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Phoenix rocked!

Posted on Sunday 4 March 2007 by Greg @ 6:55 am
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Praise God I made it to Phoenix. After being stuck in Chicago on Friday in some bad weather I thought there may be a good chance I wouldn’t make it into my second favorite sunny state (Colorado’s my first favorite, but I’m a little prejudice because it is my home!)

Over 4,000 teens were awaiting in the Dodge Theatre ready to get trained and equipped. There’s something about the Dodge Theatre that I love. It is an intimate setting where you feel like you are connecting with thousands of your friends in a living room sort of way.

Somewhere around a few hundred came to Christ on Friday night and 9 tons of canned food were collected on Saturday afternoon. The cell phone challenge went excellent as well.

If you were there I’d love to hear how your outreach, 48 hour challenge or cell phone challenge went. Leave a comment and let me know!

109 Comments for 'Phoenix rocked!'

On March 4, 2007 @ 7:59 am Becky said:

Hey Greg you already heard about my cell phone challenge.I really hope you liked my gameday poem.It was really nice to meet you.I’ll keep you updated.~Becky~
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On March 4, 2007 @ 8:14 am Becky said:

Hey Greg if you read this pray for Selene.I am going to write out some of the skit if I remember it all and hand her a note with words that I probably won’t be able to speak.Thanks for being such a great encouragement.I thought I let you know that it took until saturday night to realize that Selene was like the girl who thought she was saved because she said a prayer.After that cell phone challenge was over the skit just came alive.I don’t want my best friend since the fifth grade to not go to heaven.Also pray for my cousin because we are engaging in a spirtual converstaion.Also on Valentines day I wrote a letter to my neighbor friend so pray that somehow I can reach her this year.Keep Calvary Baptist church youth in your prayers so we get stronger.~Becky~ PS:I can’t wait to read the book I bought.Your an amazing writer!!!! Hey somehow maybe I’ll come up with a survive poem to give to you in person.
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On March 4, 2007 @ 8:17 am Nathan said:

Phoenix was great. The first day challenged everything I thought I knew. The second day I learned a lot of new skills and then I got to apply some of those skills. I feel called to serve the Lord as an evangelist and/ or missionary. D2S rocked.
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On March 4, 2007 @ 8:52 am Holy Warrior said:

D2S was incredible, I went last year but this was the year that it really sunk in. My cell phone challenge went to his voice mail, but I left him a message requesting to speak to him about why he left his faith.(hopefully Monday) Please pray that I get through to Kyle. Thanks, keep up the great work Greg.
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On March 4, 2007 @ 9:55 am Elise said:

Hey, the conference was awesome in Phoenix! the concerts were amazing, speaking incredible, and the drama touching. the cell phone challenge was a bit tough though. I called my friend Becca, just because I knew she wasn’t a Christian and I really care about her. She was at a friends house, so I wanted to talk to her on Monday, I said, but she can tell when somethings wrong, so I decided to give it a go. She thought she was going to heaven FOR SURE, but that she needed sometime to herself and to figure out her life. I really wanted t o tell her she’s wrong, but I held back. (Play Nice) And then I started crying, out in the middle of the lobby. (the challenge was over in the giant room, so my friend Kristi led me out in the lobby). Kristi was down on her knees praying, and then all of a sudden something amazing happened that touched me. Some guy I didn’t know, and probably will never see again, walked out of the elevator, noticed me crying talking on the cell phone, and walked over to me. He hugged me, said "God Bless", and walked away. Although I didn’t notice that specifically right then, it touched me as my youth group was walking out to the cars. I spent a full 5 minutes praying and thanking God for that. I had to hang up with my friend, she kept saying she didn’t want people pushing religion down her throat, so I decided that was enough for tonight. But thank you for the AMAZING life changing experience, and I hope you get to your next one safely. Thank you!
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On March 4, 2007 @ 10:37 am Alecsa said:

Hi Greg, Friday night was the frist time i truly came to Christ. It was amazing for me. I have always been afraid to talk about the Bible and religion and God with my friends but now I am ready. I am ready to spread the word. I loved going door to door even though I only talked to a couple of people. It was hard at first because the first girl we got was more athiest than anything. My friends and i handeled it well as far as my thoughts on it go. It was my first time to Dare to Share and i know that it changed my life. now im not afraid to go tell my friends about what i believe. and I am going to change my ways in my life. I am so glad that i came this year and i cant wait to go next year! thank you for everything! Alecsa (14) Desert Spring United Methodist Church Las Vegas, Nevada
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On March 4, 2007 @ 10:53 am Phillip Stancato said:

Hey greg u were amazing speaking to ourlives about jesus my lifehas changed even more everytime i go there i get pumped up see u next year at survive.
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On March 4, 2007 @ 11:15 am kk said:

I just want to thank you and the rest of the Game Day Crew. That was amazing! I had a wonderful time and grew closer to god then over. Thanks so much!
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On March 4, 2007 @ 11:21 am Kaitlyn said:

Greg~ I had a great time at the dodge theatre! i hope you can be as funny as you were this year! see you next! bye kaitlyn
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On March 4, 2007 @ 11:21 am ricky said:

dude u rocked u made me and all of my friends ball our eyes out and im a football lineman and who ever can make a footbal lineman cry is truly real so thank you and i will spread the word of god. GO SPRING OF LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH WOOT WOOT PHEONIX
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On March 4, 2007 @ 11:36 am Taylor said:

Hey greg!!! This year i had a lot of fun. i have gone the past three years and all of them have been a blast. This year was more special for me because i brought a friend. She wants to come next year and bring her own friend!!! i was excited to hear this. the skit made me and my friend start to cry. i really love the shows you put on. i going to try to get my friend to turn to christ with all of my heart. thanx for putting on dare 2 share!!!
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On March 4, 2007 @ 12:03 pm Shelby Ahlman said:

Greg- Gameday was my third conference that you have held in Phoenix. I live in Tonto Basin a very very very small town in the Middle of nowhere. My highschool is an hour drive every day to get there and an hour back. I am involved in 3 sports so i dont get home till really really late. Last year at Revolution I truly accepted Christ into my heart and have been following his word ever since, You and YOUR E TEAM have made a positive difference in my life and i want to thank you for that. I also wanted to tell you that this year my little sister got to got to D2S and she had a blast. (she is in 6th grade and you used her ipod at the concert.) (Rachel also pulled her on stage) On friday night when you asked us to bow our heads and say the prayer to accept Jesus into our hearts, that was amazing for me, not because i accepted but because even though you told us NOT to peak i Did! When i opened my eyes and looked in front of me i saw my 11 uear hold sisters arm outstretched and in the air. I cried so much for her i am so happy she is a follower of Jesus and I dont know if she would have done that without you !! I am truly greatful for you guys and i hope to see you guys next year and share our faith and love for God in each others presence. CANT WAIT!!! —— Shelby Ahlman 15 —- Tonto Basin Bible CHurch
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On March 4, 2007 @ 1:01 pm Shelby Devine said:

Thank you so much for having this conference in a nearby place. Over the years I have gone to christian concerts, benefits, and all the christian based things you could possibly imagine. But this one was different. This one caught my eye. I have never felt so bad yet so GREAT at the same time. Bad because I saw the points in my life that I need to change and the things that were keeping me from God. And great because I never realized the GREAT things in life that I took for granted. And I saw the things I could have because of Christ. Greg, I rededicated my life this weekend. And I want to thank you and the crew and staff because of it. Without your guys` conference I probablly would be the same old me. Acting like a Christian at church, and as you say "poser" in front of my friends. No more. No longer will i shun God because I am in front of my friends. I am going to bring him up more often. I’m going to talk about him any chance I can get. Once again, Thank you. And I cant wait till the next conference to bring my friend, Sam, the one I had called on the phone this weekend. If you help change me, I know with your help, she can come to know God like I have. —-Shelby Devine 14—-St. Paul’s Episcapol Church–Yuma, Az
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On March 4, 2007 @ 1:21 pm lilkuke said:

Hey Greg, I was there for the last two days! That was awesome! It was my first D2S and I never want to miss one again! Can’t wait for next year! GO! FIGHT! WIN!
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On March 4, 2007 @ 1:42 pm stephanie said:

Hi Greg! I absolutely loved D2S this weekend, its the first time I’ve been to anything like it, and I’m way more than excited. I’ve always wanted to be able to share my faith with my friends, to help them through ‘the hell they’re going through’, and now I finally have the confidence and the methods to share it with them. I’m definitely going next year, and I can’t wait to bring some friends! stephanie
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On March 4, 2007 @ 2:22 pm Marguerita said:

I loved the dare 2 share conference. It truly changed my life for the better. When i went i already had God in my heart, but when i left i felt so much stronger about my faith. I went with a friends church, and it costs practically nothing, when my church goes somewhere it costs arounf 400 dollars. And never before like this camp has it changed my life. My favorite part about the weekend, was the cell phone challenge. It was the most scary, exciting, bold thing i have ever done. it was definitely the most out of my comfort zone thing i have ever done in my life. I did call my friend. I have had a chance to talk to her for years but i never have. She did not accept God that night, but we are going to talk more on Monday at school. After i did that call, its hard to explain, but it felt like a part of my heart had been filled. Your teaching was fantastic, and i cant wait to see you again. I am for sure going next year. Marguerita
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On March 4, 2007 @ 2:53 pm Ian Erickson said:

Hey Greg, I was at the Dodge theatre this weekend. i had alot of fun and I also learned alot about Judgement Day. i hadnt really ever thought about that alot. Plus the music was really good. like I said I had alot of fun and I want to go next year. Ian
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On March 4, 2007 @ 2:57 pm Felicia Bentley said:

I was there in Phoenix, It was my first dare to share I have wanted to go every year with my church and I was always unable to go and I was happy that I finally got the chance to go. It was even better than I was expecting and I am so excited for next year. I wanted to share with you about my experience with the cell phone challenge. So I called my friend kelsey but it went straight to voicemail so I tried one more time and I got the same response so I just left her a message, then I sat there for a few minutes and I look over at my friend Josh and I was like I think I am going to call my dad, and Josh was like is he a non- believer and I told him he was and he was like go call him, so I called my dad and I was crying my eyes out by the time he answered and he was like what’s wrong and I told him how we had this challenge, and I was like Dad I want you to love God and know him and go to heaven with me I want to see you there, and then my dad started crying(and my dad never cries) and he told me that he loved me and that he did love God and that I would see my dad in heaven he would be there waiting for me, and I could tell ho sincer and honest it really was and we said goodbye and I began to cry even more but it was out of happiness of course. I just thought it was amazing, because my dad was working and I didnt know that at the time but he took time out of his work to talk to me about God, and I just love how God can bring someone like my dad who is all tough and never cries to tears, thanks so much for giving us that challenge, on Friday I was praying to God to give me some opportuninty to talk to my dad about God and that was my chance! -Felicia Bentley
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On March 4, 2007 @ 2:58 pm Ellen said:

This year at the dodge theater was my 1st time to D2S… i absolutly loved it… i come from a family who is not at all religious… so i have been on my own in my religion… i mean i go to church, and our youth is awsome… but we are only about 25 in the highschool ministry… and to be in the dodge theater with that many peole on fire for God and that really love Jesus was amazing! it took my heart to a new level… the first day was intence… but it helped me to understand what judgement day will be like.. at first i was worried, because yeah like everyone ive messed up, and i thought… No way was i going to be with Jesus, and God… but then you reminded me of how all my sins were payed for… and i suddenly remembered why i was saved… you helped me to realize how happy i am to be a christian… and you inspired me to share my beliefs with my family and my 2 bestfriends… ill try to write you again and tell you how that goes.. plus ill probley have questions…thank you for all you and everyone at D2S have done for me! Oh and you are hillarious… i can’t wait for the survivor tour!
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On March 4, 2007 @ 3:33 pm Bethanie said:

Yo Greg!! I am from Tucson and I went to Phoenix for the Dare 2 Share conference!! It was totally FUN!! I am really looking forward to next year. Esp. because of Hawk Nelson and I really do want tot learn hoe to SURVIVE!! Well, see ya then. O ya… are you gonna speak next year??
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On March 4, 2007 @ 3:38 pm kayla said:

last year was my first year at dare 2 share. i loved it!![of course] before it was difficult to share the gospel without sounding retarted and getting mixed up. however, with the advice that you gave us this year, i had much more confidence. me and my group talked to a lady for a very long time, with the goal of leading her to christ. even though she denied i beleive that the 3 of us really gave her something to thing long and hard about. hopefully one day she will accept him! thanks again for such a wonderful weekend! kayla
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On March 4, 2007 @ 3:45 pm Kathryn said:

I went to D2S this weekend, and everything was going wrong. I had been having a bad week and I was praying for wisdom. i missed the first halp of Saturday because of a funural that i found out about on friday. So as our youth group went many things happend. When we went to go collect cans we got stuck in the elevators for about 15min, we were all laughing and panicing and then praying, we finnally pried the doors open. Then my phone fell from the 4th floor of the parking grage to the bottom. I went down there to get it with our youth sponser and we found it and thank God it still work. I was telling our youth sponser Steven about my week and he told me that God was going to do something great and satan is trying to prevent it and not to let him still myjoy. Later that night like every year you challenged us with the forty-eight hour challenge and I had the same peerson on my heart as I did the year before, I had planed to go talk to her on Monday and then you told us to take our cell phones out that we had to call the friend that was on our heart. All the suddon i was frightened, my youth pastor prayed for me as I made the call, as I talked to my friend about Jesus and what she believed. SHE GOT SAVED! in those 4 min. God had been preparing her heart for this moment. Afterwords i was excited and thinking about it, when I realized I didn’t know her number until I got it from her on Friday right before leaving for Dare2Share that night. Thank you so much for that Challenge it not only changed my life but my friends also and tomorrow I’m going to go to school and tell the whole group of friend I hang out with what happend and how they can recieve the gift of eternal life also. God Bless and be Forever in His Presence, Kathryn Ryan
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On March 4, 2007 @ 3:48 pm Holly said:

Hi Greg! thanks for simply doing Dare to Share. If you wouldn’t have come, i would have been on the computer but instead, i was praising God with everything I had!!! I just wanted to thank you Soooooo much for deciding/choosing/wanting to teach kids like us the most important thing we can learn. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sorry…… i go a little crazy on exclamation points!!!!!!!
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On March 4, 2007 @ 3:55 pm Nate said:

I’m a youth pastor and this was my 2nd D2S conference. The entire weekend hit me like a brick in the face. I came to the realization Saturday morning that there is a major lack of priority in my ministry–evangelism. I can’t believe I have missed the single most important reason about Christianity and I have been missing it in my own ministry. How can I expect my teens to share their faith if I’m not giving them opportunities to? To all of those reading this, I want you to do 2 things: 1. I ask you pray for me as I implement an e-team into my ministry. I ask you to pray for me and my group tonight (Sunday) as we do a follow-up session in our youth meeting. I know of 4 teens who made decisions Friday night. Tonight, I am going to give them a chance to come clean before God and their peers. The second thing is always to remember, "Christianity is personal; not private." -Mark D. Roberts, No Holds Barred: Wrestling With God In Prayer
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On March 4, 2007 @ 4:01 pm Craig B. said:

Thank you for coming to Phoenix. I traveled up there with a local group of Missionary Kids and I took it as an escape for the weekend, to get away. Once I turned 8 my parents turned their backs on the church because they refused to pray and help my older brother. Ever since then I never have been religous. But friday night, because of you and the rest of the Dare2Share concert, Christ found me and I would just like to thank you and the other people involved because you put the gospel in a way that made me listen and want to listen. I just tagged along and now I feel that without that trip, I would of been lost, but thanks to you and the amazing people around me, I’ve been found and will be in heaven and heard Him talk to me. I would like to thank you alot because I feel that you were the best one at the concert. Thanks for helping me find Jesus.
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On March 4, 2007 @ 4:17 pm Ryan S said:

hey greg it was first time to dare 2 share but it really made a difference in my life and the cell phone challenge didn’t work out very well but i’ve tried lots of times to talk to this person but she stills doesn’t really care for religion and i ask that you will pray for Jillian and for me to get the word out to her. thnx for coming to praise the word and share. i really hope to come next year. later.
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On March 4, 2007 @ 4:23 pm Chris said:

hey greg you prolly dont remember me but im the guy that you gave the doller to after you were talking about your grandfather and the dollers he gave you for your A’s but im the guy that you talked to and gave it to and i just want to say that i have been here for the past 3 years and each year got better but this year was UNBELIEVABLE friday night i got the closest t God that i have in around 4 years and it was amazing and through all of that on friday night you helped to show me what my spiritual gift was so i thank you for that also but i just want to say that this years was the greatest one yet and i wish you well on the upcoming places you are going Chris
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On March 4, 2007 @ 5:13 pm Jeremy said:

Hey, when everyone went to collect cans, our youth group went to a park instead to talk about what we had been learning and establish some challenges of our own. We did this because we didn’t have enough leaders, didn’t know the neighborhood, and would be liable if anything happened. Anyway, when we got to the park there were a number of homeless people around that we weren’t counting on, and one of the younger leaders became nervous and said, "We are not going here. I’m not getting off this bus!" etc. We stayed there anyway, and began talking about the message. One of the homeless guys came over to our group, sat down and began listening and asking questions. After a few moments our pastor asked us to pull out our ‘playbooks’. The guy obviously didn’t have one, so the leader took a step in faith and moved over to share hers. This opened the door for them to start talking. She found out that he had accepted Christ at a Billy Graham crusade, but a pastor told him that it didn’t count because it was so public. She was able to reaffirm his faith and give him some hope. In addition to this man, Scott, there were a few others that joined us. One had only a few weeks to live from liver disease (his only possession was a Bible), another came over afterward and asked us to pray for her and her family (her husband also came over and asked the same thing). After we left, the young leader began sobbing not because of the amazing thing that had just happened, but because God needed us to be there, and she didn’t want to be. God was able to change her heart and minister to these people as well as give us all an incredible example.
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On March 4, 2007 @ 5:22 pm Katrina said:

Greg, I thank you and I praise God that you were able to come. I am incredibly blessed to have gone and it changed my entire life. I came to Christ and I trust him in completely now. If it wasn’t for Dare 2 Share, i’d be lost. I used to be full of anger and hate and now I can’t even remember what it felt like. I had the chance to share my faith and I did. Last year, i was afraid, i hardly spoke a word. This year, I took charge and shared the good word. And I got many chances to meet people, I even met you. I would just like to let you know that you’re an inspiration and God Bless you.
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On March 4, 2007 @ 5:27 pm James White said:

Hi, greg. im the kid u talked to on the phone friday. i was staying with my youth group at the hilton garden inn in room 202. i just wanted to say u did an amazing job at dare2share. im definitly coming back next year. im bringing friends too.i learned so much!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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On March 4, 2007 @ 5:37 pm selena barreras said:

Wow, I have nothing bad to say about this year. This year was so much more insightful and I just had a major God experience there. I was just overwelmed with the presence of God in that arena on friday. I haven’t been getting along with god lately and now I’m gonna try to get back to praying and actually being a LOSER. I’ve been a poser for to long and I can’t take it anymore. And when greg told all the youth leaders to go and stand by the chair and pray for thier youth. I was so engulphed by the fire of god that I had to tell my youth leader( which is our pastor , Which is my dad) but I didn’t have to say anything. I think Dare to Share is one of the best things anyone can do for the youth of America.
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On March 4, 2007 @ 6:24 pm Kristi Joy said:

Hey Greg! I just wanted to thank you for listening to God and beginning this Ministry! I was at D2S Phoenix and it challenged me so immenselly! I have been a Christian for nearly 10 years and have known the need to share it, but not until now did i have the courage! I want you to know that i WILL DARE 2 SHARE WHAT I BELIEVE! You have no idea how big of an impact this had on our group! I am amazed! We had one guy trust Christ for the first time, another rededicate, and every single person in our group that went came back a DIFFERENT person! The quietest guys became the boldest outreachers, the tuff guys were crying, the girls were each encouraged and i dont think i have EVER been so challenged in my faith! I am determined to GO FIGHT WIN! Thank you again for following God’s call! Kristi Joy- Family Bible Church
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On March 4, 2007 @ 6:59 pm Missy said:

Hey Greg, I was at the Pheonix Dare2Share and it was totally awesome. But I have some questions. I go online and get into religious debates and try to shed some light for poeple who don’t know christ, (under God’s convictions) But, I hada quesiton from a guy who said that: If you Jesus doesn’t know when he is returning again and he is God then Gos clearly doesn’t know everything, and I’m not too sure how to respond. It’s like you siad, when we don’t know the answer to a question go find out. But I’m a little lost on how to explain it to him. If you could sometime just answer that for me whenever you have time that would be awesome. Thx, Missy
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On March 4, 2007 @ 7:36 pm Gabe said:

It was my first time at Dare to Share, and it was an experience that I am so glad to be a part of. Thank you Greg and everyone who was a part of this ministry. Although I grew up in a Christian home, this weekend helped me truly realize that there is nothing about Christ or the message to be ashamed or embarrassed of. I pray God-willing, that I will be able to attend next year and bring more of my friends and people that don’t know the wonderful power of Christ’s love. God bless y con mucho amor- Gabriel
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On March 4, 2007 @ 7:57 pm Shaandiin P. said:

hi greg!! i had an awesome time at the dare to share conference!! i was at the dodge theater too.. apart of the awesome phoenix crowd. we came from kayenta,az though! well god bless u! bye
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On March 4, 2007 @ 8:07 pm Sav said:

Amazing conference this weekend in Az! I had so much fun and learned a lot!!! I can’t wait till next year!! God bless!
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On March 4, 2007 @ 8:28 pm elizabeth said:

hey i was there for the first time and it was sooo cool i loved it good choice on bands
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On March 4, 2007 @ 9:06 pm Godz Baby said:

Hey Greg, please place my friend Justin in your prayers because when i took the cell phone challenge this morning, it didnt seem like i was getting through and it nearly broke my heart. then a few hours ago he asked if after 9pm tonight if i wouldnt mind helping him through the prayer about giving his life to Christ and letting Him lead him where He needs to be. pray for me that i will have the right words tonight, words filled with encouragement and love. i am so happy that i was given the opportunity to lead him this way, because he has been heavy on my heart for along time, and i didnt know how to go about talking to him. great conference this year, cant wait for next year, it is going to be even better, if that is even possible.
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On March 4, 2007 @ 9:29 pm Brian said:

Greg just wanted to say thanks for putting on a great conference this weekend. My wife and I were there with members of our youth group and we were just amazed. Over 4000 kids sharing the love of God, praise be to Him. May the Lord continue to bless you and your ministry, hope to see you next year. We are already planning to get our kids more involved this next year and start an E-team at our church. HE LIVES!!!!!
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On March 4, 2007 @ 11:29 pm Candice said:

Hey Greg, This weekend was so amazing! I was doubtful as to whether I was going to have fun at dare2share, but boy was i ever wrong! i had a great time. Starfield was amazing and is one of my new favorite bands, i really enjoyed them. It was a really eye-opening experience to see 5000 other people worshiping God with me. I cant wait until next year!
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On March 4, 2007 @ 11:56 pm LETICIA PALACIOS said:

HEY GREG YOU WERE GREAT AT PHOENIX!IT WAS MY FIRST YEAR GOING AND I LOVED IT.IT MADE ME REALISE HOW MUCH I LOVE GOD AND HOW MUCH GOD LOVES ME!WELL I HOPE I CAN GO NEXT YEAR!I REALLY LOVED THE DRAMA!I LEARNED ALOT THIS WEEKEND. WELL I HOPE YOU WRITE BACK TO ME! yumapalacios@hotmail.com
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On March 4, 2007 @ 11:58 pm SHAILA Olin said:

Hey. Thank you so much for having D2S here in Phoenix. I went last year and I refused to let God in because I didnt understand. Plus that night my youth leader told us that he was stepping down and it killed me. For a year now its been that way. I have gone through hell. Ive got addicted to drugs, cut, suicidal attempts, starved myself, hated myself. I am a pastors kid and I hate it because they all preach at me. This year I let go and now Im a christian because of it. Ive let go everything that chained me down. I broke my cds that had slipknot and other secular artist on them. I changed my myspace from everyother word being a curse words and being black and depressing to lighter and God addicted. myspace.com/jumpsummer if you ever have time. But I want to let you know that your words and the way you talk to us really impacted me. Everything you said made sense to me finally. Plus your not like most of the christians i know. They are all stuck up but you showed me that not all christians are that way. My youth pastor, the one that stepped down, he was like you. He was the only one who loved me for who i was and who i wasnt when no one else did. I was the outkast. I still kinda am but you know what I dont care anymore because I have Jesus in my life and they cant do anything to me. Thank you so much again. See you next year. Looking forward to it. Shaila
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On March 5, 2007 @ 12:19 am Jose Gomez said:

Hey greg I know we didn’t get to meet in person but the Dare 2 share conference rocked,I loved the drama skit it made think alot about my walk with God,yeah and it was my first time at Dare2share and it rocked,I loved so much,dare2share was a life changing experiance
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On March 5, 2007 @ 12:27 am Adrianna Harrington said:

Hey well im so glad that you had dare to share in phoenix this year i mean ive never been to it but this year was life changeing i always said i beleved in God but i never really understude what i was saying and what it ment and when my dad died i was kinda lost and did not want to have anything to do with good but then i went to d2s and on friday night i just decided to look up at the chair during the skit of judgement day and i got the chills and goose bumps and i kinda could not breath and so i took a deep breath and my heart droped and then i started to cry for no reason and i to ld my youth minister that night that i gave myself up to God and that God is in me and in me he stays i excepted God that night and to come home and be told i dont know who God is and that if God exsists then why are people getting rapped and little kids being killed and starved and i just said because i beleve i beleve thaeir is a God and that everything happins for a reason and that God took the pain away from the kids but to do that he took their life and they they rest in his arms and everyone was speachless but i did not care then the next day we did the cell phone thing i just prayed i had my phone but i decided to pray and im telling you i thank the Lord Jesus Christ that you guys helped me to beleve!!! oh yea bye the way STARFIELD ROCKED MY SOCKS!!!!
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On March 5, 2007 @ 12:29 am Andrew said:

Phonixe was great. Thank God for the cell phone challenge. Thanks to that my couisn who last lost to the world no is really consterding turning back to christ!!!!
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On March 5, 2007 @ 8:26 am Mat said:

hey first of i just want to say that D2S was amazing, thats the first one ive been to and i dont plan on ever missin one agian. it was mind blowing to see all of us calling freinds on saturday night. my phone call did not go so well my freind just kinda blew off the question, but never give up! his names Phillip just pray for him plz. and you guys had some asome stories!!! loved the one about ur son telling thats lady the gospel it was really inspiering.
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On March 5, 2007 @ 11:46 am Lisa said:

Hey Greg, First off I love what God is doing in your life. I love the fact that you are a Jesus loving lunitic, and I also loved the cell phone challenge. You made me feel squarmish and uncomfortable, which is good, sometimes I am just so afraid of shoving more hyprocrytical Jesus down peoples throats that I do forget to tell them about eternal life. I thankyou for that, I called my friend but got a voice mail and plan on speaking with her today. You rock! thanks for the obediance to the Word! God Bless
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On March 5, 2007 @ 1:04 pm dev said:

hey greg. this was my second year at dare2share and i loved it!! it affected my life so much. i just need some advice on what to say…i no that u said that once u talk about it…then u plant the seed, but is there anything more that i could say to my friend?
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On March 5, 2007 @ 2:01 pm tiffany said:

Hey Greg, I thank God for you and and your amazing ability to reach not just the teens but us old people too!!! This was my 3rd d2s with our youth group but probably the most special one. We’ve been through some serious trials at our church and have been w/o a youth pastor since October. All of us leaders have been really pulled to the limits trying to keep everything together. We prayed forever it seems so that our youth would still want to go to d2s this year, despite all the things that have been happening. Praise God that we had 18 kids and they all had amazing stories to share on SUnday morning. How beautiful it was to hear them talk about Monks and Miners, "What if you’re wrong", and putting on our games faces. It reaffirmed how much this ministry means to me. In addition, this was the first year my son and niece were able to attend as part of the youth and to see their hearts open and learning brought me to my knees Friday night. Thanks again, YOU ROCK!!!!!
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On March 5, 2007 @ 3:01 pm Clarasmom said:

Hi Greg, I was a chaperone this year. Thanks for providing an awesome conference for Teens! I had a fabulous time and was amazed at the work God was doing at the Dodge Theater. I was brought to tears several times watching these kids commit to Christ. I’ll happily chaperone again. GO TEAM!
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On March 5, 2007 @ 3:01 pm Lacey said:

I am one of those few hundred in the Dodge Theature that came to Jesus Christ that night. I felt so at home and so happy to be there with my friends, my youth leader, the music and teachings, never before have I been to something like this. Dare to Share changed life and how I view god and who I really am. I hope you guys continue this program, and come back to Pheonix soon! I miss you guys already! Love, Lacey
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On March 5, 2007 @ 3:19 pm Diana Noncheva said:

Hi Greg. Dare 2 Share was amasing. I took the 48 hour challenge by textin my friend Andrew. I told him basically everything. I asked him how is his life now, and how it will if he accepts Jessu as his savior. Thought he never wrote back. That same day on Sunday i saw his little brother so i talked to him. Th his response was that he is going to go to hell and thats it. Then i told him that he can go to heaven if he accepts Jesus as his savior. So basically i had a half an hour conversation with him. He told oh yah an year before i die i will accpet him. Before i left i told him that is all up to him. I asked him if i can pray for him in any wqay. He told me no im fine i dont need help. But i will pray for him anywyz. That was my 48 hour challenge. Thought Starfield and Superchick were good, as well as Rachel washington. The spickers were great too. On Saturday my youth group went to the park and there were some homeless people that joined us. On the end tehy give their life to Christ. God is just amazing. I loved it. I hope i hear from you. Thnax
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On March 5, 2007 @ 4:43 pm Molly said:

Hey Greg, I had an awesome time @ dare2share. It was my first time but certenly not my last! I learned so much about sharing the gospel!!! Hope 2 see you next year. Thanx. Molly
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On March 5, 2007 @ 4:44 pm JC_Girl said:

Hai Greg…I just wanted to thank you for doing what you did for all of us this last weekend…I really appriciated it!! Today at school…I tried talking to my friend Chris about coming to Youth Group with me this up coming Wednesday and he just simply said "Oh well…I dont really DO the whole church thing"…then I asked him if he was Athiest and he said "No…But I’m thinking about becoming a Buddist" Then I asked him why and he just told me that his friend did it and he really liked it and all…then I asked him one of those questions that we were talking about asking people about their religion, "What if you are wrong and there is a heaven and a hell…I don’t want you to have to face judgment day and go to hell" and he said…"Well I’m not wrong"……. The point of this whole thing is that I need advice….What should I do now????
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On March 5, 2007 @ 4:46 pm JC_Girl said:

Hai…It is me again…If you read this I just want to ask you to pray for my mom…there is a possibility that she may have cancer…I already lost my dad about a year ago…and I really don’t want to lose my mom too…I am trying to get as many people praying about it as I can…and I would really appreciate it if you could help…thank you…
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On March 5, 2007 @ 5:05 pm Emily said:

This year’s dare2share was absolutely amazing! I’m going to try really hard to talk to as many of my friends as possibly about the good news of Jesus Christ. Thank you so much for all you do, and I really hope I can see you again next year!
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On March 5, 2007 @ 5:43 pm Angie said:

I had an amazing time at Dare 2 Share. This was my first time but I seriously enjoyed my time there. Next year I’m hoping to go to Dare 2 Share in Chicago because I will be moving there within the next couple of weeks. But, yeah I hada great time and I do expect to go again.
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On March 5, 2007 @ 5:49 pm Holly said:

the dare 2 share was alsome this year!!! i had a ball!! I did the 48 chaleng well i atemted it but……well my firend and i were talking to this guy gosh ( he is the one that we think needs God) and we asked what he beifs in and he said he rilly doesn’t know. we aksed ok so you don’t beilf in any thing? and he said that he gusess he beilfs what a christan does. than we asked if he things the bibel is ture. and he said some of it. so that was it and tomarrow my frined and i are going to try talking to him agian.
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On March 5, 2007 @ 5:52 pm taylor said:

This was my first year I ever went to Dare to Share. I thought it was so fun! I loved the concerts and met some really cool people. I hope I can go next year. This really helped me get the courage to preach God’s word.
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On March 5, 2007 @ 6:06 pm Nicholle said:

Greg, The Phoenix Conference was amazing! This was year 4 or 5 for us and we had a great time. We had 5 of our 7th grade confirmation youth accept Christ for the first time Friday night. It really was payday for me. Our kids were deeply touched and also enjoyed hosting 4 other churches at our building. We had 106 people stay with us friday night and it was a huge fun slumber party with our kids connecting with youth from all over the state. One thing I would like to apologize for is I found out on the walk back to the van one of our spunky boys threw the first glow stick. Thank you for all that you do to make a difference in the world.
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On March 5, 2007 @ 6:10 pm Victoria said:

This was my first year at Dare2Share and it was pretty neat! The drama friday night was powerful of how important it is to witness to our friends and let them know the love of Christ. Having to call a friend on Saturday night was difficult, but I did it. My friend was already a Christian but was falling away from Christ. He said that it meant a lot to him that I called just to say that Jesus loves him, especially since we haven’t talked in awhile. My school is a Christian school and something that is hard is that most of the people that are not Christians there fake it, so at times it is very difficult to tell who is a Christian and who isn’t. It’s almost harder to reach people there because they’ve already heard everything and grown up around it but have chosen not to accept it at this point. But it was impactful calling my one friend and I hope that it did something for him because I care very much for his soul. I hope that this weekend will impact me for the rest of my life and I will be able to be an instrument of God.
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On March 5, 2007 @ 8:58 pm Becky said:

Well for all to see my 48 hour challenge was not the best.I tried telling my best friend about the skit.The conversation quicky ending with her telling me she was a christian because she reads the bible and prays.I could not say anymore.
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On March 5, 2007 @ 9:44 pm Lucy Cortes said:

Hey Greg, this was my first time in Dare 2 share program, I think it was awesome because it made an impact in thousands of teens, like me; it really was a blessing to me all this because I learned many things, I know God had planned that I would go to this conference before I could ever imagine, God showed me incredible things out there. I am trying to gain my friends for God at school, some of them don’t want to hear about it, but I am praying for em’ and I know God will hear my prayers and answer them. I will be preying for you and everyone that went to Dare 2 Share even though our group was the only Hispanic people out there lol, but it doesn’t matter what matters is that we have God in our hearts. Well I obviously can’t wait for next year cuz, I AM NOT GOING TO MISS NEXT CONFERENCE!!! of course if God permits it. Take care and pray for Somerton Arizona’s church!!!
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On March 5, 2007 @ 10:18 pm Lewis said:

Hey Greg, just wanted to say you were great on Friday night and all day Saturday. The cell phone thing was a great idea too, if i would have had a cell phone I would have called my friend Kayla because she is an awesome person but she is an Satanist so me and my friend were going to team together and bring to her to Christ. But today at lunch at school we talked to her for a little bit about it and I think its getting to her. The best thing I used was when i said "What if your wrong? and there is a heaven and a hell." I think it got through her head. Well, just wanted to tell you. Thank you for listening to me. From, Lewis [I’m A Revolution] P.s. I met this girl her name is April, and I met her on Saturday night but that is all I know I wish I could find her and talk to her
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On March 5, 2007 @ 10:44 pm Louie said:

Hey Greg, I want to thank you for an incredible experience at D2S conference. Not only was I blessed tremendously, but my students were also. The worship was awesome! The outreach was awesome, and you were awesome! (Along with Jose.) I’m glad I got the chance to meet you in person. I was the bald brown guy in the fourth row Friday night. I came out front stage when you called the Youth Leaders up. That really inspired me more than I could have ever imagined. The youth training confirmed a lot of things I am doing right, and a lot of things I am going to approve on. I brought my wife, Jennifer, (who you also met Saturday morning at the church; we’re from that pentolcosol church in Bullhead City, Anointed Word.) and 14 youth. I want to share what took place on our out reach. Right out the gates we ran into two homeless drug addicts on the streets outside Dodge Theater, I had a chance, not only to witness to them, but to feed them. As we continued on our out reach we found our location and were able to share the gospel with five people. I stood back as my youth group shared and helped them with questions. It was incredible! We also collected lots of cans. This event has truly changed the lives of my youth group and my wife and I. Sunday night my pastor let me share this experience in front of the congregation and it turned into a message. Three youth gave thier testimonies and touched many people. We’re looking forward to next year! And looking foward to recieving the gospel journey. Once again I want to thank you and my prayers are with you, and I’ll continue to press forward in equipping the youth to share their faith in Christ. P.S.- By the way, I’m a freak like you. I’ll share anywhere, anytime, all the time, every time! Your friend in Christ, Youth Pastor Louie Valdez
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On March 5, 2007 @ 11:48 pm Bridget Gee said:

I was just going through my phonebook looking at my unsaved friends that I could talk to when Greg gave us the cell phone challenge! It was awesome because the Hole Spirit was really working in me this weekend. It was 2 years ago that Greg gave us the 2-2-2 challenge (which I completely met!) and I’ve grown so much in my faith and boldness. I also find that evangelism is my number one gift. It makes my blood set on fire and my heart beat faster. I feel so alive and real when I’m talking about God. I called my friend Nico Saturday night and we had a great conversation. He doesn’t want to go to Hell, so he’s pretty close! I’m praying for him, he’s ready to dive in to eternal life and I thank you Greg Stier for doing this program! I’ll see you in September for our leadership thing that Grace Chapel won! I’m so excited because I’m the student leader under Cameron Martin for Youth for Truth and I really can’t wait to talk to you!
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On March 6, 2007 @ 6:17 am Brian Alexander said:

We are doing Gospel journey at church. I love it!
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On March 6, 2007 @ 5:19 pm Sydney said:

Those night’s were sooo much fun. I can’t blieve we collected 9 tons of canned food!! That’s amazing! On Friday I became a teen of christ (agian). I had lost him but I have found him agian and I will never lose him ever agian. Starfield was awesome. Racheal Washington was Awesome and it was soooo cool being on stae with her and dancing. When our group went to go witness it was sooo much fun. We went to a nice christian lady’s house and she was so proud that youngpeople were out witnessing the word of God she gave each of us $20. That was a true blessing. We didn’t want to take it but she would not take it back. Bless her heart. We meet nice people but some people didn’t answer their door. It was still an awesome experience. I cannot wait until next year!!! You did a great job Greg and the rest of the "gang". Keep up the good work.
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On March 6, 2007 @ 5:49 pm Courtney said:

Hey I had a great time at the dare 2 share concert. I think for the first time I actually knew what coming to christ really meant. Thanx for sharing all that amazing stuff with us. If you have any more tips on talking to my friend that I called that night please can i have them. I have tried 2 talk 2 her since then but she keeps puushing me away and one of her friends just killed himself with drug overdose and she has started cutting again so if u have any tips please tell me.
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On March 6, 2007 @ 7:09 pm Hope Rodela said:

hey! well i just wanted to let you know i put my full trust in god friday night! Everyones really stoked for me..the skit you guys did was really intense about judgement day and it just spoke to me..i always knew god was there i just had a hard time putting my full trust or having faith..anyways im extremely happy i spent my birthday weekend that way since my birthday was friday..im definitely planning on coming next year for my 16th birthday!! and with the 48 hour challenge..well that went okay..i think it made them think a lot..i called a bunch of people that night and talked to a lot of people at school..i know when we did the gospel journey at my church (northminster presbyterian) i brought a lot of my friends and almost all of them put their trust in god that night..now with the tools we learned this weekend makes it a lot easier to spread the gospel and talk…going to the house though when we collected cans was a lot harder for me than what it is when i talk to any one at school..i dont know why though…ooh and i wore my loser shirt today..it definitely made a statement..but i absolutely love this shirt like no other!! you did an amazzzzing job this year and i cant wait till next year!! love ya! bye!! =] ~~hope
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On March 6, 2007 @ 7:22 pm Sonya said:

Greg you were AMAZING! I am so glad that my youth pastor talked me into going. I was talkign with ym youth pastor and i said "For me, this is not a 48 hour chanllenge. This is a LIFETIME challenge." I have talked to about 3 people so far about being a christian and putting their trust in god. 2 who were Atheists and one who thought he was going to heaven just because he said" i believe in God and i am a christian. so therefore i am going to heaven." well i set him straight and i think he has been thinking about it because he keeps looking at me weird in school. haha. After you said that stuff about making out music choices and myspace pages refelct that we are living for God. I changed everything. i went from 283 songs to 63 that are chrisitan with a few that arent christian but they arent bad songs. I am hoping to come next year and meanwhile keep posting on stuff here. ~Sonya
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On March 6, 2007 @ 7:46 pm Becky said:

Greg as I read your book I read the part on how you share your testimony.I was reading it at lunch and the before and after thing made me laugh.I was telling people about the fat-b gone pills but sorta forgot my principle was right there.Anyways I told him the reason for that and got by.Well my friend Erika said their are unsaved people but it is so hard to witness on account of certain people think your judging them.I don’t know what else to say except PEACE OUT.your faithful blog commenter.~Becky~
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On March 6, 2007 @ 9:23 pm BrandonFromOttawaks said:

hey greg its brandon again. how are you?? hey i want to tell you that i would love to someday be in your shoes. i mean to preach to kids like you do. heres my story… when i was about five or six i dont remember, i was at a church camp with my church, of course. anyways i was sitting in the chapel with the whole camp one morning at a service. i dont remember what it was about. but i do remember when the lady was speaking and had every kid and counsler bow their heads. she ask the group of maybe 100 people if they felt like God was speaking to them. of course i had a feeling that i couldnt explain. (at the time). well i stood up in front of everybody and trust me this was nothing i would do on my own. i stood up and told these people that i didnt know and some i did. including my mom dad and sister. i told them that i felt God was calling me to be a pastor or youth pastor. my mom balled. i didnt see her but she said that she was. after the service i had a feeling that i had lied to the whole camp. i told my mom that i had thought that i lied because i didnt know if God had really said that. i look back and realize that the devil would not "make me" lie about something so great. you know great as in that i would spread the gospel. he could only make me think that i lied because he wanted me to back down from what God was calling me to do. i know now that what i want to do now or would absolutely love to do. and that would be doing what u do. going from city to city and puting on these confrences. someday i would love to join the dare 2 share ministry team. i know it is long but i pray that you will take the time to read it. im still thanking you and praying for you and your ministry team. i hope to hear from you soon and have fun on the road talk to you later and i do pray that you dont forget me. God bless.
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On March 7, 2007 @ 12:08 am Terence said:

Hey Mr. Stier thanks sooo much for coming to Phoenix AZ. Your sermons, and D2S truly set me on fire for God again. I’m just sooo glad that i decided to go with my church and attend D2S. Over here i guess i feel bad though, because used my cell phone that nite, and told my friend about the Lord Jesus Christ. And i felt he understood. But i know him not to be a person of persecution, but more of one that just doesn’t care much for any religious things. He’s more of a New Age person. And i try to keep up and talk to him about God again and again. But i don’t know how to continue. Anyways Mr. Stier thanks again, and God Bless you, and D2S, continue to train other eager christians.
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On March 7, 2007 @ 9:47 am Claire said:

hi greg I loved D2S but look i kind of left youth group dering the skit on friday night. I went with this youth group that just loved me more. My youth group loved me but they dont really know the really me. But the youth group i was with during the skit i was crying more than with my youth group i prayed with both of the girls that are my best friend cuz the know what i am going thourgh. When superchick was playing we got to leave our y outh group but we had to be with someone. so i found the youth group i hang out with during the skit. And me and the same people i was talking to during the skit started crying with me and praying i loved. During the cell phone callenge one of my friends pick me and so she did not want to waste her time calling me so she found me and i prayed with her again. Well talk to u later i hope.
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On March 7, 2007 @ 9:54 am joyce said:

I didnt go this year,but i heard it waz great my friend called me and we talked bout god it waz nice i have fallen away from church activities just wanted to say i’ll be thier next year..
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On March 7, 2007 @ 12:16 pm swmr4god said:

Hey greg (and all the rest of you people of america), phoenix totally rocked out of the wazoo!! thanks to all the people who made it special!!
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On March 7, 2007 @ 12:22 pm swmr4god said:

For my 48 hr. challenge i picked my aunt ( who is an atheist!) . I was going to pick just onea of my friends from my school , but it would be cheating ( because i go to a christian school ,all my friends are christians!!!) . my aunt loves my family but im not sure if she likes our religion! Greg and all the rest of the people please pary for my Aunt Shannon! god bless,christys shannnon
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On March 7, 2007 @ 12:28 pm swmr4god said:

hello is any one out there?
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On March 7, 2007 @ 12:29 pm swmr4god said:

does anyone know where D2S is heading next . I want to hook up my cousins with D2S as well!
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On March 7, 2007 @ 4:16 pm Jessica said:

Wow This was my first year at dare 2 share and it was life changing! The phoenix ministry was awesome and I feel incredibly confident and empowered more so than ever! On saturday when we were collecting cans, my friend and i actually led two teenage boys to Christ! I truly saw God at work that weekend! And you (greg) were an integral part in why i gave it all my attention. Thanks God Bless you and keep doing all that you do! Jessica
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On March 7, 2007 @ 4:51 pm Erica said:

hey greg, Wow dare2share was way awesome this year. but i think it ended too soon. I was having so much fun that I didnt want to leave!!!! But anywayz I thought it was amazing how God worked in you to say all the right words and really know how to make us become more full of God instead of the worldy things. And about the 48 hr challenge… I chose my friend who I work this/go to school with to share Jesus with. At first I admit I was a little nervous at what her reaction would be because she knows I go to church and all but we dont really talk about it. And at first I asked her What she thought about God because I knew she believed…anyways she said that she didnt really know what to say… So i just explained to her how great God is and about heaven and hell and so on… Then i asked if she knew where she was going after she died… She also said, "I dont really know." then i explained more and told her what hell is like and how much I care for her and how much God cares… Even though she didnt accept Christ that day it made me feel really good inside to know that now she atleast knows a little and is thinking about it… It makes me want to tell everyone you know lol…. Well thanks alot!!!!!
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On March 7, 2007 @ 10:13 pm Tyler said:

Hey Greg I did the 48 challenge and three of my friends came to the lord the next afternoon. It was hard for me I dont know why though. I was saved young and been in church since then and i like going but something does not click for or something
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On March 7, 2007 @ 10:35 pm Raelene said:

Hey Greg!! (and whoever else reads this hehe) This years Dare 2 Share in Phoenix was my third and definatly my favorite. Blaze and Revolution were both major learning experiences for me as well as a load of fun, but this year was different. The music, the skits, the teaching, everything is amazing…being pulled on stage, singing in Rachel’s mic, there were so many awesome things that happened and it was something new every year. This year was something new from the start, though, as my youth group took the smallest group yet (only 4 teens) and finally got to stay for the whole conference rather than leaving Saturday afternoon. It was my first year to be able to collect cans from around Phoenix, see the concert that night, and hear the final portion of the lesson. Havin only a few of us actually worked to our advantage as we were on time, the first ones in the doors actually, and sat in the second row, dead center :D The drama was amazing, the music was my favorite as God has put a gift and a passion for music inside of me, and my friend Tammy and another boy in our group, Andy, even accept Christ as their Lord and Savior…but I still had such a heavy burden on my heart and all I could do was cry to God. When you told us to picture God holding out his hand to us I could almost see his smiling face and it was like he wanted to tell me something but I couldnt figure out what. I was so frustrated with God as I heard everybody talking about how he had spoken to them and I had nothing to share because I didn’t know what he was trying to tell me…in fact it was not until the Sunday night church service that I figured it out…I had been so angry at God all weekend and Satan was fighting me hard…we reached home only half an hour before church and as I stood in front of the congregation with my group I was still at a loss of what to say for my Testimony, so I stood their silently listening to everyone else as I waited for my turn…finally they came to me, the last one, and just as I opened my mouth the Holy Spirit hit me and I started to cry because I finally understood. Watching all of those before me, I saw myself the previous two years. I came back from Dare 2 Share just burning with God’s fire and each time I said how much I didn’t want to lose it, but I had. As time went on all of us lost sight of what was really important and went from living our lives for Christ to just living pretty good, but that’s not what God wants from us. The past two years God spoke to me so clearly I could almost hear his voice and I just brushed it off almost immediately, so all God said to me this year was "wait, ask, and then listen" God didnt want to give it all to me at once, number one so I would not become overwhelmed, and number two because he wants me to go to him and ask him his will on my own once I got home and back in my day-to-day life to see that I really mean it and want it. It’s harder to follow Christ when you are not around 5 thousand other teens screaming how much they love the Lord, and he wanted to see that I could be commited and really willing to follow him without all of that…and I am. I know that time is limited and very precious, even if not for me it could be for somebody else that I might have an affect on and I cant let any opportunity pass me by. I now have to take the annitiative in myself to go to God each day and ask him what he has for me that day, to learn and to teach, the lead and to follow, and of course to love as he does. Also, I know that he has a purpose for me and I believe he has already shown me what that is, I just have to find out how he wants it to work now. God has called me to be a Christian recording artist and I’m enthusiastically waiting to find how God is going to make this miraculous dream of my heart come true…watching Rachel Washington, Superchic[k], and especially Starfield opened my eyes just that much more to how much I want to spread the word of God through music. The drama’s, too, touched me in an amazing way as I also have a special place in my heart for acting…Dare 2 Share is definatly my favorite thing in all of this world, I would love to be able to live it each and every day, to have that kind of support system of brothers and sisters in Christ constantly pushing eachother toward the ultimate prize, awaiting the day when we will all be together at the feet of Jesus…You are so blessed with the many talents you have, this amazing organization that you get to be a part of, and it sounds like you have a wonderful family as well…I only hope that one day God will smile down upon me like he has on you as long as I stay strong in the word and follow his will…if you ever need a new addition to the Dare 2 Share team let me know hehe Well, this "comment" has now become a novel, sorry I also love to write, but I really enjoy your blog and will most likely become one of your regular visitors so I hope you dont get too tired of me :D Thank you for all that you do, not just for me and the millions of other people that you have touched, but for staying strong in the Lord…God Bless you and your family and I will be in touch again soon. Pray hard, keep on, and rock the faith!! By His Grace, Raelene E. Sawyer
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On March 8, 2007 @ 12:44 am Miriam said:

Hi, I just wanted to say that Dare2Share changed my life, I was a Christian when I walked through the front doors of the Dodge Theater in Phenoix, AZ, and when I came out, I was a Jesus Freak! I can’t thank you enough for what you have done. Oh yeah, and the 48 hour challenge thing, well I did it. I haven’t been able to reach the person I am praying for in person yet, but I was able to send him an e-mail, and now I am sending him a book, I beleive it’s called "The Book of Hope" Any way I just wanted to say thank you, because now that I have the light, I can share it with someone else who does not.
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On March 8, 2007 @ 10:24 am Becky said:

^^for swmr4god
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On March 8, 2007 @ 11:35 am Nicole said:

This was my first time at dare2share!!! It rocked!!! I loved telling others about God’s glory and I called my Mormon friend Saturday night. She still needs work. Pray for her please!! We did rock didn’t we?! But we were all disrespectfull during Superchick’s Concert…Tell them I’m saying sorry for everyone if you see them!! Thank you for doing this for us!!! God bless you and I"ll see you next year!!! HAWK NELSON IS GONNA BE THERE!!!!!! I LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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On March 8, 2007 @ 12:48 pm swmr4god said:

I AM (ONE OF) HAWK NELSONS BIGGEST FANZ EVER! and by the way thank you "Becky" for the info!!!
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On March 8, 2007 @ 12:53 pm swmr4god said:

hey greg you are such an amazing preacher! this weekend i put my full trust in God !! after i went to school the next day all me and my friends (who went to D2S with me) were under attack right away ! please pray for us! cant wait till next year!
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On March 8, 2007 @ 12:55 pm swmr4god said:

^^^ I totlly agree with what miriam said aswell ! I’m a total JESUS FREAK now! thank you to who made dare to share possible at phoenix!
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On March 8, 2007 @ 1:15 pm jeff shellenberger said:

Thanks so much for comin to Phoenix this year. I just came on as youth pastor at New Beginnings Community Church and want my youth to really grab ahold of their faith. The d2s conference was a great motivation for my youth. I was broken by the drama and the time to pray for my youth on Friday. It touched something in me and really encouraged me. This week we started the Gospel Journey in all four of our bible studies and the senior pastor might use it for the adult small groups church wide. The best part of the weekend was the cellphone challenge. After I called a friend to set up a time to meet a friend to talk with him I listened to my kids call. One of my girls was right in front of me and I heard her say "Hey, I know we’re friends and we haven’t talked about this before but I really love you and I want to know. Do you know where you’d go if you died?" She said it with so much compassion and love it broke my heart to see the loving boldness that God’s putting in my kids. Thanks for eveything.
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On March 8, 2007 @ 1:16 pm christy101 said:

Hi everyone! did anyone go to the phoenix confrence ? I was so mad that people were throwing glow sticks @ SUPERCHIC[K]!! for any one reading this who did that , that was really rude!!
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On March 8, 2007 @ 1:18 pm christy101 said:

this message is for ^^ Jeff Shellenberger. that is so cool ! hope that much more stuuf like that will happen even more in your youth group!
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On March 8, 2007 @ 5:00 pm Stephen Gerardo said:

HECK YES PHOENIX ROCKED!!! I went to D2S it was a blessing! i cant wait for next year!!! Please keep me in your prayers, and also the Salvaged Youth Ministry!!!

Always in Christ,
Stephen Gerardo
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On March 8, 2007 @ 5:57 pm jacob said:

hey greg our outreach went great a couple of our girls got a huge box of canned goods it was awesome. the drama was touching and saturday was a blast. im on more fire for the lord since game day. the concerts were awesome and rachel too well i really hope you get back to me well thank you for putting together game day it was a blast -jacob gonzalez
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On March 8, 2007 @ 6:09 pm swmr4god said:

hey stephen if you went to phoenix you probably heard abouth the car accident people ! and i was one of those people !!!!
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On March 9, 2007 @ 10:06 am Claire said:

hey it is me agian if u got my first message please email me. well the people i was talking to was leah and callie they are one of the my best friends in the world. if u guys read this i love u guys very much.
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On March 9, 2007 @ 12:09 pm Alex said:

Great weekend as usual. One of my kids brought her friend who was an atheist and she is now on her way to HEAVEN! God did a work in all 12 of the kids lives that I brought to D2S. Thanks again Greg and gang for all you do!
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On March 9, 2007 @ 2:05 pm swmr4god said:

that totally rocks alex! sweet job!
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On March 10, 2007 @ 11:45 pm AZRoznovakMMA said:

Phoenix was great Brother. I have to admit I saw God work inside the youth group I try to govern, How ever I think "when the devil got kicked out of heaven he fell into my youth group"…horrible quote of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Other than some disrespect issues we all got along around the time of the outreach. Many people were willing to open their doors and hearts in conversation and donations. However I do have one little, tiny, miniscule complaint. You see I am a Mixed Martial Arts Fighter and after a comment at the event, something about guys fighting was foolish, My youth wouldn’t let me live it down. I was wondering if you would be willing to compensate for my emotional stress now….J/K. I do realize now that dare 2 share wouldn’t be willing to sponsor me in any upcoming fights…HAHAHA. Enough of my ranting, the trip was great, 3 students from my group came to know Jesus. May God continue to bless you as you bless the youth of this nation. We are always praying for you, the youth and the mission you stand for. Through the Gate and Path of Narrow ways Joe "The Demon Hunter" Roznovak
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On March 11, 2007 @ 6:26 pm swmr4god said:

I love DEMON HUNTER!!!!! My friend tyler luvs them 2!
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On March 12, 2007 @ 6:06 pm Joey said:

Greg, My friend didn’t really believe in Christ, and didn’t know a lot about Him, but kind of believed. Anbd I helped her come closer, just in those couple of days!!! Now, she wants to come on Wed. nights. I am so excited for her, and the help from you, and God!! Thank you so much, Dare2Share changed my life!!! I can’t eait till you come to Phoenix next year!!! God Bless, Joey
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On March 13, 2007 @ 10:28 am Jillian said:

it was my first year at D2S and it rocked!! that skit on friday night was so powerful it it made me realize that i cant just say the words and ive never prayed so hard in my life and i gave my life to the lord that night i just want to thank you so much!! i cant wait for next year!!!!! stay safe
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On March 14, 2007 @ 11:31 am Susie said:

We brought 14 Native American students…most of whom had never been to anything like this…and we were blown away at their response! We had 7 of them make first time decisions for Christ on Friday night!!! Three of our girls who normally don’t talk to anyone they don’t know went door to door collecting canned goods and actually ENJOYED being persecuted! Needless to say we are excited about what God is doing here on the San Carlos Reservation!!!
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On March 16, 2007 @ 10:21 pm Rebekah said:

Hello Greg, i accepted your 48 hour challenge, it was amazing what happened to me in those 48 hours. First of all i would like to thank you for being a big part in leading me to Christ, which happened that Friday. When you challenged us with the 48 hour challenge, of course I was extremely nervous, I dont know why, but I was. During that time I couldnt get this one person out of my head, someone who wasn’t as much of a friend to me, but as more of an acquaintance. I had known nothing of what she believed in, but for some reason unknown to me at the time, she wouldnt leave my mind. I procrastinated the situation and called her the very last day in the 48 hour challenge, that sunday after church. When she answer the phone, I asked her some questions and immediately found out that she was……in her own words, "a hardcore athiest." I’ve been talking to her for a while now at least twice a week for about 3 hours and it is brought up at school quite a bit. I’m still talking to her and I will never give up on her. It was amazing how before I went to dare2share I wouldnt have been able to bring up the subject, but that sunday, before I called her it seemed as if all my fears had been sweeped clean and disappeared. Last time I talked to her, she told me that the door for her might have been opened to the subject and that she would think about coming to church wit me sometime. I hope she will, she is still having many doubts and is asking me some great questions to not only be answered for her, but they also challenge me and I’m greatful of that. I will keep in touch. Thank you so much.
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On March 22, 2007 @ 12:43 pm swmr4god said:

DEMON HUNTER AND FLYLEAF ROCK!!!does anyone put there think so to? Luv alwayz,christy shannon
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On March 29, 2007 @ 8:50 pm dolores said:

i love u so much,i would love to be haily cause ur the best dad in the whole world i never had a real dad just step dad my dream is to meat you perssonaly and get suveneres from u theres probley alot of fans you write to but please lisen i like other songs from other people but urs made me cry in a good way touching im srry that you had a bad life in ur songs i want every one to have family that they can talk to i made up songs but i dont know how to sumit them maybe you can help me im just trying to get my feelings out just like you i feel so bad for u i love not because ur a star i love you because ur songs are kinda like my life I LOVE YOU PLEASE HELP ME AND TALK TO ME im 12 close to haily luv top fan, myra
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On May 15, 2007 @ 12:16 pm swmr4god said:

greg stier congrats! You are totally doing the work of Gods kingodm!!!!! <3,Christy Cant wait for the Survive Confrence 2008!Hawk Nelson!!!!!!
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