Water Baptisms | Jentezen Franklin

good morning good morning you may be seated what's your name Abigail how long youve been coming to the church abig well I I haven't been coming here physically but I've been watching you online since Co wonderful and uh where do you live I live in the Bahamas so you came all the way from I don't I don't get pre for this so I'm learning like everybody else so you came all the way from the Bahamas to be baptized yes yes yes I did ((applause)) um so um you know I I I grew up in a in a Christian Home in fact my my father was a preacher um but you know when I once I left home I I sort of lost my way and um I I wasn't serving God the way I I should and um then Co hit and I realized that I was lost I was lost and it it was you know fair and anxiety and I didn't know what to do and where to turn and I didn't have a church home for a very long time and um so I began searching through the television looking because you know it was quarantine and couldn't go to church so I started looking online for a church and I came across you and as I watched the services every Sunday I can see the anointing and it was in one of your services that I just rededicated my life to the Lord and did you do that right there in your home right in right in right right in my home and um you know like I said during Co it was just a lot of fair and a lot of anxiety and I was afraid to die if I got bitten from a mosquito I thought I had covid and I was going to die and it was just a lot of fair and um it was a lot of fair as well with my my my children you know and family and I realized that I needed to do something and so I started to watch you and you know when I watch I would feel the spir the spirit and I feel the anointing that was on you and like I said I I I watched for since Co and um I I signed up for next steps and for water baptism and I knew that I wanted you to baptize me and so when they called me like 3 weeks ago I was like yes I'll be there unbelievable that is so next time you should send for me and I'll come to the Bahamas it would be a very yeah I I I have I'm that kind of leader I go to the people especially if they're in the Bahamas or Hawaii but this is amazing and uh so you're a member of the online Church which has how many how many people TW James is the P come here James this is this is the the pastor that talks and prays with people 20 24,000 not just you know watching these are people who consider themselves members they go through membership all of that and here's one we're actually getting to see and touch and know that God is doing a beautiful thing across the world with 24,000 members online every Sunday that's a that's amazing so upon your profession of faith I baptize you in the name of the Father the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit bless her Lord and bless those wonderful people in the B mamas praise God I love that that's neat good morning what's your name Heather Wade Heather H how how how did you end up at the church um my husband actually had been coming here his whole life with his family and um he invited me uh when we first met about 10 years ago okay and why are you getting baptized today um I'm doing this today because um God is just really um done of work in my life um I've struggled with depression and anxiety and fear and I believe the lies that the enemy told me for so long and it's just um he's he's transformed me and I just I love him so much I just I how are you overcoming the fear and anxiety what what difference does a church make make or what difference does Jesus make more importantly um well it's everything um I I was saved at forward conference actually in 2014 um you had preached a message about being a vessel and you had a pizza box I don't know if you remember that but uh that really stuck with me and that really um that really that is remarkable so you're one of the souls over the 20 years that this church there are business people there's a businessman that gives $500,000 every year he just he just he doesn't have to in the future if God speaks to him but he's done that and there are other people who sponsor by the they just sponsor it they businesses they sponsor it and and that's what enables us to reach people like you so at forward conference you get saved yes I was saved at forward and um you know I was uh really on fire for the Lord for a while and then um you know life happened and you know I had my first daughter and that's when I really started struggling again I started struggling with worrying about if something happened to her and um you know I I I struggled with it for about six years until last year um there was a night at the Revival that Pastor Perry Stone had prayed for us to receive the Holy Spirit and I did and and it changed everything I I remember falling to the floor and and when I got back up I just felt like the world had been lifted off of me I felt chains break stuff that I had been in bondage with it was it was gone and um now I just I want to do the Lord's will in my life and you are free and free indeed and I baptize you in the name of the Father the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit thanks be unto God hallelujah hallelujah that's your wife yes sir I'm glad you brought her to church yes sir what's your name Jimmy Wade and Jimmy what's Jesus mean to you uh everything he my Lord and Savior and I wouldn't be nowhere without him anything you want to say um I'm thankful that he's uh came to my wife's life and we have a beautiful family and I want our family to be uh surrounded surrounded with the Lord and um just we just be with god well you're doing that today you're you're leading the way you're going to have uh wet footprints that your children will follow in one day and your children's children believe it or not they will come and I baptize you in the name of the Father the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit bless him Lord is that great God be the glory good morning what's your name Caitlyn Tolentino Caitlyn how old are you I'm 20 20 and why are you getting baptized um I have felt a lot of Peace getting to know God and he's answered a lot of questions for me um I struggled a lot with depression and anxiety and I was very suicidal at one point in my life and I just felt like I was in a vicious cycle that I couldn't get out of and he just somehow I just always had hope and I didn't understand why but getting to know him now I know that it's God did you make a decision for Christ here in this room or or was it just a gradual thing or what uh my best friend lzy actually invited me to Divine conference and I really enjoyed it and I started coming ever since and going to ya as well so great well we're so we're so proud of you and I baptize you in the name of the Father the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit glory to God good morning give us your name uh Benny Sansa and uh how old are you I'm 18 years old 18 years old and are you a senior this year uh no I actually just graduated from flyer Branch High School okay congratulations where are you headed next uh un Dela wonderful and uh why are you doing this now so I grew up Christian my entire life my grandfather um is actually a pastor um for a Romanian Church actually so I've always had a strong like root in my faith but like when you get born into it you don't experience God for yourself as much as like you're getting put into church by your family so when I went into High School actually I I sub subconsciously I started like living for the world wanting to you know impress everyone and not really doing God's will into this into like my life and others lives and like sharing the word and then uh when Perry came for the Revival that was when it really like I first time felt God in my life really good I remember falling to my knees and and praying and thanking God for showing me his grace and now I just want to commit my life to God and do his will so there are moments in our life where God really marks us there are moments that I could take you to places physical geographical places and times and moments that it was a game Cher it it was I I I I would never be the same it altered every step I would take from that point forward and you're saying that the Revival which by the way is coming back this October and we're going to have another Revival but but I've heard this so many times especially from young people because it was it was so beautiful what God did in this place it was so unusual it was so easy I still look at these aisles and I remember young people by the hundreds I remember Halloween night were you there that night Halloween I think I was yes and and and I thought there would be nobody here and all the way up the aisles when the alter this place was packed the Overflow was pack the camp we even used the chapel any where we could put people and we could not get the people on the property we could not and people would just come to the altar it didn't matter what he preached on it was great everything he preached on but it didn't matter because it it's like there was this drawing power of God did that happen to you yes sir yes sir and that's where you prayed in that Holy moment God marked you and he's got a great plan for your life and it's connected to the roots of your grandfather a Ukrainian preacher as he's a Romania preacher my actually my parents yes them two um both my parents are from Romania um moved over here so first generation to be in America is pretty great Perry and I preached in Romania together on a on a crusade we did many many years ago I baptize you in the name of the Father the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit use him God Mark him God Jesus name praise the Lord praise the Lord praise the Lord good morning give us your name sir be seated Justin B Justin have you recently made a commitment to Jesus uh yes sir uh May the 2th fourth I started going to good land and recovery and uh I surrendered I came to him as a child and I submitted and surrendered to him and gave him gave my life over to him and I feel like I just was this was the next step were you were you ever religious before then uh not really not not not really never went to church and so you get in good Landing which is a wonderful um rehab program Christian based that all of the people come here Ty your director and um and what happened did you where did the relationship with Jesus uh I was in class one day and uh I just I don't know what happened like the Spirit came over me and he broke me down right in the middle in class in front of everybody he broke me down and uh I just cried out to him and asked him to come into my life uh I had been I'm not ashamed to say I'm just going to I was a Muslim for over four years and um I decided to surrender my life I don't know what it was something came over me and it made me realized that I needed to change the way I was going you're a miracle you're a miracle and to God be the glory so who is your Lord I'm baptizing you in one name only one name what is that name Jesus I baptize you in the name of the Father the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit shout Church shout shout come on and give God a shout of Praise with the voice of Triumph God be the glory what's your name uh Karina Bautista you know we had all of these wonderful Jewish brothers and sisters that were here a special guest and I look down and I see everybody on the front row barefooted and we didn't explain to them and that I my mind starts right racing like bless their hearts they think our people come barefooted amen but but uh you you got your T-shirt and all that uh tell us tell us uh tell us your story how did you end up in this tank um I grew up in a Christian household also in a Church of God where my grandpa was pastor and this is something God said to do and I want to obey that and um I'm here not only because my parents are are Christian but because I've seen him do miracles in my life like um I was born with this dis disorder and I have a brain tumor but thanks to God I'm healthy and it hasn't grown God he is he is a life preserver and he's kept you alive for a reason you believe that anything he preserves has a purpose and I baptize you in the name of the father Father the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit I baptize you into your purpose God lead her guide her direct her from this day forward in Jesus ((music playing)) name we got everything baptized but that hand she she held on for dear life good morning sir morning how are you I'm good what's your name Zachariah Zachariah and uh are you why are you here today I'm here here to uh start a new life with Jesus you my brother died a couple weeks ago uh OD don't fit all and I had two paths to take left to the path of sin or forward uh to the path of God and this is me taking my path to God um I've also um I fought for my country I am a veteran um I've battling demons I wrestled with God in that desert and I'm submitting to God are you in a program now no God's going to help you thank you his church is going to help you thank ((applause)) you so you watched your brother die no I got a phone call um at late at night um that he passed was he your younger brother if he was yes how old was he he 37 it's the hardest thing I've ever had to go through but um my girlfriend who is here with my daughter um they and I've got a lot of help from the people here at Free Chapel who have called me and prayed for me and you know this is what led me to this moment so you you get did you give your heart to the Lord and and kind of go started through next steps yes sir and people started Friends Christian Believers from the church started calling you and and you feel that you can get the help that you need H are you are you are you um clean from from how long have you been free I've been free uh for about 6 months this is this is this is me you know um I'm also volunteering for forward conference and I what now I'm also volunteering for forward conference and this is the perfect time for me to get baptized because now I can go to forward conference and tell those young people my story and what would you say that first of all it's a miracle that you are are are are uh free for the last six months and for the rest of your life in Jesus name that's the miracle but it's only because Jesus has entered into your heart and you've let him take control um what would you say to someone struggling with addiction you know what it's like and and then to have see either that moment when you heard you got the phone call it like you said it could have it could have driven you back in deeper and deeper into drugs and alcohol or whatever it is or it can turn you to Jesus yeah it can turn you to Jesus the only addiction I have right now is Jesus that's that's it that's the only addiction I ((applause)) want glory to God I baptize you in the name of the Father the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost thank you Lord thank you Lord thank you Lord thank you Lord thank you Lord thank you Lord anybody who knows he can deliver from drugs and alcohol give him praise this morning Hallelujah Hal hallelujah what is your name di Smith and uh di why are you here today is my birthday um and I felt that there was just no better way to start this New Year I want to reive my life to Jesus I've known him my whole life and before I was even born doctors told my mom do not have this baby it's too much of a risk it's a risk for your life it's a risk for her life but I was here on Mother's Day and your daughter preached about the Power of a Praying Mother and I'm the product of a caring mom she had insurmountable amount of faith I'm here today because of that doctors told her she would never have any kids after me I have a little brother that I prayed for my whole life and I I live in New York but this is my family's church this is my church when I'm here I make it a point to be here on Sundays and it was no mistake that baptisms were today I signed up I emailed so many times like please can I please please please it's my birthday and it's just a gift I've watched how it's a it's a big waiting list with baptism which is kind of sad uh we need to do a better job but we anyhow that's amazing that the Lord wanted you to have a happy birthday how old are you I'm turning 29 um and I have just watched how I I moved to New York by myself and I think that time of Separation I often called loneliness I realized that it was God separating me from everything that made me comfortable I took my business out there I had a lot of success and then I ended up closing my business and I felt like I was super depressed I felt like I had failed and I now look at that that was God giving me the space because in that time of when I closed my business I got really involved with my church in New York and I began prison ministry and I went from being a stylist and a clothing designer to now I've just recently been hired by Youth for Christ and I'm I work in prison ministry with young adults full-time and yeah that's incredible anything else you want to say I just love Jesus we love you and love Jesus and love this wonderful testimony I baptize you in the name of the Father the Son Jesus Christ the Holy Spirit praise God hallelujah thank you Jesus thank you Jesus good morning you're doing amazing you're doing amazing I'm very nervous oh don't be nervous what's your name Olga Rodriguez and I meet you personal in this year after almost three years I was listening in TV and my husband was too sick and he met God through your services and my life was a mess I tried to kill myself H I was very depressed I forgot God's bring me here and that's all can take it I was in in Kimo several times I'm survived with cancer I was in coma for two two weeks and got brought me back because he want me for something very special I have a special friends over there like I call my children they are very special friends and now they are my children that's Eva and one SAS they are here today they come with me and I said I want to meet the pastor I said but you go you cross there he was there what happened you didn't see him yeah he's there and I remember when you pray with me and I said this is my church this is my pastor and God talked to me now he wants to to meet here for something very special I don't know what he wants wants from me but I'm told him very clear Jesus I'm here you are my savior and you I'm going to take my life for the rest of my life yes amen he's heard that he's heard that prayer and I baptize you in the name of the Father the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit bless her Lord beautiful to God be the glory and bless that family I love you God bless you it's wonderful good morning morning what's your name my name is Adra and how did you end up at Free Chapel um my sister invited me uh I live in Minnesota actually my picture is in the grade so oh your picture is in there so uh somebody was praying for you yes oh come on now that's powerful so if you don't know what this is about is at the beginning of the year during the 21-day fast we took we asked people to bring a picture of anyone in their family that needed salvation or needed special prayer and for Brokenness or whatever and and they put they put them in that grill right there in the front they're they're down in there by the thousands so that every song and every sermon that's preached is proclaiming that by faith into that life and here sits the fruit what happened um oh excuse me um so I was born again and I um backslide um when kind of I was in the worship team and prayer team and everything and um life just hit and my marriage fell apart and my family was grown and it was just really hard and I felt really brokenhearted and so I went all the way back to my sin the the old me you know and um one day I was just so alone and I prayed and I said Lord am I still your daughter and I heard him yeah and I said I need you to make a way for me and um I came to visit my sister in Georgia and I came to the church and he preached a message called power of a moment and I heard that this is your moment and so I went back and what the thing of it is is the devil he always overplays his hand and uh he didn't figure that I'd remember whose daughter I whose daughter I am and and um he didn't figure that I little small town drunk girl from Minnesota would show up at free chapel and uh start S so right away and learn who she was in Christ and she I'm pretty sure he didn't think I would join mentorship and start learning about the love of God and the power and um Power yeah and he didn't know that I'd be listening to you all the time and there's a lot of messages and I there one that was uh handled handle come and handle me and see what what I will do yeah and I'm excited God be the glory you should be what a testimony I baptize you in the name of the Father the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit bless her Lord thank God thank God good morning good morning what's your name my name is Aaron chy and uh how long you been coming to the church um as long as I can remember actually okay good and you have you made a commitment to the Lord recently um no I actually I've grown up in your church and um I got baptized at the age of 13 and uh shortly after that life happened pretty real um six and a half years ago I was on the streets and selling drugs and really wanted to change for my life and I was just praying to God that I could find a way and to change my turn my life around and come back to church and um ended up going to rehab shortly after that and um I just want to rededicate my life today um today I actually am an intern at good Landing recovery and now I'm taking in my classes for to be a certified addiction counselor glory be to God and I couldn't have done it without him and my life's just changed so much and I want to be an example and to my family now and to everybody out there just don't give up God's got you so great I baptize you in the name of the Father the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit praise God come on down praise God give us your name please Angela and uh Angela how long you've been coming to the church one year one year and um why are you doing this what happened okay I need my pastor because when oh I'm sorry I didn't even know come on R I forgot English so yeah you good yeah yeah just just share what you need okay and I'm doing this because when I liveed in Colombia so I L everything mine okay okay when I was little I was abused by many uh relatives my family so for when I was growing up after that I was thinking that they had to pay for what they have done to me and I was bitter and angry and that I I was thinking that I didn't deserve to leave so so uh I was in drugs too but I decided to move to this country and leave everything behind even though when I got here I was feeling like empty because I didn't have Christ in my heart so so I met my husband her husband and we he said he was taking me to um to the church was another church not this one but still she was not feeling like the Pres of the Lord in his in her life and um Prima Emily over there so my cousin Emily she's somewhere here she invited us to Free Chapel perone perone so during the Revival with perone [laughter] since um after that after I decided to give my life to the Lord I understood that I have to forgive those people because forgiveness is not for them but for me and since that moment she started like feeling the presence of the Lord her life and working in her to God be the glory and and he's healing he's healing you in every way he's healing you you want to say anything else just I don't know yeah you you've done amazing yeah and that's what I'm doing right here I've been seeking the Lord and even the enemy was tempting me right here not to get in the top but she said um that she decided to do it because she loves the Lord we're burying the old and the new is coming better is coming I baptize you in the name of the Father the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit hold your nose okay that's tried amen give us your name please Freddy Freddy that's a miracle isn't it it's a miracle anything you'd like to say uh yeah um I didn't you know picture you know being here but uh and I know I had to make a decision I mean I grew up in a Christian family and everything but it's easy to to fall off track it's easy to go back into party and doing whatever you know what people do and stuff and you know I like to thank God that you know I met my wife she actually helped me kind of you know get back into it and have two beautiful children with her so so it's it's been been a huge blessing well it's good to see men not ashamed if Jesus Christ you're going to make a great father you're going to make a great husband and this is a big part of it I baptize you in the name of the Father the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit praise God good morning good morning you may be seated what's your name Michelle Michelle why are you doing this today um just as a declaration of my love of Jesus and have you accepted it in recently I have actually uh back in September I believe we came for the first time um in person and it was a baptism service and um I didn't stop crying the whole time I was here um and I went home that night and uh signed why why why were you crying what what would make you cry just so moving listening to everybody's testimonies so it's one thing to hear a preacher preach about Jesus and and that's so important but when you start hearing people's stories of the journey and how Jesus made such a difference did something begin to grip your heart it did it it laad it he laid it on my heart to get baptized did you pray in that service to receive Jesus or was it another time um I did then as well but there was it was a few months prior to that that I had actually done that with my fiance in the car driving down the road so great and here you are I baptize you in the name of the Father the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy ((music playing)) Spirit good morning good morning what's your name Reagan Hutcherson and uh why are you doing this today for me my daughter I was struggling until last December I heard you play Mary would you know and I hit my knees and all coming jaill and I said God if you break me from the darkness into the light I promise you I'll be sober and then I fell I relapsed on Mother's Day I seen my daughter struggling out there ((music playing)) and I pray for my kids every day that God will take all the pain all the ((applause)) hurt her dad's here today we um started talking back we're trying to work our things out and see where it goes but this is for me I love you too that's awesome that's awesome I love you now now so you were reached through the prison ministry yes so you were in prison and and the team comes in and the screen is and all the equipment is there and you go through the praise and worship and hear a what what I was playing the horn or something or what or somebody sung the song no you were playing the sa chrop uh or trumpet or whatever oh saxophone I don't okay no trumpets no but um back in I want to say February I came here and I put a letter that my daughter find that she could be happy sober yes I am 45 days clean I'm in a program I'm working it I just hope God will see will he's going to give you the grace you don't have to ever go back to it you don't have to ever go back to it I actually prayed that he take the taste out of my mouth so every time I think about it I get sick there was a man in the first service this this was the greatest testimony and he said he smoked two packs of cigarettes a day this is what he said he said I would smoke it and I'd say Jesus help me with with this and I'd smoke it and he said Lord I really need your help I'll never be able to quit this God said please deliver me please give me the strength to stop and he said I he said and the most strange thing he said I started doing less he said because I said well if I'm going to smoke and you're in me you going you're going to do it with me and the next thing he knew he was free from two packs after Decades of bondage that same Jesus now I'm not telling you to go get some and drink but but but what I'm telling you is he knows and he's able and he's healing you you're free and you're going to walk in Freedom and I baptize you in the name of the Father the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit give God a mighty praise that is a miracle thank you to those of you who go into the prisons there's fruit that remains to God be the glory got a few more thank you for being a great congregation being reverent not running for the door staying seated reverent in God's house it matters it matters God bless you bless you what's your name Ivonne Austin and Ivonne uh how long you've been coming to Free Chapel you got a fan back there is that your husband no my husband is back home preaching he's a pastor so am I really where are you from I'm from from Hab to Grace Maryland we flew in last night me and my mother really yes sir and and why why why did you do that well the who you heard over there was my 73y old mother and it's her birthday oh and um God is so good my mother and my father were pastors uh for 27 years and I was a PK that did not stand for pastor's kid that stood for prodical kid uh but the Lord um because of a Praying Mother this is why I'm here today amen um my mom is 73 years old and um I'm here on her behalf um last year my mother and my grandmother who is now with the Lord um me and my husband took the privilege and the honor to say yes to the Holy Spirit to become their full-time caregivers and when my grandmother uh before she passed away uh they love to watch uh the word of God or listen to to the word of God they first started listening to you on the radio I did not know anything about uh Free Chapel or um Pastor Franklin Jensen or Jensen Franklin and what was so awesome is I'm military so I say things backwards sometimes um but what was so awesome is that I found you on YouTube and now they put a face with the voice and I couldn't turn the channel after that bless the Lord we're so honored that you came and your mother that is so touching to come all the way from Maryland did you say Maryland have De Grace amazing and thank you for your service to our country we deeply that was your okay yeah you served him as he served well we appreciate it so much and welcome home thank you so much my mother um has suffered uh six strokes and she wanted to be baptized today and I shared with her that I would get in the water for her proxy and so not only am I in the water for my mother I love you Mom Pat Haley but I'm also in the water for myself for New Beginnings U this is our eighth year Ministry me and my husband in Maryland and we just love what you're doing here my mother believes that there is healing and anointing through the touch of the worship team that we listen to often the preaching and the teaching with your testimony of Grace Grace we share it all the time with all of our friends and we are just so humbled to be able to be here today we're very glad you're here and may the Lord bless that church mightily and Lord I baptize her in the name of the Father the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit bless them Lord bless you Pastor if you're watching we appreciate your ministry God bless you good morning what's your name Jill thank you for being here uhoh help help help you almost floated away Dwayne was sleeping how you doing I'm very well and how long you've been coming to the church a little over a year and uh and what's I'm about to baptize you so what would you like to say uh a year ago on this day my friend gave me a Bible and um I was born again that day she prayed over me and told me to read the Bible every day and I read something that your daughter wrote to you that you told her that it's important to read the Bible every day and so it's been a wonderful year of reading the Bible and coming to church and hearing the songs and during one of the songs when I raised my hand I felt the Holy Spirit sweep over and touch my hand and it was a beautiful day God and and you know if you read the Bible every day it isn't it amazing how it begins it is God talking to you people say God doesn't talk to you anymore if you read the Bible consistently God will you will hear his voice and those pages you will hear his voice I baptize you thank you um I've just had a lot of fear and just the devil's speaking to me about things that I don't want to hear anymore so I just want to let all the fear go down with me and come up we agree with you we agree with you for that he has not given you the spirit of fear but of power and of love and Lord A sound mind a strong fortitude thank you Father for victory over fear and every other attack by the blood of Jesus she is an overcomer and I baptize her in the name of the Father the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit God bless you come on down thank you good morning what's your name Kingsley Rivera Kingsley God bless you oh you got a lot of fans who are who are all these people oh well I've been coming here for a couple years now and my husband um I think my oldest son might be out there and I know my mom and my brother's out there as well so wonderful and um what how did you end up at the church and here today um so I I've I've been listening to you since you had black hair um but um I've been started coming to the church regularly when the Lord led me here I I live in coming and I was trying to uh you know go to somewhere closer and he was like no I want you to go to free chapel um and I also attend the online college um so I'm at the college online I'll start my second year this fall yeah well you're not that young either then if you no I I am um I I am still pretty young I just grew up in a a Christian household so we had you on TVN anything else you'd like to say yes yes um no I just wanted to share I'm I'm here today I've I've been walking with the Lord for a long time um I gave my life to him when I was 10 years old um but I was baptized by my father who was a pastor who was also my abuser um and I was baptized during the two years that he was sexually abusing me and over the past six months well really the past 177 years of my life but over the past six months God has been doing a really deep work and he has been breaking strongholds um that have been way down there that the enemy has had for a long time and he said it's time for you to do this again except for this time it's not a baptism of Salvation it's a baptism of restoration showing the work that I've done in your life yes so this is big this is a big deal yes and and to see you not bitter you don't have a bitter Spirit you don't you're not angry you're not full of hate it's Jesus it is all Jesus praise the name of the Lord who restores our soul are you ready this is big it's it's under the blood I baptize you in the name of the Father the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit bless her heal her restore her glory to God hallelujah good morning what is your name George Lawson George how long youve been coming to Free Chapel well today would be my first day here oh okay well how did you end up here well uh God sent me an angel about three years ago and I've never really haven't been a Christian good Christian wasn't raised in the in the church and about four years ago everything just kind of hit everything got heavy life the anger the anxiety you know I thought I could do it all myself I thought I was you know the king of my world and found out that I had no Foundation had nothing I was empty this woman came into my life despite breaking every Covenant I've ever made she's stuck she's stuck man she told me to listen to you one day I'm sorry you had be you did a sermon on restoration and everything that she told me over the three years you know just working on me she was slowly working on me and when I saw your sermon I I hit the floor and just was electrified I felt you speak to my heart and I knew from that day forward that I had to get here get a new beginning and get get restored SW because I can't carry this anxiety and anger anymore and just recently I felt the calmness the peace coming I know he's pulling me I know he's pulling me towards them and I want to complete it that's why I'm here so powerful where do you live at in this area traveled 10 hours from Northport Florida to get here so you came all the way from Florida all the way just for this very spot right here it's power you will not leave like you came in Jesus name in the water many things will drown demons can't swim and all of those demons are going to go and a new beginning in jesus' name is exactly what you will have you will look back and say that day my life changed forever you're never going back to the man you used to be and in the name of Jesus by the blood of the Lamb I decree the freedom of God over his life and Lord your Amazing Grace saves washes cleanses and restores in Jesus name I baptize you Hallelujah somebody Shout with him all the way from Florida that's amazing now give us your name sir Joe ziga and how long youve been coming to the church seros I've been coming now for two months did somebody invite you uh no sir I'm also in a program from good Landing oh wonderful and and so uh you you're getting that side straightened out oh yes sir yes I am and what would you like to say this morning first of all I would just like to thank you for free Chapo good Landing um man good Landy just really saved my life I got some uh family members here I've been I've been through a I've been through a very very very bad childhood I've been through bad trauma you know I've been diagnosed with PTS D you know that's stuff the soldiers deal with people you know and it's just I've been I've been in a lot of I'm I've been in in a lot of De situations but you know I'm still here but uh and I never I always felt like I didn't deserve God's love because I just never would do what he would do you know I would never but man I'm going to say something right now that a lot of people don't know this a lot of my family members don't know this something tragic just had to happen for me to go to good Landing you know I I've been in addiction for a long time I I've been living a lie not a lot of my family members didn't know that and uh man my mom passed away like 16 months ago and ever since there I just been down here deeply in drugs and and one day me and my girl we just got into it and you know I got we got I got we split up and I felt like my life was overweight and and this is probably going to make them sad but I got to the point where I I just felt like I didn't that I didn't want to live no more and uh man I tried I tried to overdose and and and I woke up and I was just like balling in tears and I knew I need a new beginning I gave my life to God and I went to good landing on August I went to good landing on uh April 15 April 19 we have a recovery Church man I don't know what it is but I just feel God it I just I felt God answered me he answered me I broke down and and ever since then it's man God is good he's amazing he's been opening he's been opening a lot of doors for me he's been blessing me each and every day and just for everybody in good Landing everybody out there all you got to do is believe just you know walk in walk in faith not in sight and you're doing it boy I bear witness with his spirit I baptize you in the name of the Father the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit Church Give the Lord a mighty shout Give the Lord a mighty shout praise God praise God praise God good morning what's your name Payton Davis pay pay pton Payton pton okay how long you've been coming to the church about a year now good did somebody invite you um no my friends had been coming a free chapel and we actually came last year for the Easter special so that's the first time we came here and it was amazing and so that introduced you to the church yes sir and and what has happened since you've been here um I've decided that I'm finally ready to rededicate my life I had been living a life of I had been baptized by my grandpa who passed away a few years ago and I was so grateful for that but I hadn't known of God but now I know of him and i' I'm with him now I lived a life of depression and I filled that depression with lust and I understand where I am now I understand that I am better um one of my friends Jalissa who couldn't be here with us today she's busy but she started taking me to Youth and ever since I met Pastor Hamilton he's helped me so much and I'm finally ready to dedicate my life again and I'm just so ready to start living a a free life without my P anymore this is so powerful that is so powerful we're so proud of you and I baptize you in the name of the Father the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit Lord use her greatly I pray God bless you sir how are you I'm doing good what's your name uh Brett Brett thank you for uh thank you for waiting in the long line we're glad you here uh how'd you end up at Free Chapel uh my buddy one of the people are probably hollering over there Trey Chester he invited me he kept on you know saying hey man come on and I started to see what it was about and were you going to church anywhere no I hadn't been I was raised in church but uh in Lutheran church and then I started to come here and then uh for the last four years I think I've been a regular every day so so your friend invited you and you just started even though you had never really attended church much you you started coming yeah it's uh something was missing uh went through some stuff and uh and I found uh found a lot of Peace coming here what made you keep coming back uh just hearing your message and uh just just a draw as as the spirit was pulling me in and you've given your heart to Jesus sir yes sir and here you are being baptized a miracle I baptized you in the name of the Father the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit God bless you ((applause)) you well you're the you're the last what's your name Emma Coy and what's the Lord how did you end up here so I did not grow up at church at all I can't remember a time that I even a single time um but I did grow up dancing I danced from the age of three through high school um was a competitive dancer for seven years and about two and a half years ago my senior year of high school my amazing dance teacher Don who works down at kid pack here she asked some of us if we wanted to dance in the Free Chapel Christmas Spectacular and I said yes and I said yes not because it was church but because it was another dance opportunity I was a senior didn't know how much longer I had to dance um so we learned the dances um and the first day that we got here it was like the first time I was walking into church ever and the presence of God was just so prevalent in this church and that whole experience was so amazing and it was a spark of an interest of God um but it wasn't until Easter that I gave my life to Christ um I got the opportunity again to dance at Easter um got to dance the son of suffering for the first time um and it was so incredible oh that I okay I know yeah if you remember the play the son of suffering they came out on that middle deal and they started singing that song and you were you were dancing and it was beautiful this is so incredible what a testimony and going into Easter I did not know the Easter Story had no idea um and I danced still didn't know it because I was in the show so I didn't get to watch it um it was about a week later when they posted it on the YouTube that I went back and watched it and I did not realize how big of a deal it was to be a part of that I had no idea and that's at my house watching the YouTube video back was when I gave my life to Christ and and thousands of others thousands and thousands of people text us and said I gave my heart to Jesus through that production that is one of the greatest testimonies I I will never forget this will you I'm so glad I waited I I started to leave because it was service was getting a little long and I was going to hand the mic to Dwayne but I'm so glad I waited and I heard this testimony what's even crazier too is I was a competitive dancer for seven years um and this was before any free chapel experience I for six years by choice decided to compete a solo to a worship song six years in a row I had no idea like did not have a relationship with God I just was drawn to it I it it was God preparing my heart for what was to come in the future and I'm so thankful for it I now in addition to getting to continue dancing in my life in these shows um I started working down at the preschool I am on the skit team at kidp pack on Sundays um I serve at youth I attend young adults and I'm really excited because this week I get to be a tribe leader at forward this just amazing and teach teach the children how to dance teach them so that we keep this going I am so proud of you that is a amazing I baptize you in the name of the Father the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit my goodness what a great way to end just stay seated one moment I'm done we're done but everybody raise your right hand and say Jesus be Lord Of My Life sitting right here this morning you've touched me and I Choose You I choose your will your way your grace your love and your forgiveness I am forgiven by the blood of Jesus Christ amen and amen now stand and I'm going to speak the blessing as fast as you've ever heard it you know thank you for being such a great congregation and now may the Lord bless you and keep you may the Lord make his face shine on you may the Lord be gracious unto you may he lift up his countenance upon you and may he give you peace pray for forward conference this week and we'll see you right here I'll be preaching next Sunday morning right here we'll be celebrating what God has done at forward conference don't miss it be blessed everybody ((music playing)) what an incredible special amazing baptism Sunday service we've had this morning from the 9:00 a.m. to the 11: a.m. it has been testimony after testimony about the Lord's faithfulness and his goodness in the lives of his people we celebrate with our online members some of them came in driving 10 hours you know some of them flew in last night just to be a part of today's service and if you're a part of our online campus and you want to know how you two can can be baptized how you two can be a part of something like this it is very simple first of all text uh the word online to the number 510510 and thereafter you can participate and take part of our next steps course thereafter we'll be able to get you plugged in so that you to can be baptized by Pastor Jensen Franklin amazing testimonies and I can't wait to hear yours as well and if you said yes to Jesus today go ahead and text the word yes to the number 510510 so that we can help you get plugged in into your next step and also if you need prayer we're here to stand with you no matter what it is it could be prayer for healing provision Deliverance anything and everything that you need prayer for we are here to stand with you so go ahead and text the word prayer to the number 510510 we also want to say thank you to those of you that continue to partner with us in Ministry through your giving many of you have given and it's because of your generosity that we get to do things like forward conference and it's coming up in a couple of days time so thank you for your giving thank you for your partnership and thank you for your generosity and speaking of forward we still have tickets that are selling so go ahead and grab your ticket and if you're not attending you can grab a ticket for a youth a young adult anyone that you know needs to be at Ford conference go ahead and purchase that ticket for them and it will be lifechanging another important um announcement that I have today is for our summer United nights these are taking place every Tuesday Tuesday night at 700 p.m. we're coming together as online Campus Connect groups the men's groups the women's groups the couples the general groups we're coming together to study God's word every Tuesday night the month of June and the month of July so go ahead and click that link in the chat so that you too can be a part of our summer United nights so from me Christie entire production team here free chavel we just want to say thank you for joining us today God richly bless you and remain plugged in as we continue online God bless you ((music playing)) ((music playing)) ((music playing)) ((music playing)) ((music playing)) ((music playing)) ((music playing)) ((music playing))