RECOGNIZING BAPTISMS

Frequently we are rebuking demons for attacking us when God is baptizing us. We need to learn to ask Him what He is doing and what He wants to do next when things are looking bad in our lives, so that by cooperating with Him, we gain every benefit He is hiding in the situations we dread.

Some Criteria for Identifying Baptisms:
> There is a real danger of our destruction
> God intends to effect growth through the baptism, usually in one or more of three areas:
– Knowing our God
– Knowing who He says we are
– Knowing our purpose/ministry/destiny/calling
> We have to submit to our God and His fellowship in the baptism and in His intent in order to receive the blessing of the baptism becoming a prophetic act instead of merely being an empty ritual or pointless pain
> If we cooperate and expect our God to bless us in the baptism it frees Him to wash or burn away the influence or presence of our enemies
> Our landscape or environment for life or ministry can change through our baptism; we are taken to a higher place of provision, revelation, position, honor, authority

Here is a link to a detailed study of Scriptures that teach about baptisms.