The New Life in Christ

This is a post that I have been so excited to share! It's a little delayed, but I couldn't go without writing about it. I have shared a little of my testimony in previous posts, but in this post I wanted to share a huge step of faith I took on October 9,2011. On that Sunday, Brandon preached about taking your next step in faith. For some people it would be giving your life to Christ, or joining a small group, or serving. And for some it was being baptized. And on that day, getting baptized was my next step. Little to everyone's knowledge, Connection Church was having spontaneous baptisms that day. They had set up a huge tank out side and provided shirts,shorts,flip flops, underwear- everything! So no one had an excuse not to get baptized if they felt it was their next step. 
     The word baptism is used 22 times in the Bible. There's numerous times throughout the Bible when baptisms are used to profess faith. 
      Including Acts 2:38 when Peter says " Repent, and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus the Messiah for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."
    Paul says " Or are you unaware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may in a new way of life." Romans 6:3-5
   Jesus didn't save me from bad to good, but from death to life! Every baptism represents how God changed someones life and how they had a realization of who Jesus is. How cool is that?? There were 54 baptisms and over 900 people at church this Sunday to celebrate every ones next step. It was so incredibly encouraging to see other believers get baptized and support one another.  

                       
God is so so faithful, and I can't wait to respond to what step he calls me to do next.

Here is the Baptism Video someone made at church. So encouraging to see all God is doing in Statesboro :)