Love, Love, Love!

Hey Ma & Pa,
Man tonight was definitely not all fun and games. Tonight we wrapped up the message series we have been in called "Broadcast." with answering the question...WHO are we called to broadcast the message of Jesus Christ to? I have felt for a long time that the students of fusion do an amazing job at sharing their faith with their friends. Every week I meet new people that were invited by a fusion student, which in a lot of churches or ministries would be something that was extremely rare, but in any case is something that is fairly normal within fusion. Students inviting their friends to youth.

Tonight's message was a challenging one because I was very honest with your son(s) and/or daughter(s) and shared from Luke 6 how Jesus calls us to love not just those who love us in return, but to love those who hate us. Jesus calls to love our enemies. He calls us to love those who mock and make fun of us. He calls us to pray for those who curse us. See the problem at fusion right now is we share the message of Jesus to the people we know and like. Anyone who does not look like us or act like or is somebody we do not like, we don't share the message of Christ with them! This is exactly why almost everyone at fusion looks the same. I was honest tonight about the conviction on my heart to not be leading a club, where everyone looks the same and acts the same and simply does not care about those around them...count me out for that!

I asked the students to look around the room and I asked them how come there are hardly any Black students or Hispanic students in the room. We as people tend to stay in our own little world and only talk to those who are apart of that world. And that's when Jesus comes in a blows our little world away with the words from Luke 6. Tonight my heart is heavy for fusion and the future of this ministry. My prayer for us is that we would remember that God loves everyone, even those who are rude and mean and mock us in life...God loves them! My prayer is that fusion would live out that love and it would be represented more and more in our small little community!! Please pray that this ministry and the students of it would become like our Savior, Jesus Christ, in all areas of their lives!

Scriptures Used...
Revelation 4:1-11
Psalm 96:1-3
Luke 6:27:36
2 Timothy 2:23-26

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