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"Clint Is The Abundant Life I Give For Children, Too? Or is it Just For Youth and Adults?”
In the summer of 2002, I accepted a new children’s ministry position at Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas.
Right from the start, the Lord quickly moved me out of my ministry box into a new paradigm.
The Lord began to lead me down a new path to train and equip preteens in my church for ministry.
"I Felt Something Like Fire Going Through Me." My First Preteen Mission Trip
In the spring of 2004, I felt led by the Lord to train and prepare the preteens for our first mission trip.
We taught them to lead the worship songs, teach an evangelistic Bible study, and counsel lost children.
When I shared with my church staff what I was going to do that summer, they thought I had lost my mind.
It Was As If a Veil Had Been Removed From My Eyes
My greatest joy throughout the past 33 years has been working with children in the local church.
I have loved seeing their lives transformed by the power of the Gospel working in them.
What I did not know was God’s greater plan for their lives.
During my first 14 years of ministry, I was working at an adult level.
Pouring my life into my adult leaders and equipping them for works of ministry (Ephesians 4:11-13).
I knew that if I spent time with them, it would pour over into the lives of the children of my church. It did, and it did not.
I AM GUILTY!
“Bow your head, please. If you would like to accept Jesus as your Savior and Lord, pray this prayer with me, ‘Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner. I know that You died
for my sins and rose on the third day. Please forgive me for my sins. I ask You to come into my heart to be my Savior and Lord.’”
I led many children in this prayer in my first 13 years of ministry.
Remember, I am a child evangelist at heart, and I want children to come to Christ and accept Him as their Savior.
But my greatest sin was what happened afterward—NOTHING!
