A NEW
SISTER IN CHRIST
Posted: 04 Sep 2012 08:15 AM PDT
Believers, you have a new sister in
Christ! This past Sunday night [September 2, 2012], Tessa prayed and
asked Jesus into her heart! As a parent, “I have no greater joy than to
hear that my children are walking in the truth.” (3 John 1:4)
[This is
my sweet granddaughter, Tessa Hope Thompson, who lives in Haiti!]
Rob has a screensaver on his computer that pulls
pics from our albums on Picasa. That night, the pics randomly flashing up
on the screen were from Drew’s Baptism last summer. Tessa was looking at
them and asked me, “Mommy, when am I going to be baptized?” So we got
Daddy and the three of us talked about what the Bible says about baptism.
Rob explained to Tessa that baptism is actually “step 2”, and she needed to
understand that first she needed to ask Jesus to come into her heart. We
talked about her need to confess her sins and believe that Jesus is the son of
God who died for our sins and rose from the dead in victory over sin. She
said, “when can I do that?” “Right now if you want!” We talked to
her about a few more things to make sure she understood her decision and she
prayed to accept Jesus :) She was so excited about her decision, she had
to tell everyone she saw the next day!
It was a joy to tell Drew that his example was
instrumental in bringing Tessa to a saving relationship with Jesus! What
a neat teaching opportunity and hopefully an encouragement to Drew in his own
faith.
This is the beginning of her journey of
faith. Rob and I pray that she will love God with all her heart and soul
and serve Him her whole life. We can’t wait to see how God will use
her. We pray that as she grows in her faith, her heart for God and His
people will grow exponentially. Rob said it well on Facebook, “May she
love Him, trust Him, and honor Him more and more everyday, and do more for the
kingdom than I ever hope to.”
We love you Tessa and are so proud of who you
are becoming in Christ!
~Becky [her Mom]
Living in the fullness of His GREAT JOY,
Stephanie
Psalm 126
