The Next Ten Days

I've been reading through Matthew for the past couple of months. It's been great. I've really learned a whole lot through this time. But here's what happened recently.

I've been stuck on Matthew 10 for a couple of days now. It's the one that's titled "Jesus send out the twelve." Well, it's pretty phenomenal. I love it. Like I said, I can't get away from it. Basically, this is where Jesus tells the disciples what to do. He kind of gives them the description of their ministry. So this inspired me. I thought, "What is God's description of my ministry?" So I read through Matthew 10, again, and got a list of 10 specific things Jesus told the disciples to do. Then I thought, "How do these things translate in worship ministry?"

So here's what we're going to do. For the next 10 days, I'm going to write about these 10 things. One each day for the next 10 days. It will be called, "Ten Days in Matty 10." (I have nicknames for all the disciples. It's fun; you should try it some time.) Each day I will talk about one of the descriptions of the disciples ministry and how it translates into the way I do worship ministry. This should be fun. But first things first.

Here is the list of the 10 things...

1) Go to the lost(v.6)
2) Preach: The Kingdom of God is near(v. 7)
3) Heal people(v. 8)
4) Don't bring money or extra clothes(v. 9, 10)
5) Find a worthy person to stay with(v. 11)
6) If you aren't welcome, leave(v. 14)
7) Be shrewd and innocent(v. 16)
8) Don't worry about what to say. God will speak or you(v. 19, 20)
9) Don't keep anything secret(v. 27)
10) Don't fear men; fear God(v. 28)

Some of those sound strange for worship ministry, I know. But just give me a chance. Anywho, those are the Big 10. Well, maybe the 10 commandments should be called the "Big 10" but oh well. So let's start "Ten days in Matty 10." Later today actually. For now, I must go for a run, take a bath, take out the trash, and fold laundry. So come back later today, and we will begin our journey.