“He may not answer all your questions and ease all your concerns. My question then is why? Why is the answer he gives and the condition he leaves us not sufficient for us? He just wants us to be in relationship with him.”
Tag: Matthew 10
Welcome!
Matthew 10: 40-42 Jesus said this morning in our text, “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me.” Earlier this week, I read this little story, and it seemed to be appropriate. A teenage girl brought her new boyfriend home to meet her parents. They were appalled by his appearance: leather jacket, tattoos, and multiple piercings. Later, the…
I’m Staying Home
Matthew 10: 27-39 Maybe because of this text of scripture or that I was at Annual Conference this week, this illustration seems appropriate. Jesus was walking along one day when he came upon a man crying, and he said, “My friend, what’s wrong?” The man replied, “I’m blind. Can you help me?” Jesus healed the…
Out of Compassion
Matthew 9: 35 – 10: 8 “The laborers are few,” the text says. The laborers are few. The interviewer said to the farmer who’d just won the lottery, “Congratulations on winning the eighty-million-dollar prize.” The farmer responded, “Thank you.” The interviewer asked, “Do you have any special plans for spending the money?” The farmer said,…
From One World to the Next
John 10: 1-10 The thief comes to steal. In a confessional booth, a man confessed to his priest he’d been stealing building supplies from the lumberyard where he worked. In fact, he stole enough to build homes for himself, his son and his two daughters. “This is very serious,” the priest said. “I shall have…
Delight Myself
Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. – Psalm 37: 4 Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. – Matthew 6: 33 Anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy…
Psalm 102 in The Message 