She's the mission.

 

Why is What I Believe important? Because people are. I enjoy the stage. I enjoy the thrill of the magic. I enjoy the looks on people's faces, but I feel joy and completion in one place: talking to teenagers about Jesus.

 

The pain is great. The stories I hear. Kids rejected instead of helped; it's why my favorite type of kid is the homosexual goth. They want hope. They need hope. When I talk through salvation their eyes brighten.

 

These kids don't need judgment, because they are already under the judgment of God. They need love. They need peace. They need hope. They need Jesus. When a girl cries as she tells me that she was molested, when a guy curses up a storm because he's so angry at the father who's in prison, when any teen just has a moment of honest relief, they can see their brokenness, and I want to be there to give them hope, hope that Jesus loves them even when their parents hate them, hope that they can have a Friend even when their peers reject them, and hope that they can change from where they are.

 

 I want to show them that the drugs don't have to be the only pleasure in life. Sex doesn't have to be the only way to feel love. Cutting and suicide don't have to be the only way out. Jesus is the way out of the pain and into joy.

 

So what is my job through What I Believe? My job is to shamelessly preach the Gospel in spite of ridicule or danger. My job is to be an ally, to be a friend who sacrifices to help wherever he can. My job is to be a servant and to give and expect nothing in return.

 

What is your job in What I Believe? Prayer and support. Pray that there would be much fruit through this ministry and as to how else God may lead you to support this ministry. A package of Styrofoam cups, a few sodas, sewing needles, or a deck of cards could be just what I need. So this is what I believe. I believe in the peace of joy of Jesus Christ, and I believe He wants me to give His good news.