Baptism on the Twelfth Birthday

He who believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be condemned. Mark 16:16 

Today is our youngest daughter's birthday. She turned twelve, and it was a great day, as she was also baptised. The day was both her spiritual and physical birthday! Baptism on her Twelfth Birthday!

For the past few months, she has been praying daily for her baptism, believing into the Lord Jesus Christ as her Savior and experiencing the working of the Holy Spirit in and upon her. As parents, we have been praying for our children's salvation when the Holy Spirit prompted us to start praying for all our children's salvation. All that we could do was to pray and commit them to the Lord. The Lord is faithful in answering all our prayers, especially those prayers points which are according to His heart's desire. For sure, salvation is the heart's desire of God for man. We simply and faithfully prayed and prayed. 

In 2022, our eldest daughter got saved and was baptised in the month of June. In the same year, in the month of November, our son got baptized. Both were the work of the Holy Spirit in their lives and also through the Body as an answer to our prayers for our children. This year, our youngest daughter believed into the Lord Jesus and received Him. Since then, she has been sincerely praying for her own baptism every day. Then, as parents, we realized this was the work of the Holy Spirit, and so we cooperated with the Holy Spirit and started praying for her baptism daily. Even when I was on a ministry literature journey, when I called home every night to pray, we prayed for her baptism.

Last month, as I was considering when to baptise her, I deemed it fit to baptise her on her birthday. Initially, I kept the matter to myself and started praying for this particular date. Then, I mentioned it to my whole family during one of our family prayer meetings. Then, I brought it in fellowship to the brothers in the church. Then, finally, after all the prayers and fellowship in the Body with the Body, today she was baptised. 

Last Tuesday, in our small group meeting, I fellowshiped concerning her baptism and shared the truth concerning baptism with those who were not yet baptized. All the saints prayed for her baptism.

In fact, the past few days and today, the messages I have listened to and pursued are related to the baptism into the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and also into the name of the Lord Jesus. I took those speakings from the Lord as a confirmation of the baptism today.

This baptism was properly fellowshipped and prayed over thoroughly. It was a new experience for me too, in having enough prayers and preparation, and I was graced to baptise my own daughter with whom I have been coordinating in serving the Lord together, both in the church and literature service. The Lord is truly faithful in leading us in every matter. Praise Him! Glory be to Him!

What a coordination! What a testimony! What a blessing! Hallelujah!

Go therefore and disciple all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Matt. 28:19