{Instructions}

living as a christian is such an awesome call, but it is so much more than just calling yourself one. we have been chosen to do so many great wonders in this world for his name sake, but the pattern that has been in the lives of christians is that we haven't decided to truly live out our lives for him.

we call ourselves sons and daughters of God, but where is the fruit? we wake up angry every morning and just hateful towards the world, but where is the joy? we confess love, but than hate our neighbor, where in that is the love of Christ? ...i believe he is waiting for a people..a generation who is hungry for his presence, for he is alive!! he is alive in us!

"what a saviour, what a story. you were crucified and now you are alive"

~Tim Hughes

we as a believers are suffering from a case of amnesia. we have forgotten what the word of God says. our basic instructions. our calling. our purpose...we have forgotten. so when a people who was created to live for the creator forgets the basic instructions, what happens?

the people die. the land dies. the world becomes dark. a loveless generation rises. a rebellious civilization is established.

the Lord is looking for one...one person who is after God's heart, but how beautiful it would be if there were many...hundreds...thousands...millions...of people after his heart...

well its happening...day by day God is raising up a generation who hungers and thirsts for righteousness...it is only a matter of time!

the instructions...

from matthew 10. niv

5-10"Do not go among Gentiles or enter

any town of the Samaritans.

Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.

As you go, preach this message:

'The kingdom of heaven is near.'

Heal the sick. raise the dead,

cleanse those who have leprosy,

drive out demons.

Freely you have received, freely give.

Do not take along any gold or silver

or copper in your belts;

take no bag for the journey, or extra tunic,

or sandals or a staff; for the worker is worth his keep.

11-16 "Whatever town or village you enter,

search for some worthy person there and stay

at his house until you leave.

As you enter the home, give it your greeting.

If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it;

if it is not, let your peace return to you.

If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words,

shake the dust off your feet when you leave

that home or town.

I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable

for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day

of judgement than for that town.

I am sending you out like sheep among wolves.

Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

17-20 "Be on your guard against men;

they will hand you over to the local councils

and flog you in their synagogues.

On my account you will be brought before

governors and kings as witnesses to them

and to the Gentiles.

But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say

or how to say it.

At that time you will be given what to say,

for it will not be you speaking

but the Spirit of your Father

speaking through you.

21-23 "Brother will betray brother to death,

and a father his child;

children will rebel against their parents

and have them put to death.

All men will hate you because of me,

but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.

When you are persecuted in one place,

flee to another.

I tell you the truth,

you will not finish going through the cities

of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

24-25 A student is not above his teacher,

nor a servant above his master.

It is enough for the student to be like his teacher,

and the servant like his master.

If the head of the house has been called Beelzebub,

how much more the members of his household!

26-31 "So do not be afraid of them.

There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed,

or hidden that will not be made known.

What I tell you in the dark,

speak in the daylight;

what is whispered in your ear,

proclaim from the roofs.

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body

but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid

of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?

Yet not one of them will fall to the ground

apart from the will of you Father.

And even the very hairs of your head

are all numbered. So don't be afraid;

you are worth more than many sparrows.

32-36 "Whoever acknowledges me before men,

I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.

But whoever disowns me before men,

I will disown him before my Father in heaven.

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.

37-42 Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me

is not worthy of me; anyone who loves

his son or daughter more than me

is not worthy of me;

and any one who does not take his cross and follow

me is not worth of me.

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his

life for my sake will find it.

He who receives you receives me, and he who receives a

prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's

reward, and anyone who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man

will receive a righteous man's reward.

And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water

to one of these little ones because he is my disciple,

I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward.