I believe there are Ten Passions to which every local church ought to call the people of Jesus. Maybe you have your own list. I would love to hear what God is saying to other pastors on the subject of what it means to be a local church.

May God help us to have a Passion:

1. To pray...to become bonded to God and sensitive to who He is and what He is about.

2 To obey...to do what God's Word says.

3 To study...to hear God's Word as the Word of the Living God.

4 To worship...to develop a spirit of worship and celebration based upon what they have come to believe about God.

5 To serve...To enter into the arena of the human situation with a heart set on meeting needs in Jesus' name.

6 To forgive...To extend to others the same forgiveness that has come to them in Christ.

7 To witness...To live for Christ and Christ alone as the salt of the earth and the light of world, and to invite others into the community of Jesus.

8 To disciple...To become mentors and allies to new and young Christians to assist them on their journey to maturity.

9 To love...To live in the world as a fragrant aroma of Christ conducting themselves in such a way that people will see their good deeds and offer up praise to God.

10 To live...To live EVERY DAY, knowing that Greater is the One who is within us than the one who is in the world (I John 4:4); to personally experience within own soul the fact that Jesus came that we might have life and have it to the full (John 10:10).