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This is a quote from George Barna’s new book called Revolution. It’s a creed/promise that revolutionaries are commiting to. Will you be a revolutionary? Read it and if you believe it, sign your name as a comment and let’s bring a revolution in 2006!

I am a revolutionary in the service of God Almighty. My life is not my own. I exist as a free person but I voluntarily become a slave to God. My role on earth is to live as a revolutionary committed to love, holiness and advancing God’s kingdom. My life is not about me and my natural desires. It’s all about knowing, loving, and serving God with all my heart, mind, strength and soul. Therefore I acknowledge the following:

I am a sinner, broken by my disobedience, but restored by Jesus Christ in order to participate in good works that please God. I’m not perfect. But Jesus Christ makes me righteous in God’s eyes and the Holy Spirit leads me to a greater holiness. God created me for His purposes. My desire as a revolutionary is to fulfill those ends and those ends alone. When I get out of bed each day, I do so for one purpose … to love, obey and serve God and His people. Every breath I take is a declaration of war against Satan and a commitment to opposing him. I do not need to save the world, Jesus Christ has already done that. I cannot transform the world. But I can allow God to use me to transform some part of it. My commitment to the revolution of faith is fueled by my complete surrender to God’s ways and His will. I will gratefully do what He asks of me, simply because He loves me enough to ask. I gain my security, success and significance through my surrender to Him. I’m not called to attend or join a church. I am called to BE the church. Worship is not an event I attend or a process I observe. It is the lifestyle I lead. I do not give away 10 percent of my resources. I surrender 100 percent. God has given me both natural abilities and supernatural abilities, all intended to advance His kingdom. I will deploy them for His purpose. The proof of my status as a revolutionary is the love that I show to God and people. There is strength in relationships. I am bound at a heart and soul level to other revolutionaries and I will bless believers whenever I have the chance to achieve victory in the spiritual war in which we are immersed. There’s nothing I must accomplish. I must simply follow Christ with everything I have. The world is desperately seeking meaning and purpose. I will respond to that need with the good news and meaningful acts of service. Absolute moral and spiritual truth exists. It is knowable and it is intended for my life. It is accessible through the Bible. I want nothing more than to hear God say to me, “Well done my good and faithful servant.”

Thank you, Lord God, for loving, saving, refining and blessing me and for including me in the work of Your kingdom. My life is yours, do as you please. I love you.