This place is special to me, as it is the 1st place I dedicated my life to Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I went to a Summer Vacation Bible School there. I remember a lady giving a salvation lesson on how we are all sinners and have done wrong. And we need to accept Jesus into our hearts and ask for His forgiveness of our sins. I remember saying a simple prayer , Jesus, come into my heart and save me. I am a sinner and I need Your forgiveness.
Later in life, almost 50+ years ago, I look back and ask how do I know that I am a true Christian believer from that summer day, in this Lutheran Church here in Westchester, California?
Well, that easy to answer. I went home that night and my parents got into another fight as I was going to sleep. It was troubling to me to listen to that alone in my bedroom.
To comfort myself, I said the "Sinner's Prayer" that I said earlier that day.
Jesús come into my heart, Jesus come into my heart, Jesus come into my heart...until He put me to sleep in total read more