1.      1. The young man whom Bill spoke about in the sermon became a Christian after the 9:00 service after pausing at the line a long, long time.

2.      2. There’s a Muslim woman who’s been coming to Emmanuel for a few months.  She came up for prayer, weeping as she gave her life to Christ.

3.      3. An 80 year old woman who’s been at Emmanuel for years stepped up to Randy Romberg and said, “I’ve been here a long time but I’ve never done this.  I’m ready to become a Christian now.”  So she did!

4.      4. One guy from CenterPoint shared how he’s been drawing close to Jesus for a while now, but it just struck him that he needed to seal the deal, so he did.  And he’s been on one of our leadership teams!

5.      5. Eliseo Chavarria saw a guy he knew at the beginning of the worship service – a guy he was pretty sure was not a Christian.  So Eliseo went up to the guy and said, “There’s an altar call today at the end of the service, do you know what that is?”  They guy said no, so Eliseo explained it to him and invited him to think during the service about coming forward.  At the end of the service, the guy crossed the line and found Eliseo up front to pray for him to accept Christ.

6.      6. One whole family came forward and just stood at the line after one service.  Finally, after things were over, they stepped across the line together – a dad, mom, little girl, and baby boy.  Through tears the mom said the timing was incredible.  Just that morning she had an epiphany in the shower and turned her life to Christ, and now the whole family was following.  Her four year-old daughter told her she wanted to accept to, so she did.  And the baby – “Well, he’s just along for the ride but he’ll pick it up along the way” – was what the mom said.

7.      7. A six year old boy prayed with his dad to accept Christ and they shared that with one of the prayer counselors.

8.      8. Bill White called a friend on Friday and left a message for him inviting him to give his life to Christ on Sunday, even though it would mean surrendering his porn and drug habits.  He came and he was one of the first out of his chair and to the line after his service.

9.      9. Maria Elena Guerrero saw a woman crying in the front pew.  Turns out the woman was unemployed with two sons and had ‘began to be in need’ as it says in Luke 15.  Well, right there in the front pew, she found her Father’s embrace for the first time!

As Easter approaches, let’s continue to walk across the room and invite people in so their destinies can be changed as well!