Follow Me
(Matt 4:19)
This
week I would like to recommend that we all take the time to learn more about
what we believe so that we may have answers (or at least know where to go for
an answer) to any and all who would question us of our hope and faith (1 Pet
3:15). Continuing with last week’s theme
on evangelizing in deed AND in word, I bring you a Mission Statement that we
all need to be following.
Mission
Statement
THE
FELLOWSHIP OF THE UNASHAMED
I AM A PART of the Fellowship of
the Unashamed.
The die has been cast. The decision
has been made. I have stepped over the line. I won’t look back, let up, slow
down, back away or be still.
My past is redeemed, my present
makes sense, and my future is in God’s hands. I am finished and done with low
living, sight walking, small planning, the bare minimum, smooth knees,
colorless dreams, tamed visions, mundane talking, frivolous living, selfish
giving, and dwarfed goals.
I no longer need preeminence,
prosperity, position, promotions, applause, or popularity. I don’t have to be
right, first, the best, recognized, praised, regarded, or rewarded. I now live
by faith. I lean on Christ’s presence. I love with patience, live by prayer,
and labor with the power of God’s grace.
My face is set. My gait is fast,
my goal is heaven. My road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions are few,
my Guide is reliable, and my mission is clear.
I cannot be bought, compromised,
detoured, lured away, turned back, deluded, or delayed. I will not flinch in
the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of adversity, negotiate at the
table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander in the maze of
mediocrity.
I won’t give up, shut up, let up
or slow up until I have stayed up, stored up, prayed up, paid up, and spoken up
for the cause of Christ.
I am a disciple of Jesus. I must
go till He comes, give until I drop, speak out until all know, and work until
He stops me.
And when He returns for His own,
He will have no difficulty recognizing me. My banner is clear: I am a part of
the Fellowship of the Unashamed.
Adapted from the original (author
unknown) by Patrick Madrid
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Prepared by a St.Denis parishioner
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