Water Baptism by Dr. Henry W. Wright

You need all the help you can get.  That's why God gave us water baptism as a sacrament - an external symbol and statement of a heart conviction that the Holy Spirit is working on the inside of you.  A religious spirit has made it a religious exercise, but the Word says it is a declaration of relationship with the Father, that you are awakening to His authority.  It represents the termination of the enemy's life in every area of our life and a new walk with the Father through what Jesus Christ did through His death, burial, and resurrection.  And God joins anyone that is obedient to His Word!