This evening was incredible. Not only was my good friend and recording artist, Blake Aaron here to lead worship, but God did some amazing things during our service. Tonight, nine students followed the Lord in water baptism. Nine students went public in their walk with God. I'm so proud of Brett, Ben, Katie, Shannen, Starri, Amanda, Erika, Morgan, and Melanie. It was awesome as many parents were there in order to support their student. Many for the very first time. I preached a message tonight called, Going Public and talked about the Ethiopian in Acts 8 who begged Phillip to be 
baptized. It was along the "dessert road" where scripture says they came upon a body of water. I can only envision a gigantic crowd of people that must have been present by a body of water that was deep enough to baptize someone. A body of water that could be found along the side of a road called the "dessert road". Imagine the surprise the people got when this dark European man was being dipped in their drinking water. Why was he doing it? Because he was wanting to follow Jesus and take his faith public. Many times we are content in having our "personal relationships" with Jesus, but have we ever thought about what it means to 
take our relationship public? Have we ever stopped to realize that our personal relationship is very special, but that in a different way, our public relationship is just as important? So what about you today? Will you join those tonight who stood up and took their walk with God to a whole new level? If you have the opportunity, will you do whatever it takes to take your relationship with God public?
