Having a Sense of Urgency About Your Mission

July is the month we all celebrate Independence Day, our 249th this year. If we truly desire to be the land of the free and the home of the brave we must maintain a sense of urgency about helping others escape the bondage of sin by bravely sharing the gospel to secure their freedom!

Both of my guests this month are extraordinary examples of men who have committed their lives to this purpose.

I met Ed Kinsey through a previous guest and friend, Eloy Huerta, at one of his Men 4 Jesus meetings in Alvin Texas. After visiting with Ed he followed up by sending me a copy of the book he had written called “Hospice Hymns: Touching Stories of Musical Therapy at Hospice Facilities.” What an amazing glimpse into people on the threshold of death and Ed’s commitment to leave no man behind on his way to heaven! We discuss several of his short stories with some goosebump moments and others where he left the room uncertain of where they may be going.  He sang gospel music to all of them honoring a commitment he made to God in May of 1989 when he was shot on duty as a police officer. What a story of transformation in his own life!  One of my favorite episodes of all time!

Wrestling With The Reality of Death
Ed Kinsey wrote a book titled “Hospice Hymns: Touching Stories of Musical Therapy at Hospice Facilities” which is filled with short stories about individuals and their families confronting the inevitability of death
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Omar Garcia, my second guest, is the Missions Pastor where I worship at Kingsland Baptist Church in Katy, Texas. He has served in this capacity at Kingsland for twenty years and has helped raise over $40 million for missions ministry across the globe. The slogan for missions is “Go Beyond” and Omar has certainly done that selecting unreached people groups for their first helping of Jesus across five continents.  We discuss his sense of urgency, how he chooses missions partners, and and how he wrestles with those he has to leave behind due to laziness or ineffectiveness. He told me “If a church always spends money on what saved people want, you never have enough money for what lost people need.” Omar has one of the most infectious personalities of anyone I have ever met but make no mistake about how seriously he takes his mission!

Wrestling With the WAIT of the World
Kingsland Baptist Church Mission Pastor Omar Garcia has long felt the weight of the world in providing the unreached with their first helping of Jesus. His sense of urgency makes his wrestling opponent the “wait” of the world.
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Toolbox Ministries continues to put out terrific Two Minute Toolbox videos weekly and I’m sharing another one this month from Trey Little. If you haven’t heard the U.S. Mint is discontinuing manufacturing of the ubiquitous penny, the lowest denomination of our coin currency.  Trey’s message “A Penny for Your Thoughts” is a super reminder of your worth in our Lord’s eyes, regardless of what other people may think of you.

Two Minute Toolbox
The penny is being discontinued! Trey Little offers a few thoughts about the lowest denomination of our currency
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Please share this newsletter or any of these episodes with friends or family that you think might be wrestling with similar issues or have them visit my website at www.thesavagepath.com to explore for themselves.   The entire purpose of the podcast is to help others feel like they aren’t alone in struggles that are actually quite common to us all and to glorify God in how he helps us to overcome them.  Lastly, I am always eager to hear from my listeners directly through my email: david@thesavagepath.com

In Christ,

David L Savage

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