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1. On March 16, 2010 @ 2:15 pm kenzie mccracken said:

   • YEAH IM FIST TO COMMENT!!lol. so i just got back from the dare to share confrence. i whent with my youth group from sutherlin oregon. my youth leader is Liz Kannen. i must just say it was the most inspiring weekend of my life! you are so halrious! it has inspired me so much. i have showed many of my friends your podcasts on my IPOD already. i thankyou so much for sharing the gospil and helping me along my gosple jurny.

     -kenzie
     kenzie_leeann@live.com

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2. On March 17, 2010 @ 4:48 pm marissa said:

   • I love dare2share it was an experience i had never experienced before since march of 2009! i loved it i learned so much from it and i couldnt wait to come back so unfortunately i got to come back and learn more end ever since i have a strong feeling in my heart for jesus and sharing it with others when i got home from dare2share 2010 i called 3 of my friends and shared the gospel with them i explaaned everyting that was in my heart and why i believed and why they should consider jesus and i also shared the gospel with them and right then and there they commited to living the life believing GOD. I was like oh my gosh this actually works before dare2share i thought to my self and didnt say a word about jesus and my beliefs because i thought everyone was going to look down on me funny and i was very shy! well going to youth group and church on sunday brought me out of my shell a little bit i was talking to people! i went to dare2share and eversince then my life has bein changed forever and i love you guys for it thank you!! i cant wait till next year and the years to come i am a sophomore in high school in high school and i plan to spend the rest of my life with jesus and not going to let that devil take it over!! thank you so much if you would please wright me back my actual e-mail i check is on yahoo it’s: marissabrundage@yahoo.com
     Thank you!!!

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3. On March 22, 2010 @ 11:30 am Micah Hasenburg said:

   • Leaving the World with Regret

     Let me paint you a picture; a scene uneasy to visualize, so bear with me.
     Picture the end of days, the end of time; picture salvation. Imagine you are a Christian, this is your day. You are very excited, you can’t hold it in. You embrace your mother as you wait in anticipation to finally embrace your father, your holy father. You look around; the light is so bright you can hardly see. But you see something, you see white. The white mist parts and you witness. It’s hard to describe, but you see colors: reds, whites, yellows, greens, purples, all colliding. It’s amazing. You smell. The scent is unfamiliar. You don’t know how to describe it, but you can’t stop breathing in. You feel the air fill your lungs. Everything is crisp, like the first day of spring. All your senses are heightened and the elbow pain you used to have is gone. You breathe easier, deeper. Your face is flush, healthy, and glowing. Disorientation hits you as you feel. A sensation you can only describe as light. You feel a light inside bursting out, not so much bursting out of you, but consuming you. Your whole body becomes engulfed in light, engulfed in flame. Now you’re laughing. You are not sure why you’re laughing; you just feel so happy. You look to your left and you see your father, your sister, your mother, your brother, all standing next to you ready for heaven. You look again; one of your brothers is not there. You look at your family beaming with light, and then you look back. Your brother is in the doorway of the house. The house is dull; it is not your home anymore. It was hard to see your brother; he blends into the house. He is dull as well. You move to your brother eyes in watery regret, drowning in sorrow and love. You take his hands. Yours are now overwhelmingly light and he just the opposite. His hands are gray, washed out. He covers his eyes because you are so bright. You push his hand away from his eyes; you want him to see you. You hug. A hug never meant so much before. You close you eyes and regret. How could this happen? How did I overlook you? I thought you were saved. I thought you believed in Jesus Christ. There is really nothing that you can say to ease neither his pain nor yours. You whisper in his ear. “I am sorry.” You and he knows it did no good. You never should have needed to say those words to him. If only you could change things. If only this was a dream. There is just not enough time, you feel yourself begin to float. You look up; Heaven is ablaze with color. The sight of heaven should be amazing, but not to you; your brother isn’t coming with you. Your brother is left behind. You can’t enjoy Heaven if he is in Hell. You look down to watch him as you leave, but he is not there. Tears roll down your cheeks. You just can’t stop them; you are just so full of regret. You float above your house and your heart jumps in excitement; your brother is on the roof. He yells “Take me with you!” He tosses you a rope. You are connected at the waist and the rope rises with you. You think you have saved you brother, but the slack on the rope tightens and you stop. You stop rising. Your brother is heavy and you cannot lift him, he is holding you down. Tears fall from your cheeks. You don’t want to leave your brother behind, you can’t; it is just too hard. You see your brother, he I waving at you. He can see your eyes. He has never seen anything more clearly. He knows you love him. He cries “I love you!” And cuts the rope. You try to swim back to him thinking you can swim through the air like you can water. But you can’t, you’re floating, higher and higher. Just like Ezekiel, you rise, but instead of a chariot, you rise in grief and regret. It’s a long way to heaven and you can barely see your brother now. There is a lot of time to think. You think of your brother; not only your brother, but your friends, cousins, neighbors; everyone you know that does not know Jesus. Heaven is approaching. And, instead of looking forward, you look back. You look back at all the times you have resented those around you, misrepresenting the holy trinity. Why didn’t you live like Jesus? Why did you keep Jesus to yourself? You look at all the lives you could have fished for Jesus; all the opportunities you had to save a life. How many of your friends don’t believe in Jesus? You think about the wait at Heaven’s white gates. You will be waiting to enter Heaven alone; all your friends are in Hell. You will walk alone on Heaven’s golden streets; you won’t have anyone to walk with. You popularity seems pointless now. What’s the point of making relationships if you’re not bringing them to Heaven? Out of desperation you pray. Can you see? Can you see it Lord? Can you see my soul rising to heaven? You grip the rope as you pray. It is all you have left to remember your brother. I am your child. Can I hold the rapture at heavens gates? I know, how can I pray against salvation? How can I pray against living forever with you? I do not love the world, I love those in it. There are so many worth saving, there are so many who are still unsaved. I have so many regrets Jesus. Let me make them right. I do not want to reach heaven’s joys. How can I live in Heaven, when my brother is in Hell, when my cousin is in Hell, when my aunt is in Hell, when grandma is in Hell, and when all my friends are in Hell? The list is endless. Lord you said whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith. Jesus, I am asking. Lord, I have faith. The world isn’t ready. Wait. Jesus! Jesus! I am not ready! If only I had done things differently. If only I had not been afraid; afraid to share my faith.

     By: Micah Hasenburg

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     Kailee Elaine Craig Reply:
     August 1st, 2010 at 3:11 pm

     wow this is so uplifting. thanks

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4. On March 22, 2010 @ 11:33 am Micah Hasenburg said:

   • The Dare 2 Share conference I just went to was amazing. It echoed my feelings that I had been having on why more people my age are not interested in sharing Jesus with their friends and their family. I wrote this story before I went and I feel the same still. I took one of my friends along from school and he wasn’t going to church, but I knew he was a strong christian at heart. He became filled with the holy spirit and passion. Together, we are going to make a difference at school and in our families. It is so awesome to not be the only one fighting for the cause.

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5. On March 29, 2010 @ 2:19 pm allyssa said:

   • i loved dare to share this year it helped me understand the importance to share our faith with others so yeah thank you greg and zane!!!!!!

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6. On March 29, 2010 @ 4:51 pm C..J. Bothe said:

   • I just came back from St. Louis D2S! Woot! Woot! I am fired up for Christ! While I was there I texted my friend and I asked him if he knew Jesus, and he said he knew about him. So later in our conversation I asked if he would accept Jesus! He said yes! Well that made me even more pumped up. So today, Monday, I was in 6th hour and this lesbian was saying that she talked to a preacher that said she’s going to Hell. Then I took that oppertunity to share “The Cause”. Then another kid came up and started to talk to me and ask questions. It’s so amazing how God makes things happen. Although they didn’t accept Jesus, I planted a seed, and I thank God for that.
     … “hear am I send me!”

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7. On March 31, 2010 @ 7:42 pm Matthew McKee said:

   • Psalm 51
     This has much to with what Greg talked about at d2s. It talks about us rebelling and then getting forgiveness. Goes on to talk about guilt how God can blot it out. But, it does not stop there. Then with that forgiveness we go out and teach the rebellious God’s ways.
     This past weekend God shown through Greg and the other d2s staff what I need to be doing. I am a middle school youth teacher at my church. I realized, how can I ask them to such great things for God when I am sitting on pain and sin? I can’t!! During the time of getting up telling another what yu are going to do for The Cause, I told a guy that I was going to motivate and “coach” those students be Godly in every thing they do and also realize this is a 24/7 Awesome love, not a Sunday Wenesday thing. Not only doing that but go out with them at my college and go with them to there school and be a witness to there friends and peers.
     By: Matthew McKee

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8. On April 6, 2010 @ 5:52 pm Amanda said:

   • HIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m hyper!! I like, witnessed 2 my BFF and now she comes to youth group!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY WOOHOO I <3 D2S!!!!

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9. On April 6, 2010 @ 5:53 pm Amanda said:

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10. On April 13, 2010 @ 3:49 pm Adriana Nelson said:

    • I went to dare 2 share really not perpared for what would happen but i was so amaxed at how it not only made an impact on but also my fellow friends!!! when i left there it was like i was a totally different experience and it was so fun and uplifting!!!… i use to hang around all the druggies and use to smoke pot and now that i found god all my old friends think that im a jesus freak and i always tell them they are right I LOVE GOD and i always will i am so glad i went there and renewed my self to god!!!!

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11. On May 9, 2010 @ 5:13 am cooking games said:

    • glzaloqbemxfupjkbafp, cooking games, JCJiKpN.

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12. On May 12, 2010 @ 8:21 am Amanda said:

    • Micah Hasenburg’s comment gave me chills! At the last Dare 2 Share event in St.Louis, Missouri it really opened up my eyes. It was my first time going to anything like that before. It showed me just what I didn’t have, and what i needed. It was a really uplifting experiance, and then I prayed that God would put people in my way who didn’t know him, and that I would be able to share with them THE cause. Well, he has not failed to do that, and over the past month I have came across so many friends who don’t know Jesus. My friend’s friend found out about 2 weeks ago that she has Lung Cancer and has less than a year to live. In the midst of this subject, he told me that Jesus\Heaven\Hell came about and he found out she does not believe in God. He said he shared with her, and she still has not accetped, but together we are all praying that she will. Along with her, and so many more friends, it really burdens my heart to see all those who don’t know him, and won’t accept him. I was once in their position, and I know what they think and are going through, but they just are not as open as I was when my friend shared THE Cause with me. Just please Pray that together ,we can all, somehow, someway, find a way to Share the truth.

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13. On November 17, 2010 @ 9:10 am Rachael Comeau said:

    • hey so I was wondering….Last Fall our youth group watched the Gospel Journey – the one you did in Colorado, and our youth pastor said that there was going to be another one? did that ever happen? because i would love to see that. The one we watched answered lots of my questions, and it changed a lot in me, and a lot in my youth group. i love your approach to teens, to the world, to the B ible, to God.

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      Allie Reply:
      February 17th, 2011 at 11:28 am

      Yes!!! Gospel Journey Maui is awesome. Very well done. Check it out at the Dare2Share website. I have used it twice and will be using it again soon…

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14. On February 15, 2011 @ 4:16 pm Shawn said:

    • i run a large Christian gaming community. I would like to sit down with you and discuss how we could reach out better.

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15. On February 19, 2011 @ 11:13 am TREVOR HILL said:

    • HEY GREG, MAN SO THANKFUL FOR YOUR MINISTRY!IM A YOUTH MINISTER IN FORT PAYNE ,AL. HAVE BEEN ROR 7 YEARS. WE HAVE JUST STARTED INTO 1ST GOSPEL JOURNEY FOR THE 2ND TIME IN OUR MINISTRY. WE HAVE ABOUT 12TO 15 STUDENTS. AFTER THE 1ST SESSION WE HAD AN ALTER CALL. MOST CAME TO PRAY.AFTER I ASK IF ANY HAD ANY THING TO SAY THAT HAD CAME TO PRAY. SEVERAL TESTIFIED HUMBLY,WHICH WAS AWESOME, BUT ONE YOUNG MAN THAT HAD BEEN VISITING FOR ABOUT A YEAR STOOD TO HIS FEET IN TEARS AND SAID IVE NEVER BEEN SAVED. I HAD THE GREAT HONOR OF LEADING HIM TO CHRIST!GOD S PRESENCE WAS JUST SO STRONG!I AM THANKFUL FOR THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION AND FOR THE WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOIN!A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE GOT TO CATCH THE CONFERENCE IN ATLANTA.I PRAY YOU ALL CAN START THAT UP AGAIN MAYBE IN CHATTANOOGA,tn IF THE LORD WILLS? I PRAY GODS RICHES BLESSINGS, TREVOR HILL

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16. On March 7, 2011 @ 6:53 pm dora games said:

    • Pretty insightful publish. Never believed that it was this simple after all. I had spent a very good deal of my time looking for someone to explain this topic clearly and you’re the only one that ever did that. Kudos to you! Keep it up.

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17. On March 28, 2011 @ 4:09 pm Kyle said:

    • I just got back from the dare to share conference and I wanted to share the gospel with all of my friends. I talked to one of my friends and they said they didn’t care. How do I witness to someone who doesnt care? They need to know the lord. Thanks!

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18. On March 19, 2012 @ 9:07 am Hal said:

    • I just got back from the dare 2 share conference in st. louis. It really opened my eyes.Now I don’t care what people think about me when I tell them about Jesus or God.Thanks Greg, I know my friends and I hsd the best time ever!

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