From the time he was little, I called my grandson "spongeBob". As he grew older, I decided I should stop calling him that, and started calling him by his actual first name.
One day, he came to me with a sad puppydog face and said, "Papa, are you mad at me?" I was stunned, and asked, "No, of course not, why would you ask that?"
He said, "cause you don't call me Spongebob anymore!"
SO, Vacation Bible School ended today, and I was taking SpongeBob, now 12 years old, home to his house, about 60 miles away. We stopped on the way to have a meal at McDonalds.
After we got our meal, we sat out on the grass behind the car with Jake to eat our food.
Spongebob asked, "Papa, how old do you have to be to ask Jesus to save you?" My heart instantly warmed.
I told him, "it's not how old you are, Sponge, it's how much you understand of what it means, and how willing you are to do it". We talked about sin and forgiveness, about atonement and redemption, and he asked, "Can I do it right now?"
So, about 4:45 this afternoon, sitting in the grass at McDonalds, Sponge and I prayed, and he asked Jesus to forgive him of his sins, to be his Savior, and to help him be the Christian that he needs to be. And he wants to make a public profession of faith at my Church and be baptized.
Glory glory glory, Glory to God!
One day, he came to me with a sad puppydog face and said, "Papa, are you mad at me?" I was stunned, and asked, "No, of course not, why would you ask that?"
He said, "cause you don't call me Spongebob anymore!"
SO, Vacation Bible School ended today, and I was taking SpongeBob, now 12 years old, home to his house, about 60 miles away. We stopped on the way to have a meal at McDonalds.
After we got our meal, we sat out on the grass behind the car with Jake to eat our food.
Spongebob asked, "Papa, how old do you have to be to ask Jesus to save you?" My heart instantly warmed.
I told him, "it's not how old you are, Sponge, it's how much you understand of what it means, and how willing you are to do it". We talked about sin and forgiveness, about atonement and redemption, and he asked, "Can I do it right now?"
So, about 4:45 this afternoon, sitting in the grass at McDonalds, Sponge and I prayed, and he asked Jesus to forgive him of his sins, to be his Savior, and to help him be the Christian that he needs to be. And he wants to make a public profession of faith at my Church and be baptized.
Glory glory glory, Glory to God!
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