"Be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves." - Matthew 10:16
If the previous verses in Matthew 10 painted an encouraging picture of ministry with divine provision and warm hospitality, verses 16-23 bring us crashing back to reality. Jesus doesn't sugarcoat the challenges his followers wi...
"Freely you have received; freely give." - Matthew 10:8
Imagine being asked to leave home for an important mission with nothing but the clothes on your back—no money, no extra supplies, no backup plan. That's exact...
"Jesus summoned his Twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness... 'Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.'" – Matthew 10:1,...
"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest." - Matthew 9:37-38
In a world that often feels broken and divided, it's easy to focus on wha...
Sometimes our greatest breakthroughs come when we have nowhere left to turn.
In the midst of our comfortable, predictable lives, we rarely think about what it means to be truly desperate. But desperation has a way ...