Mindfully Meditating in Matthew, the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 41, Feb 10)

Passage

Matthew Chapter 10

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Homan Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

• Matthew 10
  • Mt 10:1-4 Commissioning the Twelve
    • Summoning His 12 disciples, He gave them authority over unclean spirits, to drive them out and to heal every^[a] disease and sickness.
  • Mt 10:5-15 The pattern for ministering
    • stay away from Samaria (right now)
    • ⁸ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with skin diseases, drive out demons. You have received free of charge; give free of charge.
    • don’t take money – for the worker is worthy of his food.
    • hosting missionaries – ¹¹ “When you enter any town or village, find out who is worthy, and stay there until you leave.
  • Mt 10:16- 25 Persecution is coming – be prepared
    • ¹⁶ “Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves.
    • ²⁰ because you are not speaking, but the Spirit of your Father is speaking through you.
    • ²² You will be hated by everyone because of My name. But the one who endures to the end will be delivered.^[g]
  • Mt 10:26-31 Don’t fear, worth more than sparrows
  • Mt 10:32-39 The division cost by belief
    • ³² “Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge Me before men, I will also acknowledge him before My Father in heaven. ³³ But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.
    • ³⁷ The person who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; the person who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. ³⁸ And whoever doesn’t take up his cross and follow^[m] Me is not worthy of Me. ³⁹ Anyone finding^[n] his life will lose it, and anyone losing^[o] his life because of Me will find it.
  • Mt 10:40– 42Welcoming Christ Welcomes the Father
    • ⁴⁰ “The one who welcomes you welcomes Me, and the one who welcomes Me welcomes Him who sent Me.

Mindful Meditating

1. choose a verse,
2.  set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
3.  example: Matt 5:48
4. repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

• ⁴⁸ Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
• BE perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
• Be PERFECT, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
• Be perfect, THEREFORE, as your heavenly Father is perfect

…and so on.  This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Various 12 Apostles of Jesus coloring pages to print out.

Quick Questions – if  you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

1. What was the job of th disciples? what were they sent to do?
   1. Your answer
2. Can we do what the disciples did? why or why not?
   1. your answer
3. Why does Christ bring a sword to families and churches?
   1. I like how GotAnswers deals with this question.
4. How can you apply the welcoming bit to your own life?
   1. Your answer

Hi!
My hope in the midst of despair and my joy in the face of depression is because of my relationship with Jesus Christ. If you do not have one, or are not sure you will join him in heaven, please check out these links:

• Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
• Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

Copyrights and Legal-eze
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• Naomi’s Heart Ministries
• Obed’s House Ministries
• The son of a friend will be interning with CRU – previously known as Campus Crusades for Christ. If you’d like to support someone I can vouch for in this area, please consider going to Matthew Plant’s donation page.