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Eternity Begins Today

I want to live from the inside out as a soul-connected risk taking follower of Jesus. With the help of God and my friends.

I pledge to live the revolution Jesus started, one day at a time...because eternity begins today:

1) With myself and Jesus: I will further develop an intimate rapport with God and feed my soul by nurturing my body, mind, and soul recreationally. intellectually, and devotionally. I will take the time to allow God to minister to my soul in silence, in prayer, in recreation, in music, and in the word.

2) With my Family: where I live, charity will flourish. With my actions and with more than just my words, I will love my family, my spouse, my kids, my brothers, my sisters, my parents, and all those I live with.

3) With my Neighbors: (the people who actually live next door to me) I will meet them, get to know them, serve them, love them, in action, with more than just words.

4) With my Community: I will participate in supporting others, using my gifts and talents to serve. Whether in a soup kitchen, homeless shelter, senior center, big brother/big sister program, prison ministry, local school, library, I will committ to at least 5 hours of volunteer service somewhere each month.

5) With my Church Fellowship: I will become more involved. I will be unselfish and kind in my relationships and be more giving of my gifts and my time.

6) With my Fellow Human Beings: I will respond to those in need, wherever they may be. I will not turn a blind eye, but with faith, I will give of my time, my talent, my resources to lift up, to encourage, to support anyone God brings across my path, regardless of race, religion, or class.

I will stand for those who cannot stand for themselves.
I will support the sanctity of life everywhere.
I will build relationships that reflect Jesus'priorities for all God's children.
I will fight against "power and principalities".
I will become more aware of, educated about, and responsive to all indignities and injustices that enslave those who are weaker and who suffer from extreme poverty.
I will not be silent or passive- because these crimes are so great an atrocity against the image of God.

7) With God's Creation: I will be more respectful, more conscience, of this beautiful place God has created. I will not waste the limited resources which have been entrusted us.