Six Points Church

  • I'm New
  • About Us
    • Who We Are
    • Our Leadership
    • Contact Us
    • Next Steps
  • Sermons
  • Ministries
    • Kids
    • Youth
    • Adults
    • Worship
    • Prayer
    • Outreach
    • Connections
  • Events
  • Give
  • Devotions
  • I'm New
  • About Us
    • Who We Are
    • Our Leadership
    • Contact Us
    • Next Steps
  • Sermons
  • Ministries
    • Kids
    • Youth
    • Adults
    • Worship
    • Prayer
    • Outreach
    • Connections
  • Events
  • Give
  • Devotions

​God with us: Weekly Pastoral Devotional

more than water

5/11/2022

0 Comments

 
This week we have something wonderful to celebrate, we have three people ready to get baptized and one other who is rededicating her baptismal vows.  Baptism Sundays are some of my favorite Sundays at Six Points.  I love getting the chance to see all the family and friends who come to support the persons being baptized.  I love the hugs and high fives and smiles both before and after the baptism.  I especially love seeing the wet footprints in the carpet as the person leaves the baptism tank...those are such a powerful testimony of the life changing work of Jesus who has washed away our sins and left us overflowing with his love.

But there is one part I love that none of you get to see.  In my office I meet with each and every person who wants to get baptized before they decide to take that public step.  We sit and talk about baptism.  We discuss what it is, what it means and why it matters.  I get to ask them questions and allow them to ask me questions.  I get to hear their stories about why they want to be baptized and what God has done in their lives.  It's a beautiful moment and one I cherish.  And in that conversation, I remind them that the water in the tank isn't special...it's just regular old water.  The water doesn't save them or wash away their sins; Jesus does.  The water is only a physical symbol that reminds us of the work that Jesus has already done in our hearts when he forgave us and set us free.

So this Sunday we will celebrate with those who are baptized...and I hope we go nuts.  I hope we clap, whistle, high five, fist bump, hug and enjoy this special day; but let us remember the true miracle isn't really about water; it's about the grace that Jesus poured out on us and in us when we accepted his free gift of salvation.
 
Ephesians 2:8-9
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God."

In Christ,
Pastor Scott
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019

    RSS Feed

Picture
1545 West 226th Street, Sheridan, IN 46069  
317.758.4239​  |
 info@SixPointsChurch.com
Need Prayer?