HS Mission

How does being on mission change our lives?

Last night I took the HS guys - and the college guys who are helping lead them - downtown to the Station. (And actually Clarence & Peggy Moore took us all . . . Thanks!)

The Station feeds the homeless on Sunday and Wednesday nights and then they have a really cool interactive Bible Study with the 40 or 50 homeless who are there. Our young guys locked in! They served them, they talked to them, and before we even left they were telling me ideas about how they wanted to serve them next time ('and can that be next week?')

You see being on mission isn't just about a warm fuzzy or checking a box, it's about Jesus giving us mission and purpose for our lives! And until we enter in, we completely miss it!

When Jesus was walking the planet and when He started drawing crowds looking for warm fuzzys, He always said something really crazy and then most the people walked off.

He said things like, 'If you really wanna follow Me you've got to deny yourself and suffer with me every day in following Me.' . . . And, 'If anyone wants to come after Me and doesn't hate their mom & dad compared to Me, then you can't follow Me.' . . . And, 'If you don't hate your own life, then forget following Me.'

What He was saying is, there's a cost, a sacrifice. But if . . . if you are willing to give yourself away, you will find The Kingdom and Power and Purposes of God!