Baptism: We RISE!

I step into the water… with my ARMS AGAINST ME

Declaring the PRAISE OF YOUR GLORY

I was once DEAD IN MY SIN,

But now I hold my breath in 

DEMONSTRATION

Of my full ADORATION

With this REPRESENTATION

I am SUBMERGED into the water

Where your perfect peace LIES IN THE SILENCE UNDERNEATH

Where your spring of water engulfs me, assuring me of eternal life

To the life your Son sacrificed his life for

Out of his great love for us

He humbled himself and became one of us

He lived among us, 

he healed us,

he taught us

He took the punishment so that peace would be given to us

He suffered wounds so that healing would be offered to us

He was assigned death so that life would be given to us

And when he took his last breath

Scripture tells us that the earth shook

The rocks split in half and the

Veil that once separated us from you was split from top to bottom

It now signifies we have access to you

To drink the living water that only comes from you

To receive forgiveness from you

Mercy from you

Hope only found in you

Therefore, I chose you!

And I know this to be true…..

When we step into the water in full ADORATION

With the water at our waist and our faith in full DECLARATION

We are reminded of our own soul’s once DETERIOATION

But,

But when we emerge from the water in baptism

Our sins remain buried!

Our first breath breathes a life that has been RENEWED, REDEEMED, REVIVED!

Therefore, we RISE out of the water

Just as our Lord has been RESURRECTED from the grave

Trampling death – for it could not hold HIM!

We; too, RISE!

Trampling death – for neither will it hold us

We RISE

For the old has gone and the new has come

We RISE

We step out of that water, dripping with the presence of His perfect peace

We RISE

For we are now ALIVE IN CHRIST!

In Christ- our brokenness is MENDED

In Christ – our old self is BURIED

In Christ – our lives have been RESURRECTED

Our failures are REDEEMED

Our familes are RESTORED

Because in Christ- God’s promises stand UNBROKEN

And it is in the power of Christ’s name – our sins are FORGIVEN!

How can we not PROCLAIM

The power of the NAME ABOVE EVERY NAME?!!

THEREFORE, WE RISE!

May we stand together in PROCLAMATION

United as one we stand in full DEVOTION

We RISE! 

We Rise – no longer in our natural CONDITION

But being made new and justified in his REDEMPTION

We RISE!

We Rise – to the one who offers us SALVATION!

We RISE in full ADORATION!

Together

LET’S

RISE!