When I was a child and the senior pastor of my church asked me during one of several meetings, â??Do you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal savior?â? it was a no-brainer. I said, â??I do.â?
This question has been the holy grail of ministry. The reality is I cannot even tell you the date, nor what grade I was in when I said I do and went forward to be baptized. I just remember the happiness it brought my mom, the senior pastor and the adults in our congregation as I went underneath the water and came up supposedly a new creation. Whatever that means. I was in elementary school; I really had no idea what I was getting in too.
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