TAKEOVER!

Last week, we posted a link to a blog post asking "what if the church of God came together to give generously to the students of KSU?" What if picking up their tab for them at Waffle House and Starbucks led to the opportunity to pray for them and share the gospel with them? What if we could reach hundreds of students with the love of Christ and it created a buzz around campus, not about Campus Church, but about their God?

Praise God it happened!

This past Sunday night, God brought one of the smallest crowds we've had in a while at Campus Church to show to everyone that what He was about to do was of Him, and not of us. That small group of students and some other loving adults gave the largest offering we've seen at Campus Church with the knowledge that every dime was going to bless the students and the staff at Starbucks and Waffle House the very next night!

Last night, hundreds of students came out for free food and coffee, and God gave us the opportunity to pray for them and share the gospel with them. Our desire was that they would see a God who loves them in our giving to them without expecting anything in return. Many seeds were planted as we told the students there that God wants a relationship with them now and that we didn't want them to miss out on the joy of knowing Jesus. We told them that entering into a relationship with Jesus does not promise prosperity, but that He promises to be with them and to hold them up in the midst of what they're going through. We're praying that God uses last night, a very small spark, to start a huge movement of His Spirit on the campus of KSU - one that is grounded in the Word of God and centered on the cross of our Lord Jesus.

It was an AWESOME night that I am praying sets the standard for how we do ministry at CC ... to lavish love on others for the sake of telling them about the matchless joy we have in knowing Jesus! That is the first part of the Campus Church vision: to REACH, DISCIPLE, and LAUNCH!

Would you just us in praying that God would water and grow the seeds that were planted last night? Would you also take 5 minutes and pray over the requests (see below) that the students gave us? We want to see God move in their lives and draw them to Himself, and He will do it as we join in the privilege of asking Him to do so!

Let's live to make Him known!

Ben