On Flood Sunday, we learned that It’s Different Now. Today, over 25,000 individuals chose to take the next step into water baptism. Baptism is the outward sign of an inward decision. Baptism is the divine interruption. There is a journey after your salvation. It’s Different Now.

glory to god glory to god

brie what’s up mike where are you

i know i just came to the church and

nobody’s here where are you

we’re not at the church today we’re at

the house oh

jesus lord okay it’s time for me to

preach huh

yeah i’m coming i’m coming right now

lord help us it is flush sunday

and we at the house let’s go

y’all is flood sunday and i thought we

was at the church today

and we not at the church but 25 000

people

are about to get baptized and it’s

happening at your house

at your pool at your pond let’s

go let’s see if we can’t get everybody

hold on the whole team is here

we are back we’re out back the band is

here y’all ready

y’all ready y’all ready it’s flush

sunday i’m excited for what’s about to

happen

let’s go oh

it’s first sunday somebody give god some

praise

hallelujah come on let’s lift up the

name of

jesus hallelujah

hey listen if you can’t tell

we are excited because today

is unlike any other day today is flood

sunday

oh yes

and if you’re joining us for the first

time i want you to know that this

is not our usual setup but the beautiful

thing that you need to know

is that wherever you are god is

yeah and at transformation church we

believe

from the very beginning that the church

was never an organ

not organization it was all about the

organism

and so today i got about 50 of my

transformation church

family and friends and transformation

nation all over the world

and today we’re not letting anything

stop us

from this awesome opportunity of baptism

if you

are just joining us for the first time

we want to say welcome my name is

michael

and i am crazy for jesus and um

we are excited because our whole mission

as a church

is to represent god to the lost and the

found

for transformation in christ and for the

past

almost four years we’ve been doing this

thing

around baptism that that we decided that

we weren’t going to be a church

that would just follow the message of

the bible

but we would follow the method of the

bible

i’m gonna say that one more time we’re

not just gonna follow the

message of the bible we’re gonna follow

the method of the bible

and while we’re out here today at a pool

and while we’re doing what we’re doing

today

is because god tells us in his word

that people that follow him should be

baptized

and today i usually would preach a long

message

but today i’m gonna give a talk because

uh i i don’t i don’t know

if i’m gonna be able to hold it because

today there are people that in front of

everybody are gonna make a public

declaration that their old life is gone

and their

new life in christ oh yeah y’all better

help me

and get this get this get this get this

i put out this call of flood sunday

about two and a half weeks ago

and in two and a half weeks we have had

this

is sunday may 23rd over 25

000 people over 80 countries

yo glory to god

and we believe and we believe if you’re

watching now it’s not too late

that there are people after i share from

god’s word how important this is

today your excuse is not going to be

valid anymore

and you’re going to make a decision i

know you just got your hair done i know

it looked good too

and your nails look good and you want

them planning on getting but today i’m

telling you

the most spiritual thing you could do

today along with 25

000 plus people is make a public

declaration

that i identify with christ and i’m

going to get baptized

um we’ve been in a series called the

upgrade what’s the series called

and today that’s what’s about to happen

we’re about to take an upgrade together

and we’ve been talking about the power

of the holy spirit and a few weeks ago

we talked about three different baptisms

there’s the baptism of salvation there’s

the baptism

in water and then there’s the baptism of

the holy spirit

and we decided as a church you need all

three

you need all three and today we’re going

to take the second step together

now i know some of y’all see a little

rain and rain drops and all this other

stuff

nothing will stop oh y’all don’t hear me

nothing will stop what god what’s a

little rain when we gonna get flooded

anyway

[Applause]

it’s so important that we don’t let

anything stop us

from what god has called us to do and

today i want to encourage you in that

and take you on this journey of

understanding how

holy how amazing

and how spiritual the act of baptism

is you know what i before the sermon

today i was looking

at um the first flood sunday and i was

as passionate on the first flood sunday

as i am today and i watched it and it

said today

we have 40 people getting baptized

and as 25 000 plus are getting baptized

today

it doesn’t matter if it was 40 or forty

thousand

god rejoices over one

and today i might backflip into the pool

i don’t know what’s gonna happen today

and i wanna let you know that your

baptism your step your

journey that step you’re taking is

important only if it was just one person

because jesus our example his

last words some of the last things that

he ever said to his disciples

are found in matthew 28 verse 19.

it says therefore go and make

disciples of all nation we have over 80

plus

watching right now and then it says

something i wasn’t expecting brie

it says when you get all these nations

together

do this one thing pray over them

build churches no no no no

start worship ministries no no no it

says when you get

all of the disciples of all nation i

want you to

baptize them in the name of the father

the son and the holy spirit somebody say

you need all three

you need all three and it says teach

them to obey

everything i’ve commanded you and surely

this is the part excites me

for everybody that knows what we’re

doing today it says and surely i am with

you always

even to the very end of the age

as a believer as a disciple as a

disciplined one

god says so clearly all i want you to do

is get to everybody you can

and make sure that they get baptized

make sure they understand what the

father god has done

what jesus has paid for and what the

holy spirit will empower them to do

you need all three and today we’re going

to step into water baptism what is water

baptism you’re asking

it is an outward sign of an inward

decision

at salvation you say i am no longer

living my life for myself

but now i’m giving control over to you

jesus

and the crazy thing about that is you

can make that decision and nobody know

yeah i’m gonna tell a story because

there was this young lady that i

that i was dating that nobody knows that

i dated and this was in sixth grade so

they don’t even think this personality

you don’t have to text or dm or anything

like that

in sixth grade we dated for six days

in sixth grade that was a long time six

days

but we dated for six days and what ended

up happening

is nobody knew we dated because we never

went public

it didn’t even show up on my relational

radar

and some of y’all y’all been doing that

for six years with people right now you

need to

you need to quit it stop that ain’t my

message today go back and watch

relationship goes

what i’m telling you is that if you do

not make it public

did it really even exist

and i’m just tired of so many people

calling jesus

lord and savior in the midnight hour and

will not represent him in front of

anybody

he’s your side chick savior he’s not the

one that you bring out in front of

people but he’s the one you call

it when you were in need and god said i

was never meant to be something that was

hidden

i want to be the god that shows up for

you big

and you represent me big that’s why our

church

has been called to represent god to the

lost and found

for transformation in christ we’re going

to

be public with this we are going to rep

you know when somebody’s in love

and they don’t care who knows like y’all

can always spot them at the fair

you know them couples that have the big

bear and they walk in and they’re

sipping out of the same cup and they

they’re sharing funnel cakes and then

they kiss at the end

they don’t care when it comes to my

relationship with jesus i don’t care

i don’t care what you think i don’t care

where i work and what their beliefs are

he has done too much for me

for me to sit here and not represent him

and what baptism does it’s a spiritual

representation

of what has already happened on the

inside of you

yeah yeah one of the things that you got

to understand is it’s like this wedding

ring

me and my wife have been married almost

11 years

june 19th oh thank you

[Applause]

we made it and um when i look at this

wedding ring

this wedding ring doesn’t mean that i’m

committed to natalie

that this my commitment had to be made

in my heart

but this shows every other heifer no no

i’m just i’m just playing

i just play but i’m serious uh

it shows everybody else that

i am committed to someone whether

they’re there or not

see there will be many places i walk

into

that you don’t know what i’ve committed

behind closed doors

but when you see this you know that he

has taken a vow and a commitment

when we get baptized today and some of

you are going to get baptized in

bathtubs and in jacuzzis and in ponds

and in pools and at rec centers i don’t

care where it is

find some water and get baptized

but when you do it take a picture

take a video tell everybody

post it everywhere because it is a sign

to the world

that you’re taking

[Music]

i have been bought with the price

somebody say i’ve been bought with a

price

[Applause]

somebody say i’ve been bought with a

price

i’m taken there’s a sacrifice that’s

been made for me

and when you make that commitment it

means

watch this that your old life is buried

with christ

just how he was buried and they thought

it was over he said i’m going to come up

and i’m going to defeat death hell in

the grave so that everything you did in

your past could be buried and stay

buried

now what happens when everything i did

in my past god says i don’t i choose not

to remember that

now i don’t know about you but i’ve done

some things and said some things and

been some places

that i don’t want to be reminded of and

god says see when you do this when you

get in me

he said and you go through this baptism

process it’s just like you’re going down

and being buried

and when you come up you are new you are

resurrected you are a brand new person

say

all things new

and what you have to understand is that

god throughout scripture

puts together this act

so that at any moment everything can

become new

and today i’m getting emotional

because there’s some of you that today

you are waiting some for something to

happen to you

and today god’s saying you can make the

move

and all things can become new today

you’re waiting for somebody somebody

else to do something and god’s saying

i’ve given you the power if you would

repent

see john the baptist isaiah talked about

him

he was the one that would be like a

voice in the wilderness and he would be

crying out prepare the way of the lord

and his whole job

was to tell people three things repent

turn to jesus be baptized

sometimes i wish that’s all my message

could be matter of fact i’m preaching

right now i think that’s all my message

is going to be

repent and all repent means is

turn if you’ve been going this way god

is saying today

turn but don’t just turn he’s telling

you where to turn to

because i could just turn and turn to a

lot of things but he said

turn to jesus

when you repent and turn to jesus then

he said there’s one thing left for you

to do

be baptized and today that’s all i want

to ask you no pumping circumstance

i’m out here getting rained on i don’t

care about it i want you to understand

that god wants one thing from you today

be baptized

[Applause]

no no no no no no well i i wasn’t

planning on it and i didn’t know

it’s okay at this moment that tugging at

your heart the holy spirit

that’s saying this is the moment this is

why you tuned in this

is why i made you off today this is why

and some of you are watching it on

rebroadcasting you’re saying well they

already did this no

this is your moment right now the holy

spirit is talking to you

and he’s saying be baptized

we can stop right there but i know there

are some of you right now

that now when you know it’s clear that

god said it

that we’ve taught about it that it’s

chewing his word

what’s coming to your mind right now is

excuses

and all i want to ask you is what’s your

excuse

the weather’s not right what’s your

excuse

you’ve never done it before what’s your

excuse

there was a man in the bible that i

found in acts 8 26

that he had every excuse not to be

baptized

and today i just want to read the bible

to you because it’s the only book that

you read it and it reads you

it’s alive it’s a living and it’s active

and on this flood sunday

more than my points and poems i’m just

going to read the story

of the ethiopian eunuch found in acts

8 26. look what it says it says now an

angel of the lord said to philip

go south to the road the desert road

that goes down from jerusalem to gaza so

he started out

and on his way he met an ethiopian

eunuch

an important an official in charge of

all the treasury it said this man

had gone to jerusalem to worship and on

his way home

he was sitting in his chariot reading

the book of isaiah he was reading the

bible

and the spirit told philip like he told

me

go to the chariot and stay near it make

flood sunday

have an opportunity for people to do

something

that is beyond their comfort zone then

philip ran

up to the chariot and heard the man

reading isaiah the prophet

do you understand what you’re reading

philip asked how can i he said

unless someone explains it to me

there are many of you that are watching

and you’re saying how can i get baptized

how can i do this

unless someone explains it to me this

big black man sweating in an orange

jacket

here i am to explain it to you

this what happens in the story he said

um so we invited philip to come and sit

with him and today i’m going to be your

philip

it says this is the passage of scripture

the eunuch was reading

he was led like a sheep to the slaughter

and as a lamb before its shearer in

silence

so he did not open his mouth in his

humiliation

he was deprived of justice who can speak

of

his descendants for his life was taken

from the earth

the eunuch asked philip tell me please

who is the prophet

talking about himself or someone else

then

philip began with the very passage of

scripture

and told him the good news about jesus

what i want to tell everybody before we

talk about getting baptized in water

is that there is good news that jesus

has provided for you

it is the good news of salvation and i

don’t care how long you’ve been walking

on your own in everything that you feel

like you’ve accomplished so far

you’ve not even lived yet until you’ve

let jesus take over your life

see jesus was god’s way

of putting man back into right

relationship with him

in the garden adam and eve messed the

whole thing up

they were deceived by the enemy like

many of us have been deceived

you know adam and eve get a bad rap but

if we were in their position we might

have done the same thing

they were they were in a place where

what god had told them they didn’t

listen to

and it separated them from god and god

said i cannot live

any longer without my children being

in relationship with me but i’m holy

and they have invited sin in so what do

i do

i need to pay a price that their sin

made and the scripture tells us that god

made he jesus who knew no sin

to take on every one of my sins

every one of your sins so that we could

be made right

with god and that’s the good news

well pastor mike i messed up last night

when you believe in jesus according to

romans 10 9

you don’t have to jump through hoops and

do everything that everybody told you to

do

god’s telling you if you give me your

heart i’ll help you change your habits

i’ll change you from the inside out i’ll

take what was wrong

and i’ll make it right but you have to

believe in me

by faith everybody say by faith

[Applause]

this won’t be something you can explain

to everybody it’s something you’ll have

to experience

and it’s the thing that changed me the

guy you’re looking at

was a bad person i was addicted to

pornography i was a liar i was a

manipulator

and the truth is without jesus i’m still

all that

[Music]

see i know people want to act like once

they give their life to jesus somehow

they became something new but the only

reason i’m new

is because when god looks at me he

doesn’t see me anymore

he sees me clothed in his son

and today today i want to give you that

opportunity

and as this eunuch begin to hear about

jesus

he did what you’re going to have the

opportunity to do in just a few minutes

except jesus as your personal lord and

savior

this is the one thing that changes

everything

god takes all of your wrong

he dips it in the blood of jesus and

then you

get to stand before god righteous in

right standing

by your position not performance because

you’re still gonna mess up

you’re still gonna make mistakes but you

will become quicker at repenting or

turning and this is the season that i

believe that god wants you

not to take another step without and

when this eunuch heard the good news

he said oh i got to do this look at

verse 36 as they traveled along the road

they came this is my favorite part this

is where i wanted to get they came

to some water

some water it was it wasn’t a special

water it wasn’t

something that was prepared and curated

and something that was

was was um um planned ahead of time

they were just traveling and on their

journey

after sharing the good news they came up

on

some water i love this

and when they came up to some water and

the eunuch said

here’s some water what can stand

in the way of me being baptized

oh i feel that thing already

i wasn’t planning on this today i wasn’t

planning on making this decision

i wasn’t planning on jumping in with 25

000 other people

but here’s some water and

what is standing in the way

of me getting baptized today

and he gave orders i love this stop to

chariot

then both philip and the eunuch went

down

into the water and philip baptized him

now now can we talk about this ethiopian

unit because

he had excuses if he wanted to

let’s let’s let’s look at it the bible

tells us he was important

part of the description this was an

important man

that had clout and money he was over the

treasury of an entire country see so

many times we read the bible but we miss

the details

this man could have been like i’ve given

my life to christ

and that was enough for today wow

he he understood something that i need

you to understand right this point down

everything without the king is nothing

everything he was in charge of

every resource in a country

but he made the distinction that

everything without the king

is nothing it doesn’t matter how much

money you have

forbes list without a loving family is

nothing

the mansion without meaning is nothing

success without

the significance is nothing the position

without purpose

is nothing the lights without love is

nothing

the fortune without faith is nothing the

success without the savior

is nothing it’s

nothing and all the power in the world

without its

presence is nothing

this man understood that he had a void

that only could be filled by doing the

things

that the good news told them to do and

after salvation

the thing he had to do was be everybody

say be baptized

if god isn’t enough nothing ever will be

how many hoops have we jumped through to

impress people that don’t even like us

and the god of the universe asks for a

few simple things of us

and we make every excuse and i’m telling

you if doing it god’s way

is not enough nothing ever

will be and i love the thing that

exposes this ethiopian eunuch is reading

the word of god

he was in the chair just like i don’t

understand this i’m trying to figure

this out and god sent somebody

to to to explain to him like he’s

sending me today to you

to explain to you this is what god wants

for you

and he didn’t make any one of his crowns

an excuse and i know all of us

have a crown why i was baptized when i

was young you ain’t even know what you

was doing

you you had no clue that that wasn’t

your choice

that was that was something that

somebody else decided for you

but as an adult god is saying hey could

you cast your crown

[Music]

i just got my hair done last thursday if

this would have been last wednesday i

would have done it but

and god’s saying who gave you the

ability

well i had plans today god stopped

everything

in the cosmos to send his son

to be able to die for you and your lunch

date

is more important than doing one of the

few things god asks you to do

i just gotta say it that real because

somebody

is looking at an excuse

as valid when god is saying i want to

transform your life today

he didn’t make anything an excuse his

background wasn’t excused his status was

an excuse

his location they were in the desert the

bible says and god just provided some

water

in the middle of the desert his lack of

understanding some people right now is

like i don’t know enough i don’t know

enough to do all of this

i need to know more that man was reading

the scripture and in 10 minutes they

passed some water

he accepted jesus he was like dunk me

see because he knew that this was a

moment of

of miraculous movement not

calculated movement and some of you are

so calculated that you’ve missed the

miraculous

i’m talking to you we walk

by say and not by sight it may not make

complete sense

but this is where miracles happen his

prior plans they were on their way

somewhere

he stopped it and he said no no there’s

water

let’s get baptized he laid down his

responsibilities

and this is a big one for some of y’all

he didn’t even care about his wardrobe

now if he’s the ethiopian eunuch over

the treasury

of the entire country he was probably

jet up

he was suited and booted he was fly the

drip was right he had the sauce whatever

you want to say

and he did not care about his wardrobe

he said there’s some water what is

stopping me

from getting baptized he didn’t even

allow the excuse of lack of preparation

i know my planners my ones on the

enneagram well next saturday would be a

much better day for me

to be able to get baptized and i would

no no no no today

somebody shot at me today show me one

more time

today what’s your excuse

it says as they traveled along verse 36

of the road they came to some water

and the eunuch said look here’s some

water

what can stand in the way of me being

baptized

and he gave orders to stop the chariot

then both philip

and the unit went down into the water

and philip baptized him in just a moment

you’re going to have an opportunity to

be baptized and all you need

is somebody else who believes in jesus

disciples baptized you don’t need a

pastor you don’t need a bishop

you don’t need a prophet or a prophetess

you don’t need somebody who studied at

36 years in seminary you don’t need that

all you need is a fellow believer a

disciple disciples baptized

and i’m going to baptize people here and

you’re going to go find some water some

of y’all need to start filling up johnny

go fill the tub

you need to go do it right now

cause today we have no excuse what if

what if what if 30 40 000 people today

no y’all don’t i’m just talking in crazy

faith i’m just talking in crazy faith

right now

what happened i’m about to say something

real bold

what happens if today

could be the largest day of baptisms

in the history of the world

they missed it

[Applause]

what if what if you text your friends

right now

what if you got on facetime and called

him and said girl we getting baptized

today

i don’t even care i don’t even care i

don’t even care we getting baptized

today

you used to convince him to go to the

club with you now can you con

but can you convince them to make a step

towards

the thing that christ asked you to do

what if you could call the buddies that

you used to do things with in high

school

and tell them today i led you the wrong

things before

but today i want to lead you to maybe

the only right thing i’ve ever led you

to

[Applause]

what’s your excuse what’s your excuse

because this is what i found out from

this

ethiopian eunuch where you are going

is not as important as what god is doing

this man decided where he

was going which was probably important

was not as important as what god was

trying to do in his life

and today just like that ethiopian

eunuch had

i’m believing that the spirit has set up

a divine interruption

baptism is a divine interruption

it interrupts the cycles that have been

going on in your life

and it’s a new it’s a marker it’s a

defining moment it is

it is a moment where you can say

everything changed

when you went down and was buried with

christ

he said yeah that’s the divine

interruption you know what the

resurrection was

it was a divine interruption

and today let’s have a divine

interruption

verse 29 the spirit told philip

go to that chariot and stay near it the

reason i said

i’m even saying divine interruption is

because i want to tell you the story of

how we even got to flood sunday

before we started this entire series i

went to the executive team

before the first sermon i believe it was

and i said y’all

the the holy spirit has been stirring in

me

that thousands of people are going to

get baptized during this series

see the spirit led philip to this spot

and i believe the spirit has led you to

this spot

because he was talking to me in the team

about this moment

before we put it out to anybody and my

faith might have been too low joe i

didn’t have crazy faith

i said what if 10 or 15 000 people get

baptized

on flood sunday and y’all as of

right now over 25 000 people have signed

up and i believe

that you’re not going to have an excuse

after this and we might see another 10

15 20 000 people

everybody say today it’s your day

and i just believe that god by his

spirit has made a divine interruption

in the depression in your life a divine

interruption

in the cycles of perversion in your life

a divine interruption oh i feel the

spirit right now

a divine eruption in the insecurity and

the low self-esteem

a divine interruption and looking to

success to fulfill only the thing that

god

can fulfill a divine interruption for

every lie you’ve believed

today god says we’re starting over yeah

when you get baptized the old has passed

away

and behold every thing becomes new can i

show you where the bible says that

second corinthians

5 17 because it’s about to change for

you

oh i feel this thing there are people

right now

it changes somebody say it changes

it says this means thank you lord

anyone who oh god i can’t move past

anyone because anyone means you were in

jail last week

anyone means you were in somebody’s bed

yesterday

anyone means you lied to your spouse

this morning

anyone come on i just need to bring it

all the way down

anyone means that you committed the

adultery anyone means that you did lie

on your taxes

anyone means that you have just thought

god wasn’t real

everybody say anyone that means you

anyone who belongs to christ

has become a new person

the old life is gone and behold

voila abracadabra a new

life has begun

[Music]

you will be able to say after you get

baptized today

when they try to label you by what you

used to do

you can say these three simple words

it’s different now somebody say it’s

different now

yeah yeah i know that’s what i used to

do but it’s different now

see something happened to me in that

water and it’s different now

i used to talk different i used to speak

different

i used to act different but it’s

different

now i feel that thing somebody shout is

different now

you can go back to the husband

or the wife that you handed divorce

papers last week

and you can say i want to try again but

what makes you want to try again

it’s different now i’m a new creation

i would i wouldn’t ask for forgiveness

back then but today i’ve repented

to him and he’s softened my heart it’s

different now you can go back to those

children that you’ve written off because

you said they’re too disrespectful

and they don’t you can go back and say

hey i want to start again

why should i trust you it’s different

now

[Music]

you can look at yourself in the mirror

and all of the pills and all of the

drugs and

all of the pain you caused yourself you

thought it was okay because it was just

happening to you and you can now tell

yourself

i’m gonna take care of you i’m not gonna

mistreat

the temple of the holy spirit yeah and

when the lie of the enemy comes to try

to tell you and there’s no way you could

stick to this you can tell them

it’s different now

[Music]

today marks a day of change in your life

or can i say it a different way a day of

transformation

yeah it’s different now

this ethioni ethiopian eunuch did not

have an excuse

and neither do you

it’s time for us to get baptized

it’s different as soon as you

get baptized in just a moment

i’m gonna go down here and i’m gonna

baptize some people and i’m gonna

release some of you

who are i know there are people at

beaches right now gathered around the

cell phone

oh y’all can’t give it up for them there

are people at apartment complexes right

now

i’m so proud of you transformation

nation make some noise

come on the whole world

just started worshiping i said the whole

world started worshiping

[Applause]

as we go into this moment i want to

offer you the first baptism

i want to offer you salvation and today

if you’ve never given your life to jesus

christ you’ve never made him lord

and savior in just a moment i want you

to pray this prayer with me

and this is not a prayer of defeat

this is not a prayer of death this is

not a prayer of regret

this is a prayer of new life

and today all you have to do according

to romans

is believe that jesus lived and died

just for you

and you are saved and if you

want to give your life to christ i’m

telling you it is the best decision i

ever made it did not make me a perfect

man but man it has made me progress

and i’m telling you whatever you walk

through you never have to walk through

it alone

god will be right there with you

if you want to give jesus christ your

life today

i want you on the count of three to lift

your hands and say pastor include me in

this prayer

and i want you to know that everybody

behind me have already made this

decision

and there’s thousands of people around

that are going to make this decision

this year

over 30 000 people have made the

decision

for jesus christ

[Applause]

and this is the key

[Music]

god’s not just rejoicing over the ones

who’ve already made the decision

heaven stops over one person

and today are you the one that heaven

will rejoice for

[Music]

you’re making the greatest decision of

your life

two i’m proud of you but forget that

your name will be

written in the lamb’s book of life and

your eternity secure forever

if you want to accept jesus christ as

your personal lord and savior

three raise your hand all over the world

can we give god

glory to god the reason they’re cheering

is just heaven it’s turning up right now

because of one person

and you know transformation nation this

is what we do every sunday

we pray together for the benefit of

those who come into christ

so would you just pray this out loud

with me say god

thank you for sending jesus

just for me today i give you my life

i repent i believe you lived

you died and you rose again

just for me change me

renew me transform me

i’m yours forever in jesus name

amen can we give god

oh y’all can do better than that can we

give god

a shout of praise all over this world

glory to

god glory to god

oh i just saw people’s lives snapped

down

i just saw people’s families turned

around

thank you lord what i want you to do

is i want you to take saved to the

number on the screen

and we’re going to send you some

information and give you some next steps

okay

but we got a next step you can take

right now

today you can get baptized somebody say

be baptized

this is your call and there’s no excuse

not i wasn’t prepared not i don’t know

where no water is no no

we make happen what we want to happen

and today there are thousands of other

people all over the world

that are making the same decision and if

you want to be baptized spontaneously

that’s what this ethiopian eunuch did he

was baptized spontaneously

he was on his way somewhere and he was

like hold up water baptized

like he did a thing right there it was

spontaneous today there are people that

are watching

that your heart has been beating and

your spirit is like you

you you you you can do this let’s do

this let’s make it happen

don’t ignore the spirit of god on the

inside of you

if you want to be spontaneously baptized

today

text right now baptism to the number on

your screen

and i’m telling y’all in five minutes

we’re about to turn up

we’re about to celebrate we are about to

oh y’all better help me we’re about to

give god praise

with you and celebrate with you as you

come alive

in christ

just want to let you know that we’re not

just here

for the big moments we want to walk with

you

every step of the way

after you do this go find a church

in your city a life-giving one that

somebody can know your name

we want you to get in community as a

matter of fact i don’t know if i’m even

supposed to say this but next week

we’re opening up b groups at

transformation church

and you’re gonna be able to get in

community with people

from all over the world if you’re in san

francisco you’re gonna be able to meet

with people if you’re in texas

you’re going to be over online if you’re

in different country

[Applause]

because if you enjoy transformation

church you only get to see

a portion of what we do if you tune in

on sundays but the real

the real secret to what god is doing

here is in community

and so next week we want you to come

back and sign up for

all of the amazing small groups that

will be happening

and then i just want to ask you to watch

this whole series

somebody say you need all three many of

you just took the step

and were baptized into salvation in just

a moment you’re gonna get baptized in

water

but there’s one last baptism it’s the

baptism of the holy spirit

and i’m telling you this is the one that

empowers you to live life

and next week we got one more week of

the upgrade y’all

you do not want to miss next week it’s

gonna change everything

okay well go back before next week

this week as your assignment is go back

everybody everybody not just the people

getting baptized everybody go back and

watch

message one through five and come ready

next week

as we see god give us his holy spirit

without mention

yeah in the upgrade hey can i can i just

say one last thing

[Music]

when you go to get baptized wherever you

go because some people are going to have

to make a drive somewhere

some people set a time you’re on a

different time zone and you decided to

meet up with people

make no excuse when you go know that the

holy spirit is there with you

[Music]

that he just like jesus our example

y’all remember in matthew when jesus got

baptized

he if anybody could have walked this

earth without being baptized

it was jesus but he told john no

this must be done no excuse

and i believe the son of god

was baptized to make sure all of us knew

that we had no excuse

and when he was baptized you can go read

it

when he came up it says the holy spirit

like a dove descended on him

and then the skies opened and the father

affirmed him publicly

and said this is my son and i feel this

is what’s going to happen

when you get baptized chains are going

to fall off old waves are going to fall

up and he’s going to say

this is my child and whom i am

well pleased and do you know

that after the baptism of jesus is when

all the miracles that we read about

happen

i believe that there is a miraculous

season

coming to your life after you take this

step of faith

can i pray for you real quick hands

lifted all over the world hands lifted

father i thank you for what you’re about

to do

and i thank you father god that as we go

into this moment

the spiritual moment this life-changing

moment

this miraculous moment of identifying

with you and your burial

and in your resurrection i thank you

father that you would touch

the hearts the minds and the lives of

your children i don’t know what they’re

going through and what they need

but you do you’re right there with them

and father i thank you for a spirit

filled encounter with you right now god

thank you father that the testimonies of

healing the testimony of depression

following on

the testimony of joy coming back to

people’s lives

father let him ring out from all over

the world and father for everything that

you do in this time

we give you all the glory we give you

all the honor

and we give you all the praise in jesus

name

everybody say we agree we expect

amen hey i’m about to go and throw it

in to the worship team who’s in the

living room and we’re gonna worship god

as we get baptized it’s flood sunday

let’s stop

[Music]

jesus when i met you

[Music]

is

[Music]

jesus

one more time you call my name

[Music]

come on push your head

[Music]

[Applause]

hey listen we are here it is

raining we not have no

excuse no excuse

we have friends and family gathered

around

and we are about to get baptized today

i need something from everybody this is

people coming alive in christ

and i don’t care if you’re an apartment

by yourself

or you’re with a group of people we are

the body of christ

and when we see somebody making a step

by

faith we cheer we shout we celebrate

so every time somebody goes down you

don’t know what they’re leaving under

some people are leaving depression some

people are leaving hurt

some people are leaving divorce but

they’re coming up a new creature

[Music]

[Applause]

so today i’m going to invite amy into

the water

come on today is a day of freedom for

you sister

[Music]

today god is gonna do a new work come on

tears are already flowing

we baptize you in the name of the father

the son

and the holy spirit

[Music]

glory to god

[Applause]

i got my man here

[Applause]

come on he he’s wearing an anchor around

his neck right now

this is an anchoring move right here and

we believe

that everything in your life is becoming

new come on put your hand up here

today sean we baptize you in the name of

the father

the son and the holy spirit

come on somebody give god

ladies and gentlemen miss tanya is

coming

i love you so much i love you so much

now miss tanya if you don’t mind telling

everybody

how young are you she’s 61 years old and

she’s looking good

at 61 years old tanya is deciding

she’s the sign i said she’s decided

that the old is going down and a new

life has begun

tanya today we baptize you in the name

of the father

i feel god he’s going to do something

transformative in you

the father the son and the holy spirit

hey

[Applause]

yo i have two people here

that are a couple jeff and ariel are

gonna get baptized together

y’all ready scott you come right here

now i want you to know how important

this is and how significant this

is i don’t know what your marriage has

gone through

i don’t know what you’ve had to endure

but today as you take this step together

i feel the presence of god

that god is making everything new he has

been faithful to get you to this spot

but the old is going under and your

marriage and your life is being renewed

even for your child

it’s a brand new day put your hand on

your nose today we baptize you

in the name of the father the son and

the holy spirit

oh glory to god

[Music]

y’all we got a whole family we got a

whole family

we got our whole family the garden

family

wow wow wow

y’all now this is this is special

this is special gene what god has done

to get

y’all here the fact that we all hear

mine

courtney charles jerry like

i’m emotional i’m thinking god it’s

raining right now so the tears can’t

actually be seen

but i remember when ryan started coming

to soulfly

and started believing god that our whole

family would be saved

oh y’all don’t hear me but not just

saved

but walking fully right in what god had

called him to be a few years later

the family started tithing a few years

later then they started serving

and now we’re here today and the whole

jones time so today

gordon family come on bro get over here

today y’all put your hands on your nose

okay

today we baptize the gordon family

in the name of the father this is being

the son

and the holy

[Applause]

to spirit listen to me i’m so

proud of you courtney oh i’m so proud of

you

glory to god

[Applause]

[Music]

listen to me i don’t care who you are

and where you’re at god is doing

something in this water

and all you got to do is find some what

everybody say some water it doesn’t

matter where it is

this is the day where you are going to

move from death to life

and you’re going to come alive in christ

somebody shout alive

shout alive one more time alive

[Applause]

this is the moment i want to tell you

i’ve never been prouder to be a pastor

because this is the moment that people

are being transformed in christ

so today if you have a spot that you’re

going to get baptized

you see there’s no excuse we out here

everybody we out here

we in the deep there’s no excuse find

some water a bathtub a jacuzzi

go to a friend’s house go get in the

lake it doesn’t matter get another

disciple call them

and tell them i want to be baptized and

let them watch this video i’m about to

officially dismiss

everybody that is going to be baptized

somewhere

i want you to know that it doesn’t

matter what people think around you

do it loud do it big do it public

let the world know

[Music]

[Applause]

let the world know and whenever you go

do it

we want to see it i want you to

videotape it i want you

to go instagram live i want you to tag

transformation church

tag i am mike todd share it with all

your friends

when you go public you don’t do it

quietly when you go public

you do it everywhere and today

we want business partners and people

that you do work with and that go to

your kids school

and that you’re in pta with it that you

hoop with

we want them to know that you are saved

you are taken and you are baptized

so share it tag us and the next thing i

want you to know

is that it’s not too late to get

baptized somebody has watched this whole

thing

and you said like oh man the whole

family everybody

yep it’s your turn and so there is no

excuse if you want to be baptized i want

you to text

baptism to the number on the screen

right now

and there are three videos that gonna

come up and you can literally watch

those three videos

it will take you through salvation it’s

me i’m gonna walk you through salvation

and then i’m gonna walk you through

being baptized i’m even gonna say i

baptize you in the name of the father

son and the holy spirit

and then somebody will be there and

they’ll dunk you i’m gonna pray with you

i wanted you to gather your family

around and i want you to do this

as soon as you can some of you are

watching this on rebroadcast and you’re

saying can i do it now

the answer is yes the answer

is yes and so we want you to get

baptized

and i want you to know that god

is going to do something so powerful as

you take this step of faith everybody

say step of faith

it’s honestly a step of crazy faith and

i believe god is going to do something

let me pray for you

and then dismiss you and if you’re going

to stay with us

as we baptize the rest of these people

we’re just going to have a praise party

for the rest of this time and we’re

going to see and celebrate

with everybody that’s getting baptized

hands lifted all over the world father

thank you

thank you for your word thank you for

your instruction

and thank you for your son who provides

a way

for us to obey you and today as we get

baptized i

thank you that miracles signs

and wonders will follow us as we believe

i thank you that people will be watching

from afar and the spirit in them will

jump up and say what must i do

to be safe thank you for the spontaneous

baptism

for the boldness and father i thank you

that your name will ring out all over

the world today

as we give you glory honor and praise

in jesus name somebody give god a shout

of praise

we love you so get baptized come on

we’re going to baptize some more

ladies and gentlemen amber’s in the

house

[Music]

it’s a new day for you they can go ahead

and sing i’m a baptizer

father today we baptize amber it’s a new

life for you

yeah in the name of the father the son

and the holy spirit

amen

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

god’s gonna do a work in you father

today

we baptize jacob in the name of the

father

the son and the holy spirit

come on tiffany

[Music]

you’re here new and impressed and god

said this is a fresh song for you

today we baptize tiffany in the name of

the father

the son and the holy spirit

[Music]

glory to god

[Music]

come on taffy you ready

this last year god has done a working

shift and today this is a sign of

newness of who god’s created mark this

day

because today you are being baptized in

the name of the father the son

and the holy spirit

[Music]

come on y’all

today we baptize you in the name of the

father the son and the holy spirit

[Music]

i want you to do this

[Music]

today we baptize you in the name of the

father

the son and the holy spirit

[Applause]

glory to god glory to god

i love you come on baby

[Applause]

come on baby you got the other ones i

thought

okay come on you ready to get baptized

have you made jesus your lord are you

ready to get baptized today we baptize

you oh my goodness you’re fine baby

you’re okay

[Music]

we baptize you in the name of the father

and the holy spirit

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

i love you you made jesus your lord

you know what you’re doing today huh

you’re you’re going

public that jesus is forever your lord

right

all right you ready to do it all right

hold your nose today mia

we baptize you in the name of the father

the son

and the holy spirit

we’re so proud of you so proud

of you

god bless you baby hallelujah

come on gizelle

come on new life today

we baptize you in the name of the father

the son

and the holy spirit

today we baptize your critics all things

new

in the name of the father son and the

holy spirit

come on we got a couple here y’all

[Music]

let’s do it y’all ready all things to do

yes sir all things new y’all hold hands

right there

today i’m believing that even the

generational stuff

even the stuff that you like i don’t

want to feel like that i’m not saying

everything new today today we baptize

you both

in the name of the father the son and

the holy spirit

come on dad today is a new start

a fresh start this is the delineation

this is a new line

god’s gonna use you for his glory today

we pray

that we baptize mackay in the name of

the father

the son and the holy spirit

[Music]

new healing has come today

today we baptize you guys in the name of

the father

the son and the holy spirit

[Music]

you ready gabby county

this is in line god’s drawing the line

and he’s giving you a new start today

come on even though self-doubt and the

things that you’ve been thinking of

yourself

this is a new day today come on let’s do

it today

we baptize you gabby in the name of the

father the son

and the holy spirit

glory to god come on

[Music]

[Applause]

you are coming alive like never before

so today father

we baptize aaron this is us i feel god’s

doing a brand new work in you

and today we baptize you in the name of

the father the son

and the holy spirit

[Music]

[Applause]

this it’s a fresh start for you today we

baptize you

in the name of the father the son and

the holy spirit

[Music]

[Applause]

come on we got our last one tammy

you ready tammy today we baptize you

in the name of the father the son and

the holy spirit

[Music]

glory to god

[Applause]

hey listen today we

baptize 30 people

[Music]

but will you imagine with me for one

second

that a thousand times that is getting

baptized today

y’all didn’t hear me

[Applause]

and it’s still not too late if you’re

still watching this

as families and couples and kids got

baptized today

today all god is asking you is

what’s your excuse he’s already given so

much for you

let’s go ahead and make it public

transformation church

i cannot think of anything better

to do ever in life than to be your

pastor

and be your leader thank you for

allowing me and this team

to take you to the deep we have decided

in 2021 we will be

anchored and it just happened

for over 20 000 people today

[Music]

[Applause]

tell everybody about what happened today

tell your friends

tell your enemies and lift up the name

of jesus

until next sunday go out and live

a trend

[Music]

let’s go