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Every Christian Knows Their Birthday. Far Fewer Could Tell You the Date of Their Baptism. Yet That Was the Day They Stood Before God and His People and Declared Their Faith. It Is Well Worth Remembering.
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Romans 6:4 (KJV)
Why It Encourages People
Life Wears People Down. Someone May Be Having the Hardest Year of Their Life When a Message Arrives: “Ten years ago today you were baptised. I thank God for you, and I am praying for you this morning.” That Message Takes Them Back to the Day They Made Their Promise, and to the Faithful God Who Has Kept Them Since.
Scripture Is Full of Remembering
God’s People Have Always Kept Days and Set Up Stones So That They Would Not Forget What the LORD Had Done. In Malachi 3:16 We Read That “a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD.” To Remember a Baptism Day Is a Small Part of This Long Habit of Thankfulness.
Start With the Records You Have
- Look Through Your Old Baptism Registers and Write Down the Dates.
- Ask Your Members. Many Will Know the Year, and Some Will Know the Day.
- If Only the Year Is Known, Let Them Choose a Date in That Year to Remember.
- From Now on, Record the Date of Every Baptism on the Day It Happens.
What to Do on the Day
- Send a Short Message With a Verse and a Word of Thanks.
- Mention How Many Years It Has Been. The Number Means a Lot.
- Pray For Them by Name, and Ask What They Would Like Prayer For.
Bring It Into Sunday
A Baptism Anniversary Can Be Mentioned Alongside the Birthdays When You Celebrate in Church on Sunday. Young Believers See People Who Have Walked With the Lord For 10, 20 or 40 Years. And Anyone Who Is Thinking About Baptism Hears What a Joy It Is to Remember.
How Flock Book Helps
Flock Book Keeps Baptism Days With the Other Special Days, and They Appear in Your Calendar and Your Morning Brief Each Year. It Takes One Entry, and You Will Never Have to Look It Up Again.
