greek iv stories » GIG http://greekintervarsity.org LIVES CHANGED. THE GREEK SYSTEM RENEWED. WORLD CHANGERS DEVELOPED. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:31:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= He Accepted the Invitation http://greekintervarsity.org/2009/11/a-recieved-invitation/ http://greekintervarsity.org/2009/11/a-recieved-invitation/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:11:56 +0000 Tyler Riffe http://greekintervarsity.org/2009/11/a-recieved-invitation/ A Sigma Chi recieved Christ this week for the first time.  I met Jimmy a few weeks back at a Greek IV that he came to in response to an email that his House Ministry Leader sent out to everyone in the house inviting them to Greek IV.  After that, Jimmy and I started meeting weekly in a GIG looking at the life of Jesus in the book of John. Purdue Greek IV student leaders were praying for Jimmy… and that I might have boldness during this week of Invitation Week… that I would just flat out ask him as its been pretty clear that God has been moving in his heart. After studying John 3… and discussing being born again, and recieving Christ… I asked him, “would you like to recieve Christ”? He immediately said yes!

To make a long story short (at least for now), Jimmy came to Greek IV that very night and joyfully shared his new commitment of faith in Christ with other Greeks… and we celebrated with him.

It is much more fun hearing him tell it :) … read his side of the story:  http://greekintervarsity.org/2009/11/invite-week-accepted/

And if you want to read about Jimmy and I got started on this journey read an earlier story:  http://greekintervarsity.org/2009/10/a-seeking-sigma-chi/

]]> http://greekintervarsity.org/2009/11/a-recieved-invitation/feed/ 1 A Seeking Sigma Chi http://greekintervarsity.org/2009/10/a-seeking-sigma-chi/ http://greekintervarsity.org/2009/10/a-seeking-sigma-chi/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:30:40 +0000 Tyler Riffe http://greekintervarsity.org/?p=655 At our large group meeting a few weeks back, a few Sigma Chi’s showed up to “check us out”. One of them, was Jimmy.  I asked Jimmy if I could meet up with him for coffee during the week sometime to get to know him better and see if Greek IV could help him or his house out in any way. This is nothing new as I try to connect with each new guy that shows up at our ministry in this way. He was more than interested, maybe even excited. At coffee we stayed around “surface conversation” for a bit, then I eventually I asked him about his faith. He told me that he had “been around” religion for most of his life, but “has always known it should be more than just a religion”. I asked Jimmy if I could share with him what I believe that that “something more” is. He was eager to hear. I affirmed Jimmy’s realization that it should be something more, and in fact, it will change his life. I shared with him the Good News of Jesus Christ… and that by putting his faith in Him… He will come to know this “something more” for himself. Below is the whole story I shared with Jimmy if you want the Good News in more detail! Jimmy responded with eagerness. He wanted to know this Jesus… and he wanted to know how he could go about making Jesus the center of His life. I invited him to do a 4-6 week GIG (Group Investigating God) with me… he accepted… and we just entered into the Book of John in the Bible this week. I am excited to see where this GIG goes in the next few weeks… as I am hopeful that soon we will be celebrating another Greek student coming to faith in Christ!

Read what happens with Jimmy from his perspective… http://greekintervarsity.org/2009/11/invite-week-accepted/

And  from my perspective… http://greekintervarsity.org/2009/11/a-recieved-invitation/

That day I shared this Good News with John…

God created the world and everything in it… and all this brokenness and pain that we see and experience in our world, well it wasn’t meant to be this way. He loved us and created everything to be good and created us to be in intimate relationship with God. But he also gave us the ability to choose, and we chose to turn our backs on Him and make our selves the center of our lives, this is what the Bible calls sin. This sin is the cause of that pain and brokenness. Because God is perfect and Holy and Just… our relationship with God is broken… as is our relationship with the world and the people in it. BUT thankfully, God loved us enough to not let it stay this way. He loved us so much that He sent His own Son, to experience our pain… and died on the cross to save us from our sins… and restore our relationship with God. This bridged the gap that divided us and God and it is by putting our faith in Jesus Christ that we can have eternal peace with God as a result. And even now, our lives can be changed by allowing Jesus to be the center of our lives… where He belongs. God has extended this gift to us… all of us… no matter what we’ve done or where we’ve been… and all we have to do is receive it.

John 3:16-18, Romans 6:23, Romans 3:23-24

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