Daily Thought: Belonging to a Community of Faith

"Through baptism we are drenched in God, enveloped in God's presence, and brought through death to life.  The water grave is a perfect expression of this reality.  It is both personal and communal.  It declares our individual need for forgiveness and new life, and it binds us to a new community of faith." ~ Erwin McManus, An Unstoppable Force, p. 169