Sunday was an amazing day in the life of our church. We started the day with worship – thinking about the privilege of prayer. We also celebrated with four different families as decisions were made to plug into what God is doing here in our midst and become members of our church.
Then we gathered out on the island in the afternoon to celebrate baptism. We celebrated with 16 people who had made commitments to follow Jesus and were baptized in the surf on that evening. It was a glorious time of testimony. Many of our church family gathered to celebrate and of course, the regular beach goers were there too.
As I have reflected on the day, I have been reminded of the importance of sharing our faith openly. Our world has become more hostile toward those who live their faith openly, but if our faith is real, it should show in the way we live. That is hard to do when we try and go it alone.
But when we do it in community – together as family – we can lean on one another as we live out loud.
Seek only God’s approval, lean on other believers and live out loud today!
Clay in the Hands 
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