Paul Email -17June2013- Matthew 10

How you doin? What a day yesterday. I've never experienced hearing, seeing, or being lead by the Holy Ghost the way I did yesterday. What a gift to share what God is doing in my life with our church. This mornings devotions had us in Matthew 10. I can't find words that describe how illuminated scripture is to me/us. I said to Stacey this morning, "we need to extend our time or shorten our reading, because 1 chapter is too much to fit into 1 hour". I love how God gives us answers to old mysteries and new mysteries in the same chapter. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness. (Matthew 10:1) Jesus called His 12. They/we need to answer or respond to the call.

As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy,^[a] drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give. (Matthew 10:7-8) COME ON!!!!!!!!! These verses represent Gods will. In the natural some of these words are tough to deal with. God has taught me that, "raise the dead", means both physically dead and spiritually dead. Since I don't know anyone with leprosy, "cleanse those who have leprosy", means those who have sin (that's a whole other email).

for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. (Matthew 10:20) Please read the scripture in front of this verse to put in contents. I experienced a taste of this yesterday. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn

“‘a man against his father,
    a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
     a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’^[c]

 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it. (Matthew 10:34-39) If we seek God's heart, He'll grant us our hearts desire.
 “Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. (Matthew 10:40) COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I welcome you Lord. I love this process that continues in my/our lives. Bill Johnson said, "faith allows us to search/investigate our inheritance; revelation allows us to receive our inheritance." That's a good word. I've been intrigued by receiving God's authority, as mentioned in Matthew 10:1. I read this, "Authority comes with the commission, but power comes with the encounter. They were commanded not to leave until they had their encounter with the Spirit of God (see Luke 24:49). In Matthew 28, they received authority, but in Acts 2, they received power. To this day this is true: authority comes from the commission and power comes from the  encounter. And while these two elements seem to have their primary focus on ministry, they are first the essential elements for our engaging the Holy Spirit for relationship. Power and authority introduce us to the nature of the Holy Spirit with a primary focus on hosting His Presence. Ministry should flow out of the relationship with the person who lives in us for our sake, but rests upon us for the sake of others. (Hosting the Presence by Bill Johnson) COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Encounter Him today! Receive His authority today! Live from His victory! Live from His love! YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!