Desperate For Souls

Ok team,

When was the last time you were desperate for something? I mean really deperate, as if life and death hinged on your efforts or lack thereof. Pastor Randy said something to us the other day that really caused me to re evaluate my thinking. He said "we need to be desperate for reaching lost souls." I honestly dont think I've been desperate for a cause before. In an effort to make this adjustment I have aggressively searched for a better understanding of this. I'd like to share with you what has impacted me thusfar. The word desperate means this:

DESPERATE: (adj) having an urgent need, desire, making a final, ultimate effort, giving all.

Now in light of this definition, read what Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 in the "Message" Translation.

19-23 Even though I am free of the demands and expectations of everyone, I have voluntarily become a servant to any and all in order to reach a wide range of people: religious, nonreligious, meticulous moralists, loose-living immoralists, the defeated, the demoralized—whoever. I didn't take on their way of life. I kept my bearings in Christ—but I entered their world and tried to experience things from their point of view. I've become just about every sort of servant there is in my attempts to lead those I meet into a God-saved life. I did all this because of the Message. I didn't just want to talk about it; I wanted to be in on it!

I hope this helps you adjust your thinking in being desperate for souls. Lets be on mission wherever we are. Love you

Rick and the Fresno Campus Staff