So this night a youth came tapping on Richard's shoulder to tell him Koby was crying and to come talk to him. So as Richard went to Koby I began to pray that we would be prepared for whatever Koby was feeling and going through. The song lyrics that were playing stuck out to me. first and so I wrote those down. The song said "the doors that God opens no man will ever close." Then, Acts 9:10 came to mind when God called to Ananias and Ananias responded with "Here I am, Lord." So, I wrote those two things down and just waited til Richard came back.
To our surprise, Koby had never asked Jesus in his heart! Our pastor had just finished praying with him and spoke a word of encourager over him about feeling like Koby had a calling on his life. I'm not sure if that prayer was the catalyst to his decision or not, but we are so proud of him! Koby has grown up in church and knows all the "churchy" answers, but at the end of the day, if you don't have a personal relationship with Christ you have nothing!
So Richard and Koby went to the front and shared his decision and the congregation erupted in cheers and applause. I love how our church celebrates this huge decision!! It's so awesome!
The pastor then came up and shared his thoughts about the calling on Koby's life and asked all the ordained ministers to come up and pray over Koby. It was cool and something I know Koby will never forget!!
Today, at church we got to see Richard baptize Koby!
Then it was off to lunch to celebrate some more!
We are so proud of you, Koby and we pray you will be like Ananias and you will not only recognize God's voice quickly, but that you will also be obedient to His plans for your life! We love you!
No comments:
Post a Comment