Tonight was a special night at youth. It had a beautiful ending as one of the teens in our youth ministry made a decision tonight to give her life to Christ.
Jennifer is a young lady that is very new to our church. Her family has recently started to attend on Sundays and Jennifer has been in our Sunday school class. She is a very quiet young lady and often I felt like some of the girls made little attempt to make her feel welcome, yet she still came.
Samm, one of the girls in our youth group invited Jennifer out to our Wednesday youth night a couple of weeks ago. Tonight was the first night she came out to our mid week ministry. When she walked in the door some of the girls made her feel welcome right away. I love when that happens!
At the end of youth as teens were leaving Jennifer came up to me and said, "I want to be a Christian!" That my friends is so powerful. I asked 5 of our teen girls to gather around her and one of them shared how she became a Christian. Right there at the front of the church Jennifer gave her life to Christ. Samm then prayed over Jennifer, that is also powerful as Samm is just a new Christian herself (she celebrates her spiritual birthday on Dec. 23rd)
The other girls then gave Jennifer a hug and told her how excited they were for her. After they had exchanged email addresses it was time to head home.
Since last December we have had ten teens give their lives to Christ. I am so thrilled to watch God move! I guess the angels are celebrating in heaven tonight, I know I am!!!
Thank you Lord for what you are doing in Jennifer's life!
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