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41 Comments for 'Did you take the Creation Festival Double Dare?'

1. On July 1, 2007 @ 1:24 pm Becky said:

   • OkayI guess I can take the dare.:)

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2. On July 1, 2007 @ 3:16 pm Brittney said:

   • This has nothing to do with your blog. i have been trying to figure out a question i have about baptism for a really long time. The church i am going to says that your baptism is just a symbol and that it is not necessary. My church doesn’t really have much of a youth group so i have been going to another church’s youth group. They think your baptism is essential in your relationship with our Daddy. i was wondering what your opinion is on the subject.

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3. On July 1, 2007 @ 4:01 pm dawne lebzelter said:

   • hey there greg first of all i want to thank you very much for your speech. so i did not tell u this but i am going to college to further my knowledge in Jesus and God. i am going to become a youth leader. so i did the big dare. my best friend is atheist and she cuts herself. well i invited her to church to me and she said that she would and she sortof stood me up. well and i dont want to loose another friend to something stupid like cutting ur self. because i used to do it all the time before i got to know Jesus and i need help wat should i do love always dawne

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4. On July 1, 2007 @ 4:03 pm Greg Stier said:

   • Hey Brittney, Great question. Check out my blog (three posts ago) called "Just one thing I hate" and then listen to the Dare 2 Share podcast called "The good, the bad and the ugly." If you add one work to faith alone for salvation then it is no longer by faith alone and therefore, something we earn, not something we receive freely.

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5. On July 1, 2007 @ 4:09 pm Colleen said:

   • greg, i took your challenge. i got home about 8 hours ago. as soon as i got home i took up the opportunity and i wanted to tell you about it.I’ve ALWAYS been the person to say "never have sex before marriage." It got extremely hard for me though. i’m the only christian in my family and my parents (especially my mom) wants absolutely nothing to do with God. I can’t even talk about my sundays at church when i come home. My mom had sex when she was 15, my dad had sex when he was 17 and my brother had sex when he was 15. i started dating a boy in school and we hung out and we were very close for a long time. one time we were hanging out at his house when his parents weren’t home. and things went downhill from there, he told me he loved me and i believed him. After i left, he never ever called me again and we haven’t talked since april. Well, today i ran into him at the grocery store and we talked for a while and he told me that his life was falling apart and that his parents very recentely had a divorce. Suddenly, something in me cried out so i told him about Jesus. Afterwards, we were sitting in the middle of a grocery isle (which happened to be isle "9"…ha) and he was crying on my shoulder saying that he wants God to take everything. He wants to give everything to God. We prayed right in the middle of isle 9. He asked for forgiveness and excepted Jesus into his heart. I just wanted to share this with you because it touched me so much. And i was hoping it would touch you too. I took on your challenge (which, being honest, i really wasn’t planning on doing.) and it worked! thank you so much for giving me this dare, or i probably would’ve walked right past him like i didn’t know who he was. i want to continue sharing the gospel and i am more confident that i have ever been before.

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6. On July 1, 2007 @ 4:22 pm Brittney said:

   • Thanks greg

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7. On July 1, 2007 @ 4:47 pm Megan said:

   • Hey Greg. I was at Creation and I took your dare very seriously. I went to Creation with my youth leaders because my parents arent into the whole praise God thing. They actually dont believe that strongly in christ. So when I came home from creation me and my family were sitting around talking about my trip and i brought up your dare. So i started telling them the story of Jesus. I said to them "You know what i think is off?" and they just looked at me. I said "That people are given the choice of believing in God or not, but if you believe you are given the promise of eternal life. And some people choose to not believe." Again they just looked at me. Then they started to mock god. I was frustrated because i want to go to heaven with my family. But i have brought it up, and i am waiting for god to flip on the switch in their hearts. I will leave it to the lord. Thank you so much. -Megan Hemmerle

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8. On July 1, 2007 @ 5:15 pm David said:

   • Its been about 3-4 hrs since I’ve been home from creation and I rededicated my life to serve him. I was struggling with drugs and other harmful sins. And as soon as I came back I turned on my "Loser" switch and began to share my faith. Most of my friends are into drugs and I flat out told them today I don’t want any part of it anymore. And I started to witness to my one friend jason so hoprefully he will have a change of heart. Thanks for speaking!  ps: I had no clue you lost your voice for 12 hours.

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9. On July 1, 2007 @ 6:26 pm Francesca said:

   • Hey Greg. Thank you so much for giving such great speaches and daring us. You were fantastic and it was a joy to be there, it was my first time doing anything like that and I loved it! I will take your dare, I am going to try and help my really good friend Cat. She believes she is a witch and she is into wiccan & witchcraft. She’s cut herself a lot in the past and she has tons of emotional issues. I’m going to a theatre camp with her this month so I’ll try to muster up my courage and talk with her. My new youth pastor is going to back me up on this goal I have, since he’s been studying teens & there thoughts on religion. (hes such a great guy =] Thanks Dana) The thing is, Cat is so stubborn. Not ordinarily stubborn, like, REALLY stubborn. She is usually very ’strong’ in what she believes in,  but she thankfully accepts people for what they are and what they believe in. She’s actually came to a past youth group before and she got along with everyone, but she really hasn’t changed in religion since that. Her family is catholic, or christian (I think. her family is kind of hidden/mysterious like that) I really look up to Cat in some ways though, she isn’t afraid to be who she is around the public, and she REALLY stands up for what she believes in.{i know i said that already, thats how much she stands up for herself) One issue is, she’s gay. or bi, I’m not sure. She really stands by that and I have a hunch that’s just another wall that’s beem built between her and god. Thankfully I have my youth leader behind me this time, and I’m going to try to talk to her. I pray something works,  but do you have any suggestions. I feel kinda stuck =/ ~Francesca

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10. On July 1, 2007 @ 9:18 pm Brian Nash said:

    • Greg!  I was at creation fest when you gave that dare, and I thought to myself "I’de love to, but I have no idea how, or what to do", but before I knew it, the opportunity came to me, right at creation festival.  I was on my way to see kutless last night with one of the members in my youth group, on the way there he said ; "Brian, can I ask you a question?…are you a true believer?"  I answered yes, I am, and he asked me if he could ask me a question.  With that we went over to where the fringe stage was and he was telling me how he dosent need god in his life, how he dosent want him in his life and that he is content with everything going on right now, and it wouldent be worth the change in his life. I figured this would be a great time to start working on that dare.  For the next hour and 1/2 I talked to him, how I use to feel the same way and that I came to realize that I needed and really wanted christ in my life, how things have been better since he has been in my life.  I told him what great things Christ could do in his life, and it started to click for him.  He was asking questions, and I was able to answer them, each question leading up to one thing I was so very happy to hear… "You know what Brian, you are right.  I do need Christ in my life, I do want him,  I do want to make a commitment, right here now" And he did.  In small amount of time I talked to him, I watched his entire view change, I watched him start to smile, laugh and realize that everything that was being mentioned at Creation was true.  He asked me "Will I notice a big difference right away? Will it take a while? will I see any changes?".  I answered with this  "In an hour and 1/2 you went from telling me you dont need or want Christ in your life, to giving your life to him, becomming a christian right here, if you ask me, that is one giant change in your life".  God works in awesome ways, and I’m glad it worked out this way. God Bless, Brian

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11. On July 2, 2007 @ 7:24 am chelsea said:

    • so i took this dare and i decided to tell my cousin about jesus and how much jesus loves him, because my cousin has just recently decided he doesn’t believe in God and wants nothing to do with Christians. so i told about Jesus and it blew up in my face, he was very angry and thought i was trying to "change him" and said that christians are close-minded people. but somehow that gives me a little encouragement. i mean if he didn’t think that this is somewhat true then he wouldn’t be putting up such a protest. could you please pray for  me and him?

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12. On July 2, 2007 @ 9:04 am Michelle said:

    • Greg,   I really want to take your dare, but the thing is….I’m homeschooled. The only friends I have are from church, or ones I’ve know all my life. They are ALL christians. Speakers always talk about wittnessing to classmates, but how do I do that if I don’t have any?

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13. On July 2, 2007 @ 9:47 am Neva said:

    • Michelle, I can see where you are coming from. My suggestion to you is to get out and go to the mall, or grocery store, zoo, park, wherever and tell people about Christ. Telling people about Christ is never limited to classmates. You will have to make the effort to get out there, but I know if you put your mind to it, I’m sure you will see God do amazing things!

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14. On July 2, 2007 @ 10:59 am Katie said:

    • Ok here it is, Ur preaching hit hard at creation. When u talked about taking the dare a specific friend popped in my head. We started youth group together and grew in faith together. We also dated for 3 years until he broke it off.. because I wouldn’t give him what he wanted. We also said God brought us together.  I went through alot ( I even had a nervous break down and really gave up on god. I was in the hospital for 1 month) I guess i was very dependent on him. And finally Jesus meet up with me and showed me I was not alone and all i needed was him. But my friend has been going down hill very quickly. This all happened about 3 years ago. I’ve wanted to talk to him but couldn’t. He started drinking and smoking and chewing  pretty much partying every weekend.  Just his whole attiude changed. So back to the challenge.. I came home and called him and told him we should hang out and he said he was really busy this week but he would try to fit me in. But Im teriffied what should i say how do i go into it without upsetting him. Ive been praying hard for God to give me the words but im just unsure how . I don’t want to upset him and lose him for good.

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15. On July 2, 2007 @ 11:31 am Holly said:

    • Dear Greg, We teach "Bible Studies" for kids in our neighborhood. We just walk around the neighborhood and invite kids and then we teach them about Jesus.  Our summer teachings for elementary students start this Thursday.  I loved the little 5 finger thing your son said to the lady at the grocery store and want to teach it to our kids.  I wasn’t quick enough to pick it up and didn’t get a chance to get a tape.  Could you please let me know this little saying?

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16. On July 2, 2007 @ 12:02 pm Katie said:

    • Thank you so much for this DARE you gave to us at creation!! I listened to it and I was so inspired. All I could think about was my friend, Steph going to hell. So today I was talking to Steph about some stuff and I ended up saying something about heaven and hell and she said that was for "Jesus Freaks" and I told her I KNOW! and I had her listen to the song Jesus Freaks on my ipod and she really liked it and it helped her get interested. Then she committed her life to Jesus and is coming to creation next year! I would love if you could come again and share with Steph and I so I hope to see you at Creation ‘08

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17. On July 2, 2007 @ 1:00 pm Christine said:

    • I liked ur speech alot and I want you to know that I took the challenge. But I didnt call a friend I called the loser of my school.  He lives up the street from me and whenever I saw him I was sort of nice but I would (just like everyone else) talk about him behind his back.  I knew it was wrong but I still did it. He had alot of family problems, and like I said he was the loser in school because he would start fights and he would lose just about every single one of them.   Before I called him I prayed to God that I would have the courage to talk to him. (Im a pretty shy person) When he answered the phone the first thing I said was that I was so sorry.  Then I told him about the festival and that I thought about him alot during the festival. (By this time my voice was shaking and I was about to cry) So I quickly summed it up by saying again that I was sorry and that God loved him so much.  After that I cryed for about 5 minutes and kept saying to God that I was sorry, when the phone rang and it was him.  He called to make sure I was alright because I sounded terrified on the phone. I stopped crying and said that I was ok and that I was really sorry that it took me since around 1st grade to have the courage to say something nice to him. (were going into 9th grade now)  Greg I thank you so much for encourageing the biggest God moment of my life so far and I look forward to seeing you next year at Creation 08.

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18. On July 2, 2007 @ 2:55 pm Ashley said:

    • wow so i shared jesus to my friend miranda, explained everything, and just WOW. SHE ACCEPTED CHRIST!!!!!!!! I am so over joyed and on such a high for what just happened, i was so worried that she’d just shove it aside AND OH MY GOODNESS she didn’t!!! God is so amazing… here was her response to the message i sent her. Ashley, i love you so much!!! i admire your trust and love in Jesus.  i really do. You, Trina, Melissa and Danika are the first religious people in my life. I honastly dont have anyone that loves and devotes to God like you guys do.  I do believe that he is watching over me, but i guess it is just hard to rely on him when, for the majority of my life, the people around me didnt.  now that you said (wrote) this, i do think that Jesus might have been the missing piece.  after i read the message you wrote me, i prayed for the second time in my life.  and i can honastly say i do feel happier.  the world does not seem so cruel and dark.  AHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DARE!!!!!! I’m so happy that i’ll be able to share this aspect of my life with one of my best friends!!!!! :D :D

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19. On July 2, 2007 @ 3:56 pm Nic said:

    • I would just like to thank you Greg for your speech at Creation. I have a friend who has been depressed for awhile and contiplating suicide and I must say that I was unsure how to deal with it. However after hearing you speak and the challenge you had given the crowd, I knew it was my time and something must be done. So today I shared with him God’s love and while he hadn’t accepted Christ into his heart at that moment, a seed has been planted. He now knows of Jesus love and I feel that will bring major progress for him. He wasn’t defensive or hard after hearing so I believe his heart is softer and eventually someday he will accept Jesus. 

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20. On July 2, 2007 @ 4:04 pm Greg Stier said:

    • Hey Holly, It was "God loves me" "I have sinned." "Christ died for me." "If I believe" "I will go to heaven."

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21. On July 2, 2007 @ 4:26 pm Holly said:

    • Greg,  WooHoo!  Thank you soooo much!!  I love it and so will they!

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22. On July 2, 2007 @ 5:03 pm Emily said:

    • Dear Greg, Thank you so much for being such an amazing speaker. I was at Creation Festival and heard you speak. I did take the 48 hour challenge, and decided to tell my friend Erin about Jesus Christ. Erin first came to mind because she is the least godly person I know. It’s not that she is a bad person — she’s my best friend and I love her to death. But she just doesn’t believe in God. I never heard of her speak of Jesus or Christianity or any other religion. For these reasons I decided that I would tell her. Today, I invited her to go to Starbucks. When we got there, we got our drinks (Mine was TERRIBLE, by the way. Never get the Rasberry Frappuccino!), sat down, and I told her that I needed to talk to her. I said that when I was at Creation I got a lot closer to God and I was devoted to maintaining a life for his purpose. I told her about the 48 Hour Challenge, and why I chose her. She said she would listen to me and not judge me. I told her the GOSPEL, and why I believe what I believe. We had a very long discussion on what we believe, and I stuck to what the Bible says. I found out that she is completely clueless about what is really out there. She believes that there is a God, but she’s not quite sure who He is. She believes there is something after death, but she’s not quite sure what that is. Pretty much, she is inbetween religions and beliefs, and is very unsure about what is truth. I told her about how all of us are forgiven and all we have to do is trust in Jesus and we can go to Heaven. After we had this long talk, she told me that it took a lot of guts to talk to her about that. Earlier, I told her that I was extremely afraid of talking to her, because I wasn’t sure about how she would react, and because my mom warned me that I might lose a friend. Erin said that she would never judge me, and she would never stop being my friend because of this. She agreed that super-religious Christians pushing their faith on her have given Christians a bad name. Overall, she was glad that I came to her and talked to her. I don’t think that she’s accepted Christ into her heart, but I’m going to keep trying and praying for her, and I would appreciate it if you prayed for her and me too. My name is Emily Johnson and my friend’s name is Erin Maguire. Thank you for your advice and help through your speakings. By the way, at my church on Wednesday nights, we were showing the GOSPEL Journey, and it just so happens that the last night of it was the day we left for Creation. I missed the "L" part of the series. I was going to go try to talk to you after one of your speaks at Creation, but I was unable. Could you tell me what happened in the last part of the series? Thanks. God Bless, Emily

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23. On July 2, 2007 @ 5:21 pm Taylor said:

    • hey greg, i took the dare!! im 14 years old i went to creation fest 2007 with my youth group. we are from york county, pa. a small town of mt.wolf. well i decided to tell my one friend named ryan hes 20, he graduated with my brother, and his grandparents are my neighbors. well anyhow the main point is hes atheist (at least he WAS atheist). so what i did was i went to dare2share.org (like you told us to) and i got the information off of there then i went and i called ryan and said do you have 15minutes to talk. so i shared the meanings of the word GOSPEL just like stated on dare2share.org right before the prayer i said what did you think? he said "WOW! yeah people told me about the gospel before and i read the old testament of the bible, didnt understand it that much but i read it, and people that told me it just didnt make sence but you the way you expland it was like WOW and i have chills" then i asked "why didn’t you listen and accept the gospel before?" he said "well mainly because it was strangers telling me but now its you and your like my sister i knew you forever and its like wow if she can be different and stand out and know shes going to be with Jesus when she dies why cant I" then we prayed the prayer and afterwards just sat there on the phone silent for 10-20 minutes before we started talking about how Jesus made the blind man see and other maricles that he knew and some he didnt and ryan really asked some questions like are all these maricles true and all that stuff and i really liked it so did he. and ryan would like to say thank you so much for giving me that challenge at creation. with christian love Taylor Diehl

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24. On July 2, 2007 @ 5:33 pm Michelle said:

    • Neva, thanks for the suggestion, but it will be hard b/c i live in a small town, and i am only 13 and can’t drive myself anywhere. pray for me!

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25. On July 2, 2007 @ 6:20 pm Emily Baxter said:

    • I have taken the challenge and have shared my faith with everyone on my myspace. I have taken out the crap and filled it with only things that would not make my parents blush and things that would give God glory. I have also let others know that what the media and everyone is doing right now is making me sick. Dare2Share is helping me come out of my shell and share my faith!  THANKS SO MUCH! Praying for everyone, Emily Baxter

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26. On July 2, 2007 @ 7:27 pm Rachel said:

    • I took the challenge and told my best friend about God.  He just got grumpy and became annoyed at me.  I still pray for him every night.

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27. On July 2, 2007 @ 7:45 pm Joshua Korb said:

    • Dear Greg At Creation East 2007, I took the double dare and completed it.  I finished the rest of your book last night at around 11:30 and was ready to share the Gospel with someone.  I had and endless list and didn’t know who, so I took the first person that I had the opportune time to talk one-on-one.  I went to work this morning at 7:30 and was ready to give somebody the ultimate gift.  I was a little nervous.  Let me tell you why I was a little nervous.  I work for a small business with about seven other guys, and these are not your honor roll students either, one of the guys just got out of jail because of drug dealing and grand theft auto.  All of the guys smoke, drink, sleep around, and cuss. . . a lot!!!  Another reason is that I am the youngest person there.  I am 16 years old.  I waited and prayed that God would show me the right time and he did.  The one guy and I were working outside, moving spindles and wood, and I thought "This is it", so I started talking about Creation and he seemed interested and then I started to ask him if he believed that there is a God, Heaven, Hell, and Jesus.  He said that he did, but didn’t know if he believed about Jesus as his savior.  I then told him the Gospel.  I was a two way conversation and he was starting to get really into it and excited.  He asked me questions and I could answer all of them, thanks to God.  After I was all done I asked if he had any other questions and he said no.  The last thing I asked was the "Million Dollar Question" from your book.  I don’t know if he accepted Christ there on the spot, but he did change and was different the rest of the day.  He is usually one to talk trash and to cuss alot.  He did neither of them.  I really think that what I said made him think.  I just pray that he would find God and that God will help me to continue to preech His Word.  May God Bless You From: Josh Korb, PA PS:  Thanks for the book it really helped

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28. On July 2, 2007 @ 9:15 pm Peter Horst said:

    • Ok Greg I did it I shared the god news with 3 diferent people today.  I just got back yesterday from my first trip to creation and I am just so totally on fire!  Yes the music was awsome but the speakers had the biggest impact on me and they really helped me share the Gospel with these three different people today.  I have to admit that alot of the meterial I used today I got from different speakers I had heard at Creation but once I got started I could not stop.       My first "target" was an old friend that I identified during your challenge.  He is someone that I have been dripping on for a few months but I had never really shared the Gospel with him.  He told me that he knows he is a good person and that he figured that would be good enough to get him into Heaven.  I agreed that he is a good person but I told him that being a good person isn’t good enough I told him that he needs to except Jesus Christ as his savior and ask him to ultimately be in charge of his life.  He brought up the whole Religion issue and I was totally prepared, thanks to you, I told him that I am not religious. Personally I have come to believe that organized religion can be a trap rather then a way to set one free.  I told him about how Jesus did not come down to earth to hang out with religious people, he hung with tax collectors and prostitutes.  And ultimately the religious people killed him.  It was an awsome conversation for me and I think I have made some real progress with my friend.  I talked to him about baby steps, I told him It might take some time to get to know Jesus, Church would be a great first step.  Our Church recently left the UCC and now we consider ourselves a contemporary bible based christian church which I could tie into the idea of no religion.  I think he will be joining my this Sunday.  Say a prayer for us.          My second incounter happened right after the first one.  This person who was an old friend of mine who a haven’t seen in a while stopoed by my house to look at some work I need.  He actually came into the conversation I was having with my other friend and agreed that he(my 1st target) needed some spiritual guidance.  Later I asked him what church he attended and he told me he stoped going to church a long time ago and that he thought religion was a complete scame.  Just away to seperate people from their money.  So since he missed my first conversatioin I talked to him about my beliefs about organized religion and about Jesus and his beliefs about the organized religion of his time.  This particular friend was raised in a strong mormon family and had been turned off some where along the way,  I also explained to him the situation our church is in leaving the ucc "religion" and being simply a bible based contempory christian church with a praise band equiped with electric guitars a drum set and a full line up of singers.  He took my number and is planning on checking out our church.        My third person was my brother some one who means alot to me But some one that I don’t know where he stands with Jesus.  He was raised like  I was raised.  We went to a Luthern Church.  We stood up when they said stand up, we sat down when they said sit down, we knelt when they said kneel, and we learned all the bible stories but I don’t ever remember verbalizing excepting Jesus as my savior or even doing it in prayer.  Yea we were taught that he died for us so we could have eturnal life but I never really asked Him into my life until recently.  I am afraid that my brother still hasn’t asked him into his life.  I expressed to him my concerns that he may never have given his life to Christ, that he may never have truely excepted Jesues as his savior and if he didn’t he needs to.  I shared with him my experience I was just going thru the motions for years church on sunday because thats what we do on sunday stand, sit, kneel, ect.  Then I found this awsome church that saved me.  A bible beliving church that made sence of the Gospel a church that Rocks!  A church that saved my soul!!  And now I am becoming an every day Christian not just a sunday Luthern.  I want to thank you so much for your amazing message it has really helped me to take another step in my faith.  YOU ROCK!!    

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29. On July 3, 2007 @ 6:01 am dan said:

    • I called and talked to my sister about how Jesus Christ changed my life and how we needed to accept him as Lord and Savior so we will have life everlasting. I also told her I would pray for her. I asked her if she knew where if she died right now where she would go. I didn’t get an answer but I still feel good about spreading God’s message. I felt nervous, but hey if you can witness to family why can’t you witness to everyone. I will still pray for her everyday and I am excited about spreading Gods word to more people. God Bless Dan

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30. On July 3, 2007 @ 6:19 am Greg Stier said:

    • As I read all your stories the Lord is filling my heart with joy. I’m so proud of all of you. Remember to make use of www.dare2share.org every week. There are TONS of FREE things to help you (and some stuff you can buy as well!) Also, I’m video and audio podcasting on that website every week. The stuff we cover could help all of you to share your faith more effectively. You can also download it from iTunes to your iPod. Keep up the great work everybody!

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31. On July 3, 2007 @ 10:23 am Brittany Zimmerman said:

    • I was at Creation. I loved hearing you speak. I took on the double dare, though I’ve tried many times before. I felt like you were talking right at me, so did the other 3 members of my youth group. I have an atheist boyfriend of 8 months and you said about that. I tried again after Creation and I ended up in tears (again), frustrated because he always says stuff about the "facts" that God isn’t real. I still feel really great from Creation though, I’m fired up about Jesus! Thank you so much for coming and making my experience so much more fun. You are an amazing speaker. How can I get you to speak at my school???

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32. On July 3, 2007 @ 11:21 am Kristen said:

    • Greg….   Hey!   Awesome time listening to you…and sharing with you after in the Youth Leaders tent ( I’m the lady who had the ~almost immediate ~  + test one week after being prayed over).  Well, I too took the 48 hour challenge and shared my faith with my mom.  I’m not too sure if I was too blunt ( I told her I dont’ want her to go to hell), but she did say she would think about what I told her.  I gave her a bible about a year ago, but not much has been said.  Guess I should get busy and finish reading your book  huh?   Blessings to you and your family.  Keep up the good work

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33. On July 3, 2007 @ 11:37 am Neva said:

    • Michelle, If you pray, God will bring opportunity to you. But beware, it will come. Know your stuff so when it does come you are ready! Even the smallest opportunity can make a huge difference. It only takes one person to change an entire community-maybe that person is you-You go girl!

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34. On July 4, 2007 @ 10:05 am Becky said:

    • Happy July 4th!!!

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35. On July 4, 2007 @ 12:27 pm presleyj2 said:

    •  Dear Stephanie Woreth:         I am writing this e-mail to tell you about the lord. I think you should start believing in the lord if you have not already. Please do not be mad at me for telling you to believe in Jesus Christ.  I am telling you this because I want you to start believing in Jesus Christ.  The lord will help you through tough times and he will help you with the problems you may have.  Please e-mail me back to tell me if you already believe in God and Jesus Christ.  I had a double dare to tell a friend about the word of the lord.  I thought that you did not believe in the lord so I am now telling you about the lord.  Please do not think I am crazy because if you do not believe in the lord you will not understand what you are missing.  If you want to know more just e-mail me and ask me questions. any question you ask me I will answer. i took the challenge From Jesse Presley     

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36. On July 6, 2007 @ 11:48 am Jenny said:

    • Hi there Greg, i just wanted to tell u that u were awsome at Creation I took the challenge as soon as i got home from Creation on sunday and shared Jesus with my friend but he said he already knew all this, but i wouldn’t have known from the way he acts, and said he lives the way he does because its less stress in life. I dont know if i should just pray for him or if i should keep talking to him about but i dont want him to become annonyed and not listen at all, i dont want him to live life without really knowing Jesus….. if u have any advice please let me know.  Thank you so much for this challenge it really helped me share my faith

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37. On July 6, 2007 @ 4:19 pm Becky said:

    • I took the dare but it didn’t go so well. I sent a message to an old friend that used to believe in God. Well there was no reply. Maybe I should have talked to her in person, but I never see her except at school. I feel that I should have done more. These past few days I’ve been sharing my faith with another friend. He thinks God hates him. -_- It doesn’t seem like I’m doing much good but I’m going to keep talking to him. I just pray that God will give me words to say.

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38. On July 7, 2007 @ 4:21 pm hell is no breakfast said:

    • Well I thought that I probably wouldn’t do this activity but God moves in mysterious ways.  When you dared the audience to go out and be evangelists I knew that i had to do it.  Let me explain- All of my life I have never turned down a dare.  Some of the dares that I went through with I am not very proud of–they weren’t very Christian if you can imagine.  When you first mentioned evangelizing I wasn’t sure if I wanted to do it, I am not the kind of person that likes to do so, i do not think that i am very good at it, however when you dared us that morning I decided that I needed to do it-not only to keep a perfect dare record, but also to please God.  So the minute I got back from creation i had to pack and leave for a resort in Virginia where I could not contact my friends.  The whole time that i was there I planned how i would complete the dare.  This morning I arrived home and decided the follow through with my plan.  I got on my myspace and sent out a message to all of my friends inviting them to my youth group meetings on Sunday and Wednesday.  We do our youth groups as parties so I invited my friends to a party at the barn or starbucks hoping that a party there could lead to a party in heaven.  Please pray for me to be a good witness to my friends. Hoping for the best–Kim PS: Thank you for the dare, it really helped me to come out of my shell and the realize that spreading God’s word is not as scary as I had thought. I only pray that I will be able to fulfil the double dare!!

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39. On July 7, 2007 @ 6:47 pm hell is no breakfast said:

    • So far two of my friends have already accepted my invitation to youth group tomorrow! I am very excited!! Thanks so much Greg

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40. On July 10, 2007 @ 9:07 am Johnny said:

    • I was challenged and shared with two friends.  It was interesting to hear what I was proclaiming about and what I was raised up with. Although, my friends believe something else. I felt that I was planting the seed of the gospel message.  Pray that I will have boldness to share it at my work and have a life of evangelism.

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41. On July 11, 2007 @ 10:07 am Jen said:

    • So when I heard your 48 hour challenge i thought it was really cool so i prayed that God would help me do it and forgot about it. On Monday i went over to my friends house and one of our friends happened to be drunk. He’s really been struggling with God and i don’t believe he is a christian. SO i prayed God would use me and speak through me to witness to him. I shared the word, and Justin Lookadoes story about the 100 dollar bill, and how we’re all worthy in God’s eyes. he wanted me to pray with him to, so i did and let him pray also. it wasn’t until Thursday that i actually realized i had done the challenge, God’s awesome!!! Please oray for my friend though, because he decided he hates me after a mix up, and doesn’t really have a good Chirstian influence except me…. I’m really worried. Thank you!

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