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		<title>By: Amy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Greg, I just attendended d2s in Lincoln,NE. it was so awsome!&#160; I took the 48 hr. challenge, but my friend just got mad and said he was a Christian.&#160; I told him to act like one or else don&#039;t expect me to just know. But then I had another missions oppertunity.&#160; A News Release/&#160;Press Kit thing&#160;for my marketing class.&#160; When we got the assingment I instantly thought about d2s.&#160; I decided that I would do mine over next years Survive.&#160; So I was wondering if maybe you can help me with it and knowing what all will be going on.&#160; I also need a few pictures showing how great d2s is.&#160; Sometimes my teacher will share them in class, you know, the really good one, so I&#039;m hoping that mine will exceed expectations.&#160; And thank you for the work you do in Jesus&#039;s name.&#160;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Greg, I just attendended d2s in Lincoln,NE. it was so awsome!&nbsp; I took the 48 hr. challenge, but my friend just got mad and said he was a Christian.&nbsp; I told him to act like one or else don&#8217;t expect me to just know. But then I had another missions oppertunity.&nbsp; A News Release/&nbsp;Press Kit thing&nbsp;for my marketing class.&nbsp; When we got the assingment I instantly thought about d2s.&nbsp; I decided that I would do mine over next years Survive.&nbsp; So I was wondering if maybe you can help me with it and knowing what all will be going on.&nbsp; I also need a few pictures showing how great d2s is.&nbsp; Sometimes my teacher will share them in class, you know, the really good one, so I&#8217;m hoping that mine will exceed expectations.&nbsp; And thank you for the work you do in Jesus&#8217;s name.&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>By: cameron</title>
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		<dc:creator>cameron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&#160;happy b-day jemery and good job on sharing the word at the grocrey store helping you dad with that lady and greg iam oly 12 so i dont know how it is but i feel for you</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;happy b-day jemery and good job on sharing the word at the grocrey store helping you dad with that lady and greg iam oly 12 so i dont know how it is but i feel for you</p>
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		<title>By: dustin</title>
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		<dc:creator>dustin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Greg I feal&#160; for you man, my sister had here 10th b-day party there and it was quite a nightmare but it must have been so great to see Jeremy opening gifts and being so happy!- Dustin</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Greg I feal&nbsp; for you man, my sister had here 10th b-day party there and it was quite a nightmare but it must have been so great to see Jeremy opening gifts and being so happy!- Dustin</p>
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		<title>By: Darlene</title>
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		<dc:creator>Darlene</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>heyy Greg So you were FRICKEN awsome at dare 2 share..your by far mi favorite speaker..coming from me that is a BIG compliment..hahaha :) Newho, so when I got home from dare 2 share I went online and sent this guy who use to go to my church, but then he graduated from high school and stopped comming&#160;an email about God..and about changing his ways. He&#039;s into drugs, drinking, sex..everything. He&#039;s always been the one person who I&#039;ve worried about..and everytime I come to dare 2 share it&#039;s always him who I think of wittnessing to when you say to think of a friend. A long time ago I wrote him a realllee long letter witnessing to him but it didn&#039;t effect him..and I dont think this one did either bc he hasn&#039;t emailed me back yet..I dont think he will. I dont know what else to do? He doesn&#039;t have any good influences in his life and I&#039;ve tried and it doesn&#039;t seem to work. If you could just pray for him..his name is Chris ..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>heyy Greg So you were FRICKEN awsome at dare 2 share..your by far mi favorite speaker..coming from me that is a BIG compliment..hahaha <img src='http://www.gregstier.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Newho, so when I got home from dare 2 share I went online and sent this guy who use to go to my church, but then he graduated from high school and stopped comming&nbsp;an email about God..and about changing his ways. He&#8217;s into drugs, drinking, sex..everything. He&#8217;s always been the one person who I&#8217;ve worried about..and everytime I come to dare 2 share it&#8217;s always him who I think of wittnessing to when you say to think of a friend. A long time ago I wrote him a realllee long letter witnessing to him but it didn&#8217;t effect him..and I dont think this one did either bc he hasn&#8217;t emailed me back yet..I dont think he will. I dont know what else to do? He doesn&#8217;t have any good influences in his life and I&#8217;ve tried and it doesn&#8217;t seem to work. If you could just pray for him..his name is Chris ..</p>
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		<title>By: greg</title>
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		<dc:creator>greg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hey greg my name is greg(what a coenience).&#160;I was one of the 5000 teens and youth leaders at dare 2 share conference and&#160;I just want to take this oppurtunity to say you are one of the most inspirational&#160;people i&#160;have every met and want to&#160;thank you making the word of god and the sharing of it to non-believer easier to understand and to do&#160;so thanks. greg</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hey greg my name is greg(what a coenience).&nbsp;I was one of the 5000 teens and youth leaders at dare 2 share conference and&nbsp;I just want to take this oppurtunity to say you are one of the most inspirational&nbsp;people i&nbsp;have every met and want to&nbsp;thank you making the word of god and the sharing of it to non-believer easier to understand and to do&nbsp;so thanks. greg</p>
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		<title>By: abby</title>
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		<dc:creator>abby</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Greg: Thanks for everything you do! I just got back from attending the Dare2Share event in Columbus. It was an awesome, amazing, and life-changing experience. I went into the conference feeling a little lonely, as none of my closer friends from youth group came with me. But I went in determined to take something away from the experience and have a good time. The worship, first of all, was amazing! Starfield was great. Then the drama was very powerful. I renewed my commitment to Christ and He really convicted me and put one of my friends on my heart. My friend&#160;grew up in the church and everything, but her mom has never really been a good influence on her life. Her dad is great, but I don&#039;t think he is a Christian. She started falling away from God, even though she really hadn&#039;t ever been close to God, in sixth grade. Her mom and her fight and argue a lot, her mom smokes, which aggravates her, and she said several times she couldn&#039;t wait until she was eighteen to move out. She began hating God and seeking other religions. She listens to dark music and finds that okay, even &quot;cool&quot;. Last year, we were in eighth grade and she and my other friend, who had been close, got into a huge fight over a boy and haven&#039;t talked since. It makes me really really sad, and I&#039;ve been praying for her for a while. God really spoke to my heart and I am sad that I never got to go to Dare2Share before this. All these years my friends have known that I was a Christian, but I never told them about the Gospel. I am going to apologize to them for not sharing this valuable thing that could save their soul. So when you issued the 48 hour challenge, I took it with my friend in mind. I took out my cellphone and dialed her number, praying that it would work. I had to redial a few times, but I didn&#039;t give up. Finally I got a hold of her and I couldn&#039;t even hear her, so I had to hang up. I woke up this morning, thinking about calling her all day, and I did! I didn&#039;t get to talk to her, but by God&#039;s grace I left a message about it on her machine. I told her I loved her, but more importantly, God loved her and He died for her. If I hadn&#039;t gone to this conference, I would&#039;ve never had the boldness to do that. Thanks for everything from the bottom of my heart. I no longer have fears about sharing my faith with others. God is big enough to cover all my fears, and anything bad that could result from my sharing His love with others. Keep doing what you are doing. You&#039;re changing lives of teenagers all over the country. You&#039;ve definitely changed mine. Peace, Abby</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Greg: Thanks for everything you do! I just got back from attending the Dare2Share event in Columbus. It was an awesome, amazing, and life-changing experience. I went into the conference feeling a little lonely, as none of my closer friends from youth group came with me. But I went in determined to take something away from the experience and have a good time. The worship, first of all, was amazing! Starfield was great. Then the drama was very powerful. I renewed my commitment to Christ and He really convicted me and put one of my friends on my heart. My friend&nbsp;grew up in the church and everything, but her mom has never really been a good influence on her life. Her dad is great, but I don&#8217;t think he is a Christian. She started falling away from God, even though she really hadn&#8217;t ever been close to God, in sixth grade. Her mom and her fight and argue a lot, her mom smokes, which aggravates her, and she said several times she couldn&#8217;t wait until she was eighteen to move out. She began hating God and seeking other religions. She listens to dark music and finds that okay, even &quot;cool&quot;. Last year, we were in eighth grade and she and my other friend, who had been close, got into a huge fight over a boy and haven&#8217;t talked since. It makes me really really sad, and I&#8217;ve been praying for her for a while. God really spoke to my heart and I am sad that I never got to go to Dare2Share before this. All these years my friends have known that I was a Christian, but I never told them about the Gospel. I am going to apologize to them for not sharing this valuable thing that could save their soul. So when you issued the 48 hour challenge, I took it with my friend in mind. I took out my cellphone and dialed her number, praying that it would work. I had to redial a few times, but I didn&#8217;t give up. Finally I got a hold of her and I couldn&#8217;t even hear her, so I had to hang up. I woke up this morning, thinking about calling her all day, and I did! I didn&#8217;t get to talk to her, but by God&#8217;s grace I left a message about it on her machine. I told her I loved her, but more importantly, God loved her and He died for her. If I hadn&#8217;t gone to this conference, I would&#8217;ve never had the boldness to do that. Thanks for everything from the bottom of my heart. I no longer have fears about sharing my faith with others. God is big enough to cover all my fears, and anything bad that could result from my sharing His love with others. Keep doing what you are doing. You&#8217;re changing lives of teenagers all over the country. You&#8217;ve definitely changed mine. Peace, Abby</p>
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		<title>By: Ally Thomas</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ally Thomas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2007 20:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i noticed that you have not posted a blog about Columbus yet. that is fine. i just couldnt wait to tell you this. thank you so much. you transformed my life. On friday night was the night i asked god into my life and i gave him all my trust. my life seems so much easier. i feel likw just that weekend transformed my life. it was awsome. i would have to say that i fixed my myspace. now there are things for everyone of my friends to see. i have icons that talk about jesuss, and a daily bible verse section. also, i fixed up aall my playlists for my ipod. and added the bible to it. just thankyou so much. Also, you should have Dare2Share camp where you stay for a week, getting closer to God:]]. Please reply back &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; -Ally Thomas</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i noticed that you have not posted a blog about Columbus yet. that is fine. i just couldnt wait to tell you this. thank you so much. you transformed my life. On friday night was the night i asked god into my life and i gave him all my trust. my life seems so much easier. i feel likw just that weekend transformed my life. it was awsome. i would have to say that i fixed my myspace. now there are things for everyone of my friends to see. i have icons that talk about jesuss, and a daily bible verse section. also, i fixed up aall my playlists for my ipod. and added the bible to it. just thankyou so much. Also, you should have Dare2Share camp where you stay for a week, getting closer to God:]]. Please reply back &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -Ally Thomas</p>
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		<title>By: Morgan George</title>
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		<dc:creator>Morgan George</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2007 17:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ok so last night when we were supposed to call a friend and share the gospel with them i called my friend chessie...she used to live in ohio and we went to the same school and played soccer together.&#160; She moved to Conneticut around September.&#160; We stayed in touch a little bit over the phone and through myspace.&#160; I had talked to her about God and christianity before but i always felt like i didnt really get through to her.&#160; Well she is the first person that came to my mind when we had to call someone so i decided not to give up and call her.&#160; she didnt answer but i left her a voicemail telling her that i was at the conference and that i needed to talk to her about God and things like that and i said for her to call me back.&#160; So that night on the way home she called me back and I missed the call. She left me a voicemail saying that she would love to talk more about so i called her back right then.&#160; She&#039;s the first person that I have ever helped become a christian so&#160;i was incredibly nervous but the girls in the car helped me out sooo much. So anyways i just asked her where she wanted to start and she didnt know so i just told her a little bit more about the conference and i basically went right in to asking her if she wanted to become a christian and pray the prayer right there on the phone.&#160; So me and my friends put together a prayer for her and repeated after me.&#160; I was a little nervous because she didnt ask many questions so i made it clear that this would be life changing and she would have to change some things and truly live for God.&#160; So after we got done praying i gave her some good verses and books of the bible to start off reading and i asked her if she had any friends who she could go to church with and she said she had a christian friend that she could go to church with every sunday.&#160; then she told me to call her tomorrow, which is today, so after lunch ill call her...i just hope and pray now that she continues to live for God and go down the path to Heaven!!! i was sooo excited and there is no other feeling like doing something for God and help saving someone from eternal death. Thank you so much Greg for teaching ways to witness and how to Go, Fight, Win.&#160; This was my first Dare 2 Share conference and i hope we come back next year! :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ok so last night when we were supposed to call a friend and share the gospel with them i called my friend chessie&#8230;she used to live in ohio and we went to the same school and played soccer together.&nbsp; She moved to Conneticut around September.&nbsp; We stayed in touch a little bit over the phone and through myspace.&nbsp; I had talked to her about God and christianity before but i always felt like i didnt really get through to her.&nbsp; Well she is the first person that came to my mind when we had to call someone so i decided not to give up and call her.&nbsp; she didnt answer but i left her a voicemail telling her that i was at the conference and that i needed to talk to her about God and things like that and i said for her to call me back.&nbsp; So that night on the way home she called me back and I missed the call. She left me a voicemail saying that she would love to talk more about so i called her back right then.&nbsp; She&#8217;s the first person that I have ever helped become a christian so&nbsp;i was incredibly nervous but the girls in the car helped me out sooo much. So anyways i just asked her where she wanted to start and she didnt know so i just told her a little bit more about the conference and i basically went right in to asking her if she wanted to become a christian and pray the prayer right there on the phone.&nbsp; So me and my friends put together a prayer for her and repeated after me.&nbsp; I was a little nervous because she didnt ask many questions so i made it clear that this would be life changing and she would have to change some things and truly live for God.&nbsp; So after we got done praying i gave her some good verses and books of the bible to start off reading and i asked her if she had any friends who she could go to church with and she said she had a christian friend that she could go to church with every sunday.&nbsp; then she told me to call her tomorrow, which is today, so after lunch ill call her&#8230;i just hope and pray now that she continues to live for God and go down the path to Heaven!!! i was sooo excited and there is no other feeling like doing something for God and help saving someone from eternal death. Thank you so much Greg for teaching ways to witness and how to Go, Fight, Win.&nbsp; This was my first Dare 2 Share conference and i hope we come back next year! <img src='http://www.gregstier.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Anna</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2007 04:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just got home from Dare2Share Columbus and wanted to say THANK YOU SO MUCH! I&#039;ve always been a believer but I really needed a new fresh start. I wanted to share something with you, something I got really emotional about. The minute I got home, I checked to see who was online, IM-wise that is. I talked to my friend Anissa, who I thought was a believer, since she&#039;d come to christian concerts with me. She was having guy trouble, of course, and yeah. She told me she didn&#039;t believe there was a God, really, and we were all out here on out own.Well, this was the convorsation, after a while:
Me: sorry about that my comp spazzed
Anissa: lol its cool 
Me: anyway, why don&#039;t you pray about it? look, this whole cutting thing, i was hopeless. i felt like this wierd thing was pulling me down. it was satan pulling me down. but yesterday i realized this wasn&#039;t true, and i prayed, and i&#039;ve been able to fight the urge. i realized you don&#039;t need guys or popularity or anything else that&#039;s dragging you down. you just need to talk to god.
Anissa: I&#039;m glad it&#039;s working for you.
Me: dude! it&#039;ll work for you. ok, do you have a relationship with god?
Anissa: Hun, I don&#039;t. I don&#039;t really believe there is a god 
Me: then why do you think we&#039;re here
Anissa: Evolution and my own thoughts 
Me: ok i&#039;m gonna be totally honest right now. i&#039;m crying my eyes out. but seriously, what happened before evolution. i mean, explain it to me.  i wanna understand
Anissa: Uhh, like dunno. I believe that there is a &#039;god&#039; of some sort that created everything and all it&#039;s inhabitants. But I don&#039;t believe he/she is watching over. They started us out and left us to finish off our lives our own way 
Me: god isn&#039;t like that. he&#039;d never leave you alone. he created you. he loves you. i&#039;m crying for you, honey. i want to share something with you that has changed my life. because i love you, too.
Anissa: Hun, I&#039;m really really glad this is helping you, but I have my own beliefs on what&#039;s going to help me. I want to rely on myself. 
Me: ok do you believe in heaven and hell?
Anissa: Yes, I do. 
Me: ok, then if you&#039;re wrong, are you going to heaven or hell?
Anissa: I&#039;m not judged upon my beliefs in god. If I&#039;m a good person I&#039;ll go to heaven but if i&#039;m a bad person i&#039;ll go to hell 
Me: so you think you could be good enough to be with god? look, every person born on earth is born into sin, and they&#039;re destined to go to hell. they need a savior. jesus died the worst death imaginable. and that was for me, for you, and for everyone else in the world. and he rose agian
Anissa: Hun, like I said I&#039;m glad this is helping you come through a tough time, but it&#039;s not going to help me. Forcing these beliefs on me are only gona confuse wat I&#039;ve grown to know 
Me: i know that. but i know this is the truth. I want to help you. the bible is flawless. literally. the creator of the universe, of mankind, spoke through people. i&#039;m not forcing beliefs on you at all, but i want you to know how to get out of this depression, this sorrow, these things you&#039;re going through that i don&#039;t see how you could get through alone
Anissa: It&#039;s called hope and hard work. I believe we are the masters of our own destiny. and that maybe someones watching 
Me : but like i said what if your wrong?
Anissa: Then I&#039;ll deal with that when the time comes. But for now god&#039;s never been there for me. so i really have no right to call upon him for help Me: it&#039;s because you&#039;ve never put your faith in him. can i call you? please? or you call me?
Anissa: Hun, I&#039;m about to go to bed sorry.  My mom just yelled at me like two secs. ago 
Me: okay, i trust you&#039;re telling the truth. night
Anissa: night&#039; 

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So yeah, that was our conversation. I keep thinking about the drama. Please, I&#039;m looking for something I could bring up. This girl is acting tough, so I&#039;m a little afraid. Please pray for me and my evangelism, and Anissa and her accepting Christ.
--Anna</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just got home from Dare2Share Columbus and wanted to say THANK YOU SO MUCH! I&#8217;ve always been a believer but I really needed a new fresh start. I wanted to share something with you, something I got really emotional about. The minute I got home, I checked to see who was online, IM-wise that is. I talked to my friend Anissa, who I thought was a believer, since she&#8217;d come to christian concerts with me. She was having guy trouble, of course, and yeah. She told me she didn&#8217;t believe there was a God, really, and we were all out here on out own.Well, this was the convorsation, after a while:<br />
Me: sorry about that my comp spazzed<br />
Anissa: lol its cool<br />
Me: anyway, why don&#8217;t you pray about it? look, this whole cutting thing, i was hopeless. i felt like this wierd thing was pulling me down. it was satan pulling me down. but yesterday i realized this wasn&#8217;t true, and i prayed, and i&#8217;ve been able to fight the urge. i realized you don&#8217;t need guys or popularity or anything else that&#8217;s dragging you down. you just need to talk to god.<br />
Anissa: I&#8217;m glad it&#8217;s working for you.<br />
Me: dude! it&#8217;ll work for you. ok, do you have a relationship with god?<br />
Anissa: Hun, I don&#8217;t. I don&#8217;t really believe there is a god<br />
Me: then why do you think we&#8217;re here<br />
Anissa: Evolution and my own thoughts<br />
Me: ok i&#8217;m gonna be totally honest right now. i&#8217;m crying my eyes out. but seriously, what happened before evolution. i mean, explain it to me.  i wanna understand<br />
Anissa: Uhh, like dunno. I believe that there is a &#8216;god&#8217; of some sort that created everything and all it&#8217;s inhabitants. But I don&#8217;t believe he/she is watching over. They started us out and left us to finish off our lives our own way<br />
Me: god isn&#8217;t like that. he&#8217;d never leave you alone. he created you. he loves you. i&#8217;m crying for you, honey. i want to share something with you that has changed my life. because i love you, too.<br />
Anissa: Hun, I&#8217;m really really glad this is helping you, but I have my own beliefs on what&#8217;s going to help me. I want to rely on myself.<br />
Me: ok do you believe in heaven and hell?<br />
Anissa: Yes, I do.<br />
Me: ok, then if you&#8217;re wrong, are you going to heaven or hell?<br />
Anissa: I&#8217;m not judged upon my beliefs in god. If I&#8217;m a good person I&#8217;ll go to heaven but if i&#8217;m a bad person i&#8217;ll go to hell<br />
Me: so you think you could be good enough to be with god? look, every person born on earth is born into sin, and they&#8217;re destined to go to hell. they need a savior. jesus died the worst death imaginable. and that was for me, for you, and for everyone else in the world. and he rose agian<br />
Anissa: Hun, like I said I&#8217;m glad this is helping you come through a tough time, but it&#8217;s not going to help me. Forcing these beliefs on me are only gona confuse wat I&#8217;ve grown to know<br />
Me: i know that. but i know this is the truth. I want to help you. the bible is flawless. literally. the creator of the universe, of mankind, spoke through people. i&#8217;m not forcing beliefs on you at all, but i want you to know how to get out of this depression, this sorrow, these things you&#8217;re going through that i don&#8217;t see how you could get through alone<br />
Anissa: It&#8217;s called hope and hard work. I believe we are the masters of our own destiny. and that maybe someones watching<br />
Me : but like i said what if your wrong?<br />
Anissa: Then I&#8217;ll deal with that when the time comes. But for now god&#8217;s never been there for me. so i really have no right to call upon him for help Me: it&#8217;s because you&#8217;ve never put your faith in him. can i call you? please? or you call me?<br />
Anissa: Hun, I&#8217;m about to go to bed sorry.  My mom just yelled at me like two secs. ago<br />
Me: okay, i trust you&#8217;re telling the truth. night<br />
Anissa: night&#8217; </p>
<p>&#8212;&#8211;<br />
So yeah, that was our conversation. I keep thinking about the drama. Please, I&#8217;m looking for something I could bring up. This girl is acting tough, so I&#8217;m a little afraid. Please pray for me and my evangelism, and Anissa and her accepting Christ.<br />
&#8211;Anna</p>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Hey Greg/Everyone! I know this isnt toward the topic but please pray for me. I dont know how to explain whats going on in my life right now. Its confusing. Im so stressed with school, friends etc. I dont even know how to explain what i want to say right now...Just please keep me in your prayers. Thanks. Love you all. God Bless&#160;&#160;*Brianna.&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Hey Greg/Everyone! I know this isnt toward the topic but please pray for me. I dont know how to explain whats going on in my life right now. Its confusing. Im so stressed with school, friends etc. I dont even know how to explain what i want to say right now&#8230;Just please keep me in your prayers. Thanks. Love you all. God Bless&nbsp;&nbsp;*Brianna.</strong></p>
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