Video of Premature Baby Raising Hand in Worship as Father Sings in NICU Goes Viral
A Texas father, 33-year-old Daniel Johnson, went viral after posting a video of himself singing to his 2 1/2-month-old baby boy who was born four months premature.
“That moment you’re singing a worship song to your NICU baby and he raises his hands in worship,” Johnson’s video said.
Johnson, who drives a truck for living, wrote the comment that his son, Remington Hayze Johnson, is “proof that God is faithful.” According to Johnson, his son was given only a 21% chance of survival, but “today we are 2 1/2 months old giving God all the praise He deserves.”
Johnson’s wife, Emily, took the video, which shows her husband holding their newborn son and singing “Hallelujah Here Below,” a worship song by Elevation Worship.
“Should the fire that once burned bright become an ember my eyes can’t see, I will remember your sacrifice. I will abide in your love for me. Oh, we sing hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. We sing hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah,” Johnson sang.
As Johnson sang the words, “Hallelujah, hallelujah,” baby Remington raised his little hand in the air like he was praising Jesus alongside his father.
Baby Remington brought a smile to his soft-singing father’s face, an expression that quickly turned to tears of joy as he looked at his son hooked up to a medical system that helps him breathe.
Johnson’s TikTok video has received over 236,000 likes and inspired more than 12,500 people to post a comment.
One person said, “This has me in tears!! Anyone who sees this has to believe there is a mighty God!! Bless his little heart!” Another wrote, “Wherever two or more are gathered— our Father God was there with you and your sweet baby. Prayers and hugs for you all.”
Another commented, “Baby’s hands went right up on Hallelujah. The highest praise…be exalted Father.”
During an interview with “Good Morning America,” Emily explained that doctors performed an emergency C-section after her contractions wouldn’t stop.
“That moment you’re singing a worship song to your NICU baby and he raises his hands in worship,” Johnson’s video said.
Johnson, who drives a truck for living, wrote the comment that his son, Remington Hayze Johnson, is “proof that God is faithful.” According to Johnson, his son was given only a 21% chance of survival, but “today we are 2 1/2 months old giving God all the praise He deserves.”
Johnson’s wife, Emily, took the video, which shows her husband holding their newborn son and singing “Hallelujah Here Below,” a worship song by Elevation Worship.
“Should the fire that once burned bright become an ember my eyes can’t see, I will remember your sacrifice. I will abide in your love for me. Oh, we sing hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. We sing hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah,” Johnson sang.
As Johnson sang the words, “Hallelujah, hallelujah,” baby Remington raised his little hand in the air like he was praising Jesus alongside his father.
Baby Remington brought a smile to his soft-singing father’s face, an expression that quickly turned to tears of joy as he looked at his son hooked up to a medical system that helps him breathe.
Johnson’s TikTok video has received over 236,000 likes and inspired more than 12,500 people to post a comment.
One person said, “This has me in tears!! Anyone who sees this has to believe there is a mighty God!! Bless his little heart!” Another wrote, “Wherever two or more are gathered— our Father God was there with you and your sweet baby. Prayers and hugs for you all.”
Another commented, “Baby’s hands went right up on Hallelujah. The highest praise…be exalted Father.”
During an interview with “Good Morning America,” Emily explained that doctors performed an emergency C-section after her contractions wouldn’t stop.
“Do you want us to do everything we can to save him,” the doctors asked her. “Or do you just want to let him live as long as he can on his own and then pass?”
Emily shared, “For us that wasn’t even a question. It was automatically, no we are going to do everything. God gave us this child. God will see us through this.”
“The video definitely showed how I felt because he’s a miracle baby in every sense of the word. A miracle baby,” Johnson said.
Due to the video’s success, the Johnsons have heard similar stories from others who have reached out to them, many of them sharing how hearing the Johnson’s story has helped them cope with their stories.
“We went from a full respirator with full feeds, had to have his eyes covered up all the time, had to be in an isolette (incubator) that was regulating his temperature for him to…a CPAP, from the CPAP to the nasal cannula, and now they are weaning him off of that,” Johnson explained. “And we’ve gone from having meds every three to six hours to he’s off all medications now.”
Johnson said that the video was too good not to share, but he had no idea it was going to received the attention it has.
“I thought I was just gonna post it and a couple of hundred people were gonna see it. And next thing I know, it’s at 100,000 views. I was like, ‘What is going on,’” he said.
In the three months he’s spent at the Baylor Scott & White Medical Center NICU in Temple, Texas, Remington has progressed “leaps and bound” and will soon join his his two older brothers at home.
Emily shared, “For us that wasn’t even a question. It was automatically, no we are going to do everything. God gave us this child. God will see us through this.”
“The video definitely showed how I felt because he’s a miracle baby in every sense of the word. A miracle baby,” Johnson said.
Due to the video’s success, the Johnsons have heard similar stories from others who have reached out to them, many of them sharing how hearing the Johnson’s story has helped them cope with their stories.
“We went from a full respirator with full feeds, had to have his eyes covered up all the time, had to be in an isolette (incubator) that was regulating his temperature for him to…a CPAP, from the CPAP to the nasal cannula, and now they are weaning him off of that,” Johnson explained. “And we’ve gone from having meds every three to six hours to he’s off all medications now.”
Johnson said that the video was too good not to share, but he had no idea it was going to received the attention it has.
“I thought I was just gonna post it and a couple of hundred people were gonna see it. And next thing I know, it’s at 100,000 views. I was like, ‘What is going on,’” he said.
In the three months he’s spent at the Baylor Scott & White Medical Center NICU in Temple, Texas, Remington has progressed “leaps and bound” and will soon join his his two older brothers at home.
