This was too cool not to share

(NCN News submissions, September 28. Written by Pastor Brian Wangler) I will never be able to express my gratitude to God for allowing me to experience Sunday, September 26, 2010 at Ottawa (Illinois) First Church of the Nazarene.  The service ended with a challenge for people to respond to a "Faith Impulse" and take a step.  The idea was that we miss miracles because we don't accept the offer of faith God has placed on the table in front of us.  In essence, we ignore "Faith Impulses." The Scriptural picture was of Peter walking on water, all because Jesus said, "Come."

So a place to start was established and a challenge issued: "If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior, come, do it now and be baptized." The band was told, "Start playing, if they come, play as long as they keep coming."  Our worship leader nodded his head and began to play.

It was an impromptu baptism service. Some churches function this way every Sunday, but not us. We usually have classes before baptism. In preparation, we bring clothes and psyche ourselves up before getting wet in front of people. We brace ourselves for bad hair days.  We organize. We plan. We prepare. But not today, today we just came, and kept coming.  And the band played on.