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Nine-Year-Old Begins Career as 'Multi-Location Missionary'
by Greg Miller By Greg Miller 2016 Nine-year-old Tommy enjoyed attending church with Tammy and Todd, his mom and dad. "It's an honor to go to church and praise God," Tommy told Ted, his best friend. Ted was impressed with Tommy's witness for Jesus. "Why do you have such a desire to go to church?" Ted asked. Tommy replied, "Jesus died on the cross to save me from sin. He was buried and arose from death three days later." "You go to church every week, don't you?" "I sure do." "Could I please go with you next Sunday?" "Certainly. We drive right by your house. I'll call you when we're ready to leave. We'll pick you up a couple minutes later." The next Sunday, Todd drove to church. He stopped to pick up Ted, who was deeply impressed with the service. At the conclusion of the sermon, Pastor Theo invited people to come to the altar and accept Jesus as their lord and savior. The Holy Spirit tugged gently at Ted's heart. Ted walked to the altar, dropped to his knees and accepted Jesus into His heart. "Now I know why you enjoy church so much," Ted told Tommy on the way home. "I'm glad Jesus is now living in my heart. I'm going to live for Him the rest of my life. The following afternoon, the boys rode the bus home from school. Tommy asked Ted, "What part of yesterday's service did you enjoy the most?" "The part where I accepted Jesus into my heart. Jesus has changed my life completely. I want to tell everyone about Him. If all the kids in school accept Jesus, it will become a much better place." Ted asked Todd if he would made an extra trip to church every Sunday morning. "I'm going to ask all my friends if they want to come to church, too," Ted said. Within a month, Todd's extra weekly trip was providing transportation for an additional half-dozen youngsters to church. Most of them had accepted Jesus into their hearts. Tad was among those new believers. One Sunday, Tad went to the altar at the conclusion of the service. He had a special message for Pastor Theo. "Pastor, I want to let you know the Lord is calling me to serve as a multi-location missionary." "What is a multi-location missionary?" asked the pastor. "Right now, I am a missionary to the kids here at school, but when I grow up, I believe the Lord is calling me to the continent of Africa. So with my current service to kids and my service as an adult to Africa, I will be a multi-location missionary! The Lord told me what He wanted me to do. Then He said I could come up with my own term for the job!" To contact the writer of this column about speaking engagements, including Christian Comedy Fundraising Outreaches, Christian Creativity Seminars and/or puppet ministry, please email [email protected] or [email protected]. By Greg Miller 2018 Greg is retired from the Elizabethton STAR Newspaper, after working there for almost 23 years. He now freelances for the paper. Contact email address is [email protected], also facebook.com/kidcool4jesus. Available for speaking engagements/other ministries. Jesus is Lord Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |