be with the love of my life and the God of my dreams at all times well i wasnt at the st. louis event but i was at seattle on march 14-15 2008 and i took the dare with a couple of people…1) Aleshia Watkins. a very good friend of mine that has…had no idea that there was a God and never knew of a man named Jesus Christ. I called her and she didnt seem too open to the idea at first…maybe it was the fact that i herd a click on the phone then my phone lit up and said “call ended” I got over it and everything since has gotten better things are moving easier and she has listened to what i have to say and Greg, you have REALLY helped me through everything so far. 2) Jesslyn Rose Smith. we had been together for quite a long time but it was a long distance thing because she lives in Boise, ID and i live in Baker City, OR in North East Oregon. I met her at a football game i played in and i got her phone number and we eventually hit it off and decided to date. i never thought much about her relationship with Christ if she even had one so I got a text from her the day we were heading home from seattle. We were talking about the weekend and the double dare…things started clicking in my head and thought well now would only be an approprite time so find out what her thoughts were right??? so i said “hey =) whats up? I have a rather important question for you…” she asked what it was and i asked her if she believed in Jesus and had a relationship with him. We talked for a long time and eventually we started to get extremely close and on track to saving her in Gods grace, in Gods timming and in Gods power. That day, she was saved and i know i will see her in heaven and i will be with the love of my life and the God of my dreams at all times

]]> By: Mikayla http://www.gregstier.org/conferences/st-louisi-think-i-love-you/comment-page-2/#comment-56699 Mikayla Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:30:01 +0000 http://www.gregstier.org/rants/st-louisi-think-i-love-you#comment-56699 Dear Greg, At the Dare 2 Share conference i took the double dare. I have been working on it ever since. I finally accomplished it! Last week my friend saw my Zane shirt. We started talking about it. I asked him if he went to church and he said not anymore. His family stopped going and he stopped beleiving. He said he missed going. I told him to talk to his mom and see about going. He said he would. The next day i asked him what happened and he said that they might possibly go as long as his mom was in town. If he doesn't go i got permission from my mom to invite him to go to church with us. this week i have spring break so in a little over a week i'll find out if he went. If not, then he IS going to come with me. God bless, Mikayla Dear Greg,
At the Dare 2 Share conference i took the double dare. I have been working on it ever since. I finally accomplished it! Last week my friend saw my Zane shirt. We started talking about it. I asked him if he went to church and he said not anymore. His family stopped going and he stopped beleiving. He said he missed going. I told him to talk to his mom and see about going. He said he would. The next day i asked him what happened and he said that they might possibly go as long as his mom was in town. If he doesn’t go i got permission from my mom to invite him to go to church with us. this week i have spring break so in a little over a week i’ll find out if he went. If not, then he IS going to come with me.

God bless,
Mikayla

]]> By: Joseph Fessenden http://www.gregstier.org/conferences/st-louisi-think-i-love-you/comment-page-2/#comment-54944 Joseph Fessenden Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:05:57 +0000 http://www.gregstier.org/rants/st-louisi-think-i-love-you#comment-54944 The youth of Hannibal Free Will Baptist attended this meeting for the first time this year. I spent a lot of time talking the youth leader into going because I knew what a life changing event it is. They proved me right. Returning from the conference there was a new member added to the family. She gave he life to Christ during the meeting. A group of girls took it upon themselves to be a group of super sneezers for Christ. They are getting repremanded by teachers for sharing their faith in school, but they keep moving on. I am proud of our youth group for the courage and passion they are showing forth. I have a prayer request caused from the growth. The youth has outgrown it's basement room. A bank donated us a building, but the building needs 15000$ worth of work done n it and we have no where in sight to gain that money. Pray God provides the funds quickly so that we can get the new youtbuilding up and running asap so that the work God is doing in Hannibal doesnt get hindered by lack of space. thank you! The youth of Hannibal Free Will Baptist attended this meeting for the first time this year. I spent a lot of time talking the youth leader into going because I knew what a life changing event it is. They proved me right. Returning from the conference there was a new member added to the family. She gave he life to Christ during the meeting. A group of girls took it upon themselves to be a group of super sneezers for Christ. They are getting repremanded by teachers for sharing their faith in school, but they keep moving on. I am proud of our youth group for the courage and passion they are showing forth. I have a prayer request caused from the growth. The youth has outgrown it’s basement room. A bank donated us a building, but the building needs 15000$ worth of work done n it and we have no where in sight to gain that money. Pray God provides the funds quickly so that we can get the new youtbuilding up and running asap so that the work God is doing in Hannibal doesnt get hindered by lack of space. thank you!

]]> By: Christy http://www.gregstier.org/conferences/st-louisi-think-i-love-you/comment-page-2/#comment-53804 Christy Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:49:12 +0000 http://www.gregstier.org/rants/st-louisi-think-i-love-you#comment-53804 hey Greg! First i'd like to say that i LOVED your teaching and the skit REALLY touched my heart to the core. well my sory probably isn't as INCREDIBLE as many other people's but I'm glad that i did something for the Lord! So my friend saw me reading Venti Jesus Please at lunch (it was so good i couldn't put it down!!) and she asked me what it was about. Now she was already a christian but lately shes been having a hard time with her dad and was shrinking away from the Lord. So I tell her and she's like when you're done can i read it? and i was like no prob. so i gave it to her and over the weekend she called me and says Christy, I judt finished the book and it was the best thing i've ver read in my ENTIRE life!! I was like really? thats great! and she started talking about all the parts that hit home for her like vertually murdering someone (she said shed done that to her dad PLENTY of times) and like 3 weeks after she read it she comes up to me and says, Christy guess what? And I'm like what? And she says, I haven't cussed at anyone or anything at all for 3 weeks!! I was like Oh my goodness!! Thats incredible! I'm so happy for you!! She like my mouth is now clean!! So I'm just super happy that I was able to help my bff out...thank you SO MUCH for your encouragement!! YOU ROCK!! and jesus rolls! (the stone away) hey Greg!

First i’d like to say that i LOVED your teaching and the skit REALLY touched my heart to the core. well my sory probably isn’t as INCREDIBLE as many other people’s but I’m glad that i did something for the Lord! So my friend saw me reading Venti Jesus Please at lunch (it was so good i couldn’t put it down!!) and she asked me what it was about. Now she was already a christian but lately shes been having a hard time with her dad and was shrinking away from the Lord. So I tell her and she’s like when you’re done can i read it? and i was like no prob. so i gave it to her and over the weekend she called me and says Christy, I judt finished the book and it was the best thing i’ve ver read in my ENTIRE life!! I was like really? thats great! and she started talking about all the parts that hit home for her like vertually murdering someone (she said shed done that to her dad PLENTY of times) and like 3 weeks after she read it she comes up to me and says, Christy guess what? And I’m like what? And she says, I haven’t cussed at anyone or anything at all for 3 weeks!! I was like Oh my goodness!! Thats incredible! I’m so happy for you!! She like my mouth is now clean!! So I’m just super happy that I was able to help my bff out…thank you SO MUCH for your encouragement!!

YOU ROCK!! and jesus rolls! (the stone away)

]]> By: Taylor Gregory http://www.gregstier.org/conferences/st-louisi-think-i-love-you/comment-page-2/#comment-52095 Taylor Gregory Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:15:16 +0000 http://www.gregstier.org/rants/st-louisi-think-i-love-you#comment-52095 Hey Greg!! This past week has shown me that God can do some amazing things when you least expect it!! We didnt get to go to school for a whole week because of a really bad ice storm..well things were starting to look better and we went back to school! I had called a girl during the cell phone challenge and had to leave a message..well come to find out, she thought i wasputtingher down and making myself look better! So when we FINALLY went back to school i explained everything to her and she totally understood!! YAY..well i was gonna go to school the next day and talk to her about a few other things and guess what...We got ANOTHER ice storm! yeah so we've been out for 2 more days!! lol but during this time off i went to the bowling alley and i saw an old friend that used to go to our church but she became lesbian and everyone at church just stopped talking to her..well i went up to her and told her that we missed her at church and if she ever needed anything to let me know...well every since then she's been texting me and im helping her through some tough times...now she wants to come to churh with me! YAY im so excited! So even though we arent at school...we're still reaching people! Also, this week i found out that one of my friends cuts herself...so we're working on that..so just pray for her and all of us christians at school so we can share the WONDERFUL love of Jesus to her and everyone else at school!! Thanks for doin what your doin!!! You're great at it!! Keep up the good work! In His Love, Taylor Hey Greg!!
This past week has shown me that God can do some amazing things when you least expect it!! We didnt get to go to school for a whole week because of a really bad ice storm..well things were starting to look better and we went back to school! I had called a girl during the cell phone challenge and had to leave a message..well come to find out, she thought i wasputtingher down and making myself look better! So when we FINALLY went back to school i explained everything to her and she totally understood!! YAY..well i was gonna go to school the next day and talk to her about a few other things and guess what…We got ANOTHER ice storm! yeah so we’ve been out for 2 more days!! lol but during this time off i went to the bowling alley and i saw an old friend that used to go to our church but she became lesbian and everyone at church just stopped talking to her..well i went up to her and told her that we missed her at church and if she ever needed anything to let me know…well every since then she’s been texting me and im helping her through some tough times…now she wants to come to churh with me! YAY im so excited! So even though we arent at school…we’re still reaching people! Also, this week i found out that one of my friends cuts herself…so we’re working on that..so just pray for her and all of us christians at school so we can share the WONDERFUL love of Jesus to her and everyone else at school!! Thanks for doin what your doin!!! You’re great at it!! Keep up the good work!
In His Love,
Taylor

]]> By: Miranda Stanfield http://www.gregstier.org/conferences/st-louisi-think-i-love-you/comment-page-2/#comment-51946 Miranda Stanfield Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:29:49 +0000 http://www.gregstier.org/rants/st-louisi-think-i-love-you#comment-51946 Greg, I took the double dare but all my friends are all ready christens or are to dumb to listen to me and turn ther life around, they just walk away from me when i try to talk to them. please pray for me to be able to get though to them that Jesus is the only way to heaven. God Bless, Miranda Greg,
I took the double dare but all my friends are all ready christens or are to dumb to listen to me and turn ther life around, they just walk away from me when i try to talk to them. please pray for me to be able to get though to them that Jesus is the only way to heaven.
God Bless,
Miranda

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