An Excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: Ordinary Water

By Kathy Morales

07/22/25

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An Excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: Ordinary Water

This is an excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: A Sinner Saint Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2025) by Kathy Morales, pgs 74-77.

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