The plan of salvation is so simple.  It is so easy that young children can comprehend it.  Unfortunately, sometimes it gets complicated and not explained in the straight forward easy way that Christ designed.

The easiest way I can explain it is how my little five-year-old daughter came to accept Christ in her heart.  We were on our way to drop her off at her Pre-K class.  Every morning she prayed before we arrived.  Her prayers were just adorable. It made me smile.

“Dear Jesus, help me to be a good girl.  Help me not to pee in my pants.  Help me to clean up my center.  Amen.”

If something happened at school that day, she would add it to her prayer the next morning.

“Dear Jesus, help me to be a good girl.  Help me not to pee in my pants.  Help me to clean up my center.  Help me not to play guns. Amen.”

The next day, “Dear Jesus, help me to be a good girl.  Help me not to pee in my pants.  Help me to clean up my center.  Help me not to play guns.  Help me not get my name on the board.  Amen.”

When I would pick her up, she would bounce into the van exclaiming how Jesus had helped her that day.  Her innocent, unbendable faith was such a lesson for me.

One morning, we were headed to school, and right in the middle of her prayer, she asked me how did Jesus know how to help her.  I explained that Jesus lives in our hearts, and asked her if Jesus lived in her heart.  She said no, and expressed that she wanted to have Jesus live in her heart.

Being that her morning school prayer, and the “thank you for this food” prayer was all she knew, she said, “Mommy, can you help me pray it, ‘cause I don’t know what to say.”

I said, “Sure, honey.  You repeat after me.”

I then prayed a prayer asking God to help me to pray in the simplest form.  We started with her repeating each word.

“Dear, Jesus, I want you to come live in my heart.  Help me to be a good girl.  I don’t want to do bad things anymore.  I love you, Jesus, and thank you for living in my heart.”

Tears fell as I heard her little voice, and glanced back to see her head down, her hands clasped, and the serious expression on her adorable face.  After we finished, she looked up with shining eyes.

“Oh, Mommy, I’m so glad Jesus lives in my heart.  That means he is with me all the time.”

I have had the pleasure of watching her put her complete hope in Jesus Christ.

Jesus gives us two simply spoken scriptures.  They clearly state how to become a Christian.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 NIV

But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. 1 John 1:9 NLT

Believe. Ask. Receive. It is straightforward, direct, and complete with instant forgiveness. That is simple salvation.