The Chronicles of Africa: Rejoice for Dany :)

Rejoice with us, our brothers and sisters in Christ! Dave and I had the opportunity to share the gospel with Dany again today and He believed our message! Praise God! Pray for his perseverance, that he would be kept from the evil one and his evil world. We finished speaking with him about forty minutes ago. As I detailed in our last blog, we have shared the gospel with Dany once before. When we spoke with him today, he told us that he had been thinking about our first discussion. He told us that he spoke with his girlfriend the day after he spoke with us, and he told her that he wanted to stop being intimate with her because it was wrong! This was exciting to hear, but as he continued to talk, Dave and I realized that was not trusting the gospel yet. He told us that he wanted to stop his sin. But he explained that he wanted to stop sinning so that he could please God, and God would, in turn, bless him with money, cars, food, the things of this world, etc. This was a clear marker to us that he was not yet worshiping the True God. Dave and I told him that he was only using God to get what he wanted, i.e. the things of this world. He seemed to understand this well. So we continued to explain to him how glorious God is, and that He created all things to bring Him glory. I think Dany really grasped this part. As we continued to try to explain the gospel, we than contrasted God's greatness with man's sin and hopelessness. We explained the justice and wrath of God against sin, and even how this too brings God great honor and praise. Dany confessed his fear of death and of hell. Having a Catholic background, he knew what hell was. Then, after sharing all the bad news, we got to share the good news! We told him of God's love and mercy, that He would kill His own Son to save us; that while we were still sinners Christ died for us; and though God could have justly crushed Dany a long time ago because of his sin, God didn't. Instead, He is patient wanting all men to come to repentance. Dany started to grasp. When we were talking about sin, death, wrath, and hell, Dany's eyes were starting to well up with tears. And then as he continued to dwell on the good news of Christ's death and resurrection, Dany was very thankful. He shook our hands twice because he was so thankful, and he expressed his thanks verbally as well. It was such a privelege to share the gospel. Our God is so good. He saves sinners for His glory and then uses them for His glory. And in heaven we get to enjoy all His glory and goodness. This is a joyous day. Rejoice with us in the salvation of our God! Please pray for Dany to be kept from the evil one and the sinful world he is surrounded by. We are hoping to follow up with him soon. Thanks for reading, and I hope this refreshes your soul, bringing you joy all day. :) Dave and I love u all.