Evotional.com - Mark Batterson

Sunday was an amazing day. As we stood on the beach getting ready to baptize fifteen NCCers I had this thought: I wouldn't want to be anyplace else. It was amazing to worship on the beach and see people "go public" with their faith at a public beach. I don't think I'll ever get over the incredible privilege of dunking someone (in the spiritual sense) and raising them back out of the water. It doesn't get any better than that. Helping people find Christ and take the next step in their spiritual journey is what it's all about.

Here's a picture from our group prayer. We had all the baptism candidates get in the middle of our "holy huddle" and we prayed for them. Then we shouted "Amen" at the top of our voices! I love giving God shout offerings! I think our worship services should feel like a football game every once in a while!

By the way, I totally lost my voice by the end of the day. I preached twice on Sunday. I yelled for the marshmallow toss at the top of my voice. I sang with all my heart. And by the time we finished praying my voice was nearly inaudible. But I feel like I was a good steward of my vocal chords on Sunday!