New Life in Christ

After church today, I just happened to walk down to the front where Eric was talking with some young women.  When I arrived, Eric and DjoDjo, and elder, were praying over them.  As they were praying, I noticed that they were asking for the Lord to give these women wisdom, to help them grow in the Lord, to protect them, and to provide what they need.  Afterwards, Eric let me know that all three of the young ladies had chosen to follow Christ as their Lord.  I was so happy!  One of them started coming to my English class last week, and we brought her to church this morning.

Eric talked with me a little later about his concern for these three women.  They are very young, and have no other Christians in their homes.  He has asked two older women in the church to talk with them so that they can continue to grow in Christ, and not become like the seed that fell on the rocks.  The seed that fell on the rocks is like people who hear and believe, but when troubles come, they fall away, and their faith dies.  Our desire is for these three women to be like the seed that  falls in good soil.  The seed that falls in good soil, is like people that hear the Word of God, believe, and grow in the faith to produce fruit, good works. 

Believing the Lord came to this earth as God's Son, that He died so that His blood could cover our sins, that He is at the right hand of the father in Heaven, and that He will come back to take His followers home, is a great start!  But now we need these women to see how to make Christ the true Lord of their life, that their life is no longer their own, that they were bought at a price, and that means that their entire focus in life is changed.  They are a new creation, created to do good works for God's pleasure.  They need to read the Bible in order to understand what is pleasing to the Lord.  They need to continue to meet with other believers. 

Please pray that these three women, as well as all new converts to Christ, will grow in knowledge and wisdom in the Lord!!

Ashley and I held deaf church this morning.  We played the Christian video called Doctor Wonder's Workshop, which is completely in sign language.  It has stories about Christian character and Bible stories.  The deaf children are learning not only new signs in sign language, but also more about God and His Word!