Comments on: What’s your unfinished letter?

By: lane

lane — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:37:24 +0000

Thanks for all the great comments everyone. For those who asked Greg to respond, he is actually on the road a ton this month, so please e-mail me with your questions- thanks!

By: dreamer08

dreamer08 — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:58:24 +0000

hey greg….more than anything else comment is a thank-you to you and an encouragement to everyone that’s taking the chance of talking to their friends and loved ones about Christ…you see last march…d2s came to houston, tx…(unfortunately the last d2s in texas)..and my youth group and i went…i took the 48hour challenge…actually the letter route to be more specific…i spent the entire 4 hour van ride through the middle of the night writing that letter…the next day at school, i gave my friend shaun that letter….i’d known shaun for a couple of years and my friends and i would always try to invite him to our youth events…but he never would come…i realized that even though we were inviting him to church…none of us had ever sat down with him and asked him what he really thought about God or told him what we thought about Him…so i wrote him that letter..telling him everything i believed in, who i believed in, why i believed in Him and how He changed my life…shaun never said anything to me about that letter…until about 8 months later…we somehow convinced him into attending our Disciple Now and he loved it!..afterwards…he told me that he was grateful for my letter and that i was a good friend and that all the stuff i talked about in my letter made sense after D-Now…he still hasn’t made a personal descision to accept Christ…but he is makin great progress…he comes to church pretty regularly on sundays and wednesday nights with me and my friends..and seems to be getting along pretty well….i guess what i am trying to say is thank-you greg for your encouragement to talk to shaun and for everyone else out there trying to help their friends and/or family members…never give up on them…it may not be you that prays with them when they finally come to know the Lord, but it may be your very special influence in their life that helped them make that descision….never give up on them and more importantly always love on them…and God’ll take care of the rest.

By: Rachel Huff

Rachel Huff — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 07:17:53 +0000

Hey, i’m Rachel, and i’m 17 years old. …..i’ve never been so close to God before in my entire life. man, you’ve helped me grow so much. since the d2s on feb. 10-11, i’ve shared my faith with at least 4 people. i’m what you call the "Buddy" in your book dare to share, and i finally got enough courage to just spill, and share everything i know about Jesus to 3 of my coworkers, one of my brother’s best friends (also a good friend of mine), 2 friends i met and talk to through myspace and yahoo messanger, and God’s been by my side the entire time. I feel great after talking to them about my Jesus, even if they don’t accept Him. (none of them have yet, but i’m not going to give up). my passion for people, and for Jesus grew 10x after d2s weekend. that was my first time going, and i believe it has changed my life forever. the story with 2 of my coworkers is def. a God thing. the monday after we came back from d2s, i decided to stop being so scared of stepping up, and at least send them an e-mail. so i’ll show you the first part of this e-mail, because it is pretty long…. Melanie, what’s goin’ on?… okay, you’re probably gonna think i’m …weird or something, but i was thinkin tonight at work about the future and stuff… well…eternity. and then i started thinking about that time when you and heather, and a few other workers ..were all talking about why i believe what i believe. anyways, i was wondering if i ever really gave a straight answer about the question you asked me "why do you believe what you do?" so i thought i’d answer it. and i wouldn’t say anything about what i believe if i honestly didn’t believe it with my whole heart . God is very real in my life. He changed my life around… I used to cuss quite a bit, and was very loud and uh…annoying ha….believe it or not. that is because i was missing something in my heart, and didn’t get it until i started going to a youth group every wednesday night, only, i went because my best friend at the time went there. I didn’t really think anything of God, or what all those silly little sunday school stories said about Jesus. anyways, i went to this camp with that youth group when i was 13. the theme was "love God, love people" …i know you don’t believe in God… but i KNOW He was there… because there was this crazy …..feeling… in the atmosphere, i can’t really describe it, it just felt unreal…. okay, so she hasn’t read this e-mail yet, she didn’t even know i sent it until after this conversation we had a couple nights later at work…. but the other night at my youth group, my youth pastor handed out packets for the 30 hour famine. my goal is to raise $500, so i brought this packet to work, and asked my good friend melanie to donate a couple dollars, at first she was all like "can’t they find their own food?….do you realize that there ARE rich people in Africa that can help them, and you don’t have to?" then she ended up giving $5 ..haha. anyways, right after that she started asking me more questions like "have you ever drank anything?" and then the guy i was workin with that night starts asking questions too. like "is drinking a sin?" and …well, that’s pretty much all he was asking me, what is sin, and are some sins worse than others. anyways, one topic lead to the next, and i ended up telling them pretty much all what i believe and why i believe it, and i did share the GOSPEL acronym thing with them, and she sounded so interested in everything i was saying, i don’t know if she’s starting to believe any of it or not though. but i’m NOT going to give up. God put me in this workplace for a reason, and i’m gonna do what i’m supposed to do until whatever God has planned happens. my coworkers eternity is more important to me then mine, because i know where i’m going, and i know where they’re headed right now. anyways, thank you for being so stinkin awesomely on fire for God. ^_^ love in Christ! your sister, Rachel Huff

By: Jacob McKee

Jacob McKee — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:22:58 +0000

Howdy Greg!! This is the first time i have visited your personbal website and what a thrill to see the letter on the first page. I am so glad i was in that room on Sunday and got to experience that moving reading of letters. ( I am the bald guy that sat close to the front.) I have talked to my friend(craig) and he says he is a Christian. I would like to see him in church. The way he lives his life concerns me but i can not say what is really in his heart. Only hime and God know. Last night his fiance had their baby. I am hoping that this experience will move him to get his family into church and live a life that honors God. He will be a great dad and i am certain that someone with his enthusiasm for life could really reach alot of people for Christ if he gets on board!! Thank you for and awesome time this past weekend. I will never forget what i learned and what the Lord did in my life. Jacob McKee

By: Brittney McClain

Brittney McClain — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:51:16 +0000

Dear Greg, i did what you said and wrote a letter to my friend. i didn’t send it to her in the mail because my mail box is temporarly out of order (my mom ran it over) insted i just gave it to her at school. She still hasn’t found God. i am trying really hard to make her believe. she says she can’t go to church because of some reason to do with her family. i have offered to take her but she said it would be wierd because her parents did go to church a long time ago. she thought that it would be weird if she went to a different church than they went to. then i offered to take her to that church. but she still says no. so i just keep telling her about god, but she isn’t really understanding. Please Help Me! i don’t know what else to do. you can e-mail me i don’t care. -Brittney

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:36:29 +0000

Wow good idea Greg! I’m going to do that! I’ll be writing it to my Dad. Because even though he was raised a Christian, and has been all his life, hes really not living it anymore. Which includes drinking, debt, death, and lots of other things. So if you could pray for me, and him, that’d be great! I definately want to fix our relationship, and want his relationship with God back!

By: Jessy

Jessy — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:08:22 +0000

Hey Greg! This really is a great idea! haha. Recently, I have been making great progress with my friend in Logan. He told me that if he died right now he’d go to Hell, but I have been taking the "forks in the roads" and I have brought up salvation 3 times. He tries to change the subject, but I keep praying for God to give him the need to have Jesus in his life, and it’s working! haha. I’m on an e-team at my church, and these past few days I have really been interested in sharing the Gospel. Like, it’s fun! haha. I don’t know for sure yet, but I think God is calling me to be a future youth leader.-and my letter. It went something like this- Dear Zack, I love our late-night conversations on the phone! Even though your grandparents get mad, I love to talk to you. Yeah, I guess I do know a lot about the Bible. I go to a youth group where we have fun while learning about Jesus. I wish your church had a youth group. It’s so much fun, but the best part is knowing you’re with a bunch (unless the youth group is small. like ours) of other teens who have a love for the same thing-Jesus Christ! You told me the other night that if you died right now, you would go to Hell, but it doesn’t have to be that way. There is a way, and it’s the only way. Jesus tells us in the Bible that all we have to do in order to go to Heaven someday is to believe that Jesus died for our sins, and to have faith in Jesus that we may know that we can go to Heaven. I know I’m going to Heaven because I believe that Jesus Christ died for us, and I put all of my faith and trust in Jesus alone as my savior. You can have the same confidence as me. Do something for me this week, please. Take out your Grandma’s Bible, and start to read a chapter of Mark everyday or so. Mark is a good book to start on because it’s really interesting, and Jesus performs a lot of miracles. After you read the Bible, ask God to forgive you. You basically blow it everyday. We all do. So, you should ask God to forgive you. Agree with God that you have done wrong. The Bible says that God will forgive and forget. He will forgive you, and forget your sin. I can’t wait to talk to you this weekend. I hope you read your Bible some this week. If you want to, we can talk to God this weekend. We can pray over the phone. If you have any questions, don’t be afraid to ask me. I’m not going to think you’re a freak. Haha, hey, if they call you a Jesus freak because you believe the whole "gospel" thing, then I’ll be a freak, too! Love, In Christ, Jessica so yeah. thats pretty much my letter. thanks for taking the time Greg!

By: unknown

unknown — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:03:22 +0000

I was at the Dare 2 Share conference in Saint Louis. I have a friend that wanted to commit suicide after learning that she would go to hell. She said that she doenst even want to go to heaven anymore and that she is an agnostic. Please help!

By: DP

DP — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:37:46 +0000

Hi Greg, This was my second year as a volunteer at dare2share, and I will continue to volunteer every year, I love it you guys are awesome! God is awesome, I love teenagers, and seeing over 9000 of them on fire for the Lord is amazing… I leave there so pumped… It’s funny you should post about unfinished letters because I have about 5 of them written but never mailed to my nephew, he is very lost, he is awaiting a trial date and will most likely do time in prison for drugs, I have tried for the last 3 years to get him to go to Dare2share, but he always tells me he don’t need "religion" to fix him, and yes I have tried telling him it’s about relationship not religion….. I feel as if I’ve been beating my head againist a brick wall when it comes to him. It’s really hard when you see what God can do for someone and they refuse to hear you.. He was really on my mind while i was at dare2share and I really wanted to call him, but he refuses to answer my phone calls anymore, he says it’s because he’s too embarassed because he’s going to prison, he had another trial date on Tues, but once again it got postponed for another month. I was going to start the letter here in hopes that you could help me finish it, but I don’t even know where to begin, and now i’ve rambled on and on… please pray that God will give me the words to reach him…. He is such an angry young man, I can’t get through to him, and now his younger brother is following in his foot steps, there is so much I want to say but yet I can’t seem to find the words.

By: Lori Anne

Lori Anne — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:50:35 +0000

Hey, Greg! Well, I just wanted you to know that I have started my unfinished letter, but I don’t intend on mailing it. You see, I was raised in church, but durring my teen years I went somewhere way different. Sure wished I had known about D2S then! Anyway, I am now working on becoming a licensed youth pastor. I don’t hang out with my "party" friends anymore, and most of the time they avoid me anyway. They think I have some sort of sickness now…it’s the best sickness ever!!!!! Even though they avoid me face to face, I do know that they all visit my myspace page and subscribe to my blog. So, my letter is going to be posted in my blog for ALL to read yet it’s personally addressed to each of them. I’ll send you the link when I finish!