Elisha Accepts Jesus as her Savior!

On Feburary 7, 2011 Elisha Kimberly Jerdon accepted Christ Jesus as her Savior! This is what happened...

Our Sunshine

Yay, Jesus!

Like every morning Elisha, Elijah, and I sat down to do their daily devotional, from: the One Year Devotions for Preschoolers. That day the devotion was titled: A Special Book and this is what it read: "Kaitlyn is looking at a special book full of pictures. The pictures are of Kaitlyn's family and friends. Kaitlyn's special book makes her feel happy. Did you know that G-d has a special book too? His book has names in it. When people believe in Jesus, G-d writes their names in the special book. G-d is happy when He can write someone's name in His special book."

The scripture was: "I will never erase their names from the Book of Life." Revelation 3:5, NLT

The prayer was: Dear Jesus, I believe in You. I want my name in your book too.

What love she brings to her family!

To her brother.

From this I began to explain that her name can be in that book today! There was a bit of a resistance to say the prayer from her devotional at first. I began to pray over her and after I prayed there was no more resistance. Yay Jesus! (Sometimes when something big is about to happen to us the enemy likes to come in and cause distractions in our thoughts and that's what was going on before the Wonderful happened to Elisha!)

To her grandma.

So I sat her next to me and discerned that a thought had been planted in her mind that I didn't want her to sit next to me. I asked Elisha if she thought I didn't want her next to me she said yes, I said oh honey please come sit next to me okay? She happily did and snuggled next to me. I said Elisha I love you and the reason why I had you stand up is because I wanted you to pay attention to what I was saying. She understood and was just happy to be next to me again. (I notice when I explain things to Elisha she understands so much better and appreciates it.)

So, then we did the prayer together and I looked at her and said, "Elisha do you believe Jesus died for your sins?" She said, "Yes I do." Then I asked her, "Do you believe that He rose again to life?" Elisha, "He died?" I explained, "Yes, remember He died for our sins so you can live forever?" Elisha, "Yes I do." Me, "Do you believe He sits at the Father's right hand?" Elisha, "Yes. Mary, Mommy, and Mary!" Me, "Oh yes, do you believe that Jesus was born from Mary the virgin?" Elisha, "Yes." Me, "Elisha do you want Jesus to be your Savior?" Elisha, "Yes!"

To her Grandpa.

I asked her to pray with me. (side note: Generally if Elisha doesn't understand something she won't cooperate to pray/say with you the words you're about to speak/say. She'll question you until you're blue in the face, until she gets it.) The prayer, "Dear Jesus I believe in you, I believe you died for me. Jesus please forgive me of all my sins. Come into my heart, cleanse me, and make me new. Jesus I want you to be my Savior forever. Jesus I want to be yours forever."

To her Daddy.

We both got excited faces and cheered and squealed in delight as the reality of what just happned settled in. We called Daddy and Grandma to let them know what'd just happened! Her face was glowing!

To her Mommy.

Elisha has been given the true Gospel of Jesus Christ and been given the revelation, understanding, wisdom, and knowledge of Jesus Christ through her Father in Heaven. She has been preaching this Gospel since she turned 2yrs old. (Ex: We were at a Hardee's eating breakfast (Betty, Brad, Elisha, and I) and a lady who worked there was cleaning off tables right next to us. Elisha looks over there and says, "Jesus died. 'Nd rose again. He washed away our sins, like a ocean!" (Matter-of-fact) When she first understood what happened to Jesus she was preaching it everywhere. Now a days she likes to tell people how much God loves them. She also likes to get people's attention so she can lead them in prayer. She likes to dance and praise Him too. So I know that without any doubt she really did accept Jesus as her Savior and really gave her heart to Him this day. Next is to explain water baptism to her. I know with patience and a thorough explaination she will understand... but we are not the one's who give her the revelation, only G-d the Father will!

She has caught the eyes of our Heavenly Father. He has caught hers. Her name is now in His special book! (The book of Life!)

CELEBRATE WITH US and PRAISE OUR HEAVENLY FATHER THAT SHE HAS ACCEPTED JESUS AS HER SAVIOR!