"I asked Jesus into my heart today!"

No, not me! I did that a long time ago. Those are the words I've been praying to hear from my kids since before they were born. My prayer for my children has been "Lord, I pray you would prepare the time and place for my children to come to know You." I also pray, "Lord may my children not just make it to Heaven, but may they live life to its fullest while on earth."

Well, last night at the dinner table Sabrina said "Mariah has something to tell you that happened today." She was shy at first but then her face glowed as she said "I asked Jesus into my heart today!" WOW! My heart melted. Sabrina was reading a book to her (Jonah and the whale) and Mariah was asking some spiritual questions. The conversation led to Mariah demonstrating her knowledge of why we need Jesus in our hearts and asking Him to do just that. There is nothing greater as a parent to lead your children to the Lord.

I'll never forget the night I helped Jonah ask Jesus into his heart while we were laying on his bed. Now Sabrina has the chance to help Mariah. Amazing. Jonah has been so spiritually interested lately. He REALLY struggles with the fact that some people actually go to hell. When he first learned that a few weeks ago it brought him to utter silence (amazing if you know him) and you could see his brain wheels a rollin'. I hope that when he is 15, 30, 45, or 60, that the thought of people going to hell STILL moves him like that. For many of us, it's easy to forget that people, EVERY DAY, die and miss out on eternity with our Lord.

Two more children yet to win to the Lord. Our children are THE BIGGEST DISCIPLESHIP OPPORTUNITY OF OUR LIVES!! I pray I can model life to its fullest to ALL of them!

Following Christ,

Jeff