It is a pretty disturbing thing to think about the world around us and try to grasp what it all could possibly mean. Really, is there a place for God amongst the hearts of those in America? If so, how can we tap into that need? What a self sufficient people we have become. God calls but we can hardly hear him over our game boys and ipods.

This week we are going to be discussing the importance of missional ministry for everyone in our church. We all have been given a mission and pray that we are all willing to accept and are all willing to live like we have a mission.

Having a missional mindset is very difficult for most Christian people, in fact I would say, for people in general. We are all self centered and self pleasing. We look only at how things effect us, not others. This idea really hit me recently with school shootings. People throughout the country have had mixed reactions to the violence. Most consider how this has effected them and their family. I wonder if we should consider how this effects the world and the people we live around every day.

"Everyone Wants to Go to Heaven: But Nobody Wants to Die," is the title of new book by David Crowder. An interesting thought. Without reading the book I venture to guess this is a common thought for the average person. In order to spend eternity with God, we are all going to have to go through some kind of pain. The same could easily be said for our lives here on earth. Sin = pain and we are all faced with pain everyday. Are we willing to die to ourselves and throw out our selfishness and be a people on a mission to change this world for God.

People all around us are going through there own devistation. People suffering loss, people in pain, people confused, people lost. We have a unique opportunity every day, to share the love of God to everyone around us. Are you willing share this love of God, are you willing step out of your comfort zone, to die to what makes you comfortable, to share the love of God to hurting people? I am afraid that is what it is going to take, death. A death of selfishness.