Thank you for giving me those questions to think about Brother Micah. <3 I have to tell you, that though when you first arrived on campus I mocked you and laughed at you, but I soon realised what you were preaching. It made me rethink a lot of things. I spent most of Monday praying. You really made a difference to me, thank you =). You will have to tell me next time you will be at UNCC.

 

I received this email from a pastor at a church where we stayed, and preached, while we were preaching at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University. I edited it some to keep names confidential and conserve space.

Brother Micah

This is the name that you are known as on the Chapel Hill Campus. We are in revival now at the church. Last night A. P. came and brought another boy from UNC-Chapel Hill. I asked him did he know the campus preacher Brother Micah. He said, I do know Brother Micah. You sure made an influence on his life. Keep on, you are making a difference. At one time he was crying like a baby. I hope he will come again and get saved. He said he went to the Baptist church. Hope you and Elizabeth have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Keep on e-mailing
Pastor B. R.

This was an email from a student at University of North Florida:

Brother Micah and Sister Elizabeth:

It was great to see you all again at UNF this semester. I really enjoyed our discussions and it was a perfect boost of motivation to continue my faith toward Jesus Christ.

I wish you all the best of luck for the rest of the semester.

God Bless you both!

E. B.

 

From the November 11-20, 2007  Update.

    "Around 2:20 PM, a student asked me how I would explain the gospel to a student. This particular student approached me last February at the end of a day of preaching and told me he wanted to let me know he had heard me preaching last October, became convicted of his sin, searched the Word to see if what I was preaching was true (Acts 17:10-11), repented of his sin, got saved from sin, and has been walking in victory over sin ever since. Praise be to God!

    We have continued correspondence with this student since February and he had been looking forward to our return. He had been out each day this week supporting the preaching and witnessing for the Lord Jesus Christ on the sidelines. "

 

    "We then had some fellowship/discipleship time with a few of the more serious seekers for another 30-40 minutes. One young man I had been talking to each day told me he was now definitely convinced of the need and possibility of living a life of holiness and victory over sin. Praise God! "

 

    "Of note was one young man who had been listening intently everyday, but never saying anything. I recognized him. He indicated he was not a Christian, but was a very sincere seeker. He had obviously listened intently to my preaching from the previous 5 days and had understood most of what I said. He also stated of his own accord that it was obvious when most of the campus professing "Christians" came to correct me that they were the ones who were hypocrites because they could never defend their position from the Bible, but I always could.

    Later two professing campus "Christians" who were twins and wearing miniskirts told me they were concerned I was giving Christians a bad name. The young man who made this comment was still asking very good questions and he related back to these girls the comment he made to me. This sort of thing happens all the time.

    After I stopped preaching I continued to answer questions from the sincere young man and then fellowship, disciple, and answer questions from several of the sincere Christian male students I had been working with each day during my time at this campus. I thank God for the work He is doing on this campus. "

MINISTRY FRUIT

Many people want to know about the fruit of open air preaching. Here are two emails I received recently:

I would like to say once again that I will never forget how much the Lord has used you to help me realize the wretched state I was in as a "Christian". Since we met I have been seeking the Lord God with a zealous heart and a determination to conquer sin that had enslaved me for so long. Although I will admit I am not fully there yet, I continue to seek the righteousness of God and the transforming power of His Spirit. Becoming bolder in my faith and witnessing to people I thought I would never witness to. I was even asked by the lady that headed up the campus ministries department if I would be interested in leading all the campus ministries at FAU. She said she loved my straight forward attitude and that it was refreshing to see a student not beating around the bush (I got that from you). I also have been involved in student leadership at 2 churches as a High School leader. The message of God is simple…"REPENT!!!!" and that is what I have been teaching people. God is going an amazing work in my life. Oh yeah I also ran out those Jehovah's Witnesses from the school. I kid you not they used to be there everyday when the met me and were not able to reconcile any of my inquiries concerning the identity of Jesus Christ and His Spirit and The concept of the soul that proceeds the body. Now they do NOT show up anymore and it has been about 3 weeks now since they have been there. NOW I TALK TO THE MUSLIMS. I was even able to get a couple of Muslims to open up a bible and read it for themselves. They always like to say that the Bible is corrupt I always say prove it. I give them a Bible and tell them to read and find out for themselves. Pray for me Brother Micah that I may be Victorious over sin completely by the daily renewing of my mind and the taking up of my cross.

THE ENEMY HAS BEEN DEFEATED
DEATH COULD NOT HOLD HIM DOWN
I WILL RAISE MY VOICE IN VICTORY
I WILL MAKE HIS PRAISES LOUD

SHOUT OUT TO GOD WITH A VOICE OF TRIUMPH
SHOUT OUT TO GOD WITH A VOICE OF PRAISE
SHOUT OUT TO GOD WITH A VOICE OF TRIUMPH
WE LIFT HIS NAME UP
WE LIFT HIS NAME UP

HALLELUJAH…

YOUR BROTHER,
M. M.

First Off I want to say God Bless You. Thank You so much for coming to UNF back when you did.

If you had not of come, I sincerely doubt I would have ever questioned my FASLE CONVERSION and would have ever sought out a right relationship with God.

I thank you so much, and I now consider you a sort of Uncle in the Faith. hehe.

Since, my salvation I have grown more than i would have ever expected I would. I have a fire inside me that is all consuming. Now, I plan my life around God instead of trying to mold God around my life.

So again, Thank You Brother Micah.

 

This was from Chapel Hill, North Carolina this past August:

Brother Micah, I just wanted to thank you and your wife for visiting us at Chapel Hill! I am a sophomore there, and I was greatly moved by your sermons. I hope you don't think that all the students at UNC are hypocrites, because I know that those people are the most vocal when you have questions asked. UNC is definitely a hard place for a true Christian to be, but I love it and consider the mass amounts of sinners there as an opportunity for conversion that God has created for us.

PLEASE come back!!! You attract far greater audiences than Gary does (because he has been there so long and people have pretty much heard his repertoire), and I think that you actually have gotten through to some people. It made my days so much better to stop for a few minutes and listen to you. You truly are a light unto the world, and I could feel the holy spirit radiating from you!

I received these two last February:

Brother Micah,

I deeply appreciate your reply. I know that God is guiding you in your ministry. I know that he will help the seeds you are planting grow. Thank You for preaching at the universities. I don't know what I would be doing if you hadn't but I know you have helped me find my way back to God. He sent you to me and he has reclaimed one of his lost sheep. I want you to know that I am helping my girlfriend with her walk with God and am beginning a bible study group with her and a good friend of mine. I guess I am trying to tell you that I know there are a lot of hecklers and haters that attack you while you preach but I am a result of your preaching and God's grace. Thank You So Much. God Bless You and Your Wife!

Don't Ever Stop Doing God's Work! You are making a difference! ( I guess you wouldn't have stopped whether I left that last part or not.)
Thank You,
R.

Hey Brother Micah,

I am thankful to the Lord God Almighty for the work you are doing around all these campuses. I thank God that He has revealed His true word and message of salvation to through you. Since then I can honestly say that my relationship with the Lord has never been better. No longer praying for my own need but continuously giving praise to King of Kings and trusting fully in His name that He will provide. My pursuit is holiness, righteousness, and the kingdom of God . He has given me a passion to tell the people the Truth of who God is and His character. I have made it my goal to try and tell one person about Him everyday. I have gone from drinking the milk of God’s Word and have been eating the solid foods (James). I matured in the Lord and my stumbles are almost a thing of the past. As the Lord purifies me of all unrighteousness I have the hope that because of whom Jesus is within me I will be able to say that I have not sinned in months. But even though I stumble Hebrews says that I don’t have to walk in shame and in guilt, so I lift my head high and get up and continue the race. Thank God for His grace. May the people that you talk to daily get passed this feeling of judgment and truly hear what God has to say "let him who have ears let him hear." And then experience the Grace of the Almighty for themselves. Praise Jesus!!! May God continue to bless you in His ministry my brother.

M.

Here is the testimony of the student who was saved at UCF and enrolled in Southeastern Bible College:

I remember when I was first regenerated; about 9 months ago, after walking out of a meeting with my philosophy professors at UCF. It was a cold afternoon as I slowly walked down the sidewalk, pondering about all the theories my professors taught me, trying to find the truth; when suddenly, God revealed to me that truth cannot be found through wisdom, and no more than a couple of steps later, I heard, “This is the truth!” Instantly, I looked ahead, and there he was, Mr. Micah; the crazy evangelist that I had seen and heard many times before. But this time was different; this time, his words, no, God’s words, tugged at my heart, they resonated within my being – I had to get more. As I drew closer, my ears could hear and my mind could understand that what this man was saying is the truth; even though I didn’t like his style of preaching. Like lightning, my spirit began to jolt creating a grand fire within my heart – I couldn’t contain this feeling! Speedily I drove home (God forgive me) to my apartment, ran to my room and pulled out my Bible; ironically I’ve always had Bibles lying around. With a racing heart I desperately scanned the book of Matthew, noticing that the words in red were causing my spirit to leap once more. But something I wasn’t expecting happened; the Spirit of God had moved in me so much that I started to see myself for who I truly was – a sinner, a child of wrath who is totally depraved and unable to do good things, a liar, an adulterer by heart, a murderer by heart, a thief, and a hypocrite. All these things I felt and knew. Crying on the floor and pulling my hair in distress, I screamed to God in silence for forgiveness and mercy; I knew I had done Him a great wrong. I didn’t have someone to guide me through a prayer, so naturally, I cried out to our Lord Jesus Christ all the wicked things I hade done in hope of forgiveness, and I pleaded for God to create in me a new heart, and to give me His Holy Spirit because I acknowledged that without Him I am nothing. Deeply disturbed, I must admit, I was quite the hypocrite to plead to God, “I’m horrible! I can’t do anything good without you!” only to go back on my computer to search the web on how to get saved; as if what I had done was not proof that I had just been saved. For I had only read up to my favorite part of Scripture, where Jesus Christ says, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it” (Matt. 16:24-25), and by then the word faith had only come up 11 times; never once in context of salvation. But moments later, after clicking a button that read “Click here and accept Jesus Christ now,” I had read a 20 page prayer which God used to reveal to me that salvation is by faith in Jesus Christ; which of course, is preceded and followed by repentance.

 

Hello Brother Micah,

 

I am writing to let you know how hearing you preach last August on ECU's campus, as well as getting to know you has impacted my life, and my walk with God.  You were the first campus preacher that I have seen take such a strong stance against sin and worldliness, and preach so boldly for holiness and modesty.  When I first met you I had just began open air preaching and I had only preached on a campus twice and it was only for about twenty minutes each time.  When you asked me to preach in front of almost 300 people one of the days you were at ECU encouraged and motivated me to keep on.  But more so your preaching, sacrificial lifestyle and our phone conversations has encouraged me to pray more, memorize scriptures and preach harder. And I thank God for you because it has helped my preaching a great deal and inspired me to go for the Lord full time soon.

 

Around that time I had been saved for less than a couple years, but felt that the Lord was leading me into serving him more by preaching, and living a life of holiness like yourself.  

After I visited the holiness church near me that you mentioned, I have been attending ever since and plan on becoming a member.  The Pastor and his family as well as the church has been a blessing to me in so many ways.  If I wouldn't have met you I probably never would have found this church which loves holiness and hates sin, because most don't.(at least from my experience).  I will continue to pray for you and your family, and continue to pray for me and mine, thanks again.

Stay encouraged and keep on preaching that WORD.  2 Timothy.4:2, Romans.10:14,

Acts.13:44

God bless,

R. J.

 

This young man used to preach full time at the University of Florida.  He listened to me preach many times there. 

 

Evangelist Armstrong,

 

       I'm really encouraged by your preaching.  Knowing you're out there in the trenches paves the way for others like me to also go out and do open air preaching.  I feel more confident to preach knowing you're doing it.  May God save multitudes and transform the American university through your ministry.

 

In King Jesus,

Joey

 

Testimony:  I received this from a gentleman who heard me preaching at the University of Virginia: 

 

I had the pleasure of meeting Brother Micah this past week and it was quite a blessing. He preached the whole counsel of God unashamedly before a wide host of opposition.

When he took a break from ministering his hard and firm voice quickly shifted to that of a loving kindred spirit and his smile could have melted the hardest heart.

I had the opportunity to meet him and Sister Elizabeth and must say that it blessed my heart. The Lord encouraged me in so many ways through Brother Micah and I am truly encouraged to press on in my own ministry to advance the kingdom of God.

God's blessings to you all.

L.B.