Everything is in readiness now for this, my third visit to you. ------ But do not worry about it; ---- you won’t have to put yourselves out. ----------------------------------------------------- I will be no more of a bother to you this time than on the other visits. ------------------------------- I HAVE NO INTEREST IN WHAT YOU HAVE — ONLY IN YOU. ----------------------------------------- Children should not have to look out for their parents; ----- parents look out for the children. ---------------------------------------------------------------- I WOULD BE MOST HAPPY TO EMPTY MY POCKET, --- EVEN MORTGAGE MY LIFE, FOR YOU GOOD. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SO HOW DOES IT HAPPEN THAT THE MORE I LOVE YOU, --- THE LESS I AM LOVED? - 2COR 12:14 ************************************************ JESUS SENT HIS TWELVE HARVEST HANDS OUT WITH THIS CHARGE: ------------------------- “DO NOT BEGIN BY TRAVELING TO SOME FAR-OFF PLACE TO CONVERT UNBELIEVERS. -------------------------------------------------------- AND DO NOT TRY TO BE DRAMATIC BY TACKLING SOME PUBLIC ENEMY. ------------------ GO TO THE LOST, -- CONFUSED PEOPLE RIGHT HERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ----- TELL THEM THAT THE KINGDOM IS HERE. --------------------------------------- BRING HEALTH TO THE SICK. --------------------- RAISE THE DEAD. ----------------------------------------- TOUCH THE UNTOUCHABLES.--------------------- KICK OUT THE DEMONS. ----------------------------- YOU HAVE BEEN TREATED GENEROUSLY, SO LIVE GENEROUSLY. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ “DO NOT THINK YOU HAVE TO PUT ON A FUND-RAISING CAMPAIGN BEFORE YOU START.----- YOU DO NOT NEED A LOT OF EQUIPMENT. ----------------------------------------------------------- YOU ARE THE EQUIPMENT, AND ALL YOU NEED TO KEEP THAT GOING IS THREE MEALS A DAY. ----- TRAVEL LIGHT. ------------------------------------- “WHEN YOU ENTER A TOWN OR VILLAGE, DO NOT INSIST ON STAYING IN A LUXURY INN. -------------------------------------------------------- GET A MODEST PLACE WITH SOME MODEST PEOPLE, --------------------------------------------- AND BE CONTENT THERE UNTIL YOU LEAVE. ----------------------------------------------------------------- “WHEN YOU KNOCK ON A DOOR, BE COURTEOUS IN YOUR GREETING. ------------------------- IF THEY WELCOME YOU, BE GENTLE IN YOUR CONVERSATION. ---- IF THEY DO NOT WELCOME YOU, --- QUIETLY WITHDRAW. ---- DO NOT MAKE A SCENE. ---------- SHRUG YOUR SHOULDERS AND BE ON YOUR WAY. ----------------------------------------------------------- YOU CAN BE SURE THAT ON JUDGMENT DAY THEY WILL BE MIGHTY SORRY — BUT IT IS NO CONCERN OF YOURS NOW. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “STAY ALERT. --- THIS IS HAZARDOUS WORK I AM ASSIGNING YOU. ------------ YOU ARE GOING TO BE LIKE SHEEP RUNNING THROUGH A WOLF PACK, --- SO DO NOT CALL ATTENTION TO YOURSELVES. ------------------- BE AS CUNNING AS A SNAKE, --- INOFFENSIVE AS A DOVE. ------------------------------------- “DO NOT BE NAIVE. -- SOME PEOPLE WILL IMPUGN YOUR MOTIVES, --- OTHERS WILL SMEAR YOUR REPUTATION — JUST BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IN ME. ---------------------------- DO NOT BE UPSET WHEN THEY HAUL YOU BEFORE THE CIVIL AUTHORITIES. ------------- WITHOUT KNOWING IT, --- THEY HAVE DONE YOU — AND ME — A FAVOR, -- GIVEN YOU A PLATFORM FOR PREACHING THE KINGDOM NEWS! --------------------------------------------------- AND DO NOT WORRY ABOUT WHAT YOU WILL SAY OR HOW YOU WILL SAY IT.-------- THE RIGHT WORDS WILL BE THERE; --- THE SPIRIT OF YOUR FATHER WILL SUPPLY THE WORDS. --------------------------------------------------- “WHEN PEOPLE REALIZE IT IS THE LIVING GOD YOU ARE PRESENTING AND NOT SOME IDOL THAT MAKES THEM FEEL GOOD, ---- THEY ARE GOING TO TURN ON YOU, ------------ EVEN PEOPLE IN YOUR OWN FAMILY. -------------------------------------------------------------- THERE IS A GREAT IRONY HERE: -- PROCLAIMING SO MUCH LOVE, -- EXPERIENCING SO MUCH HATE! --- BUT DO NOT QUIT. ----- DO NOT CAVE IN. ---- IT IS ALL WELL WORTH IT IN THE END. ------------------------------------ IT IS NOT SUCCESS YOU ARE AFTER IN SUCH TIMES -- BUT SURVIVAL. --- BE SURVIVORS! --------------------------------------------------------- BEFORE YOU HAVE RUN OUT OF OPTIONS, -- THE SON OF MAN WILL HAVE ARRIVED. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- “A STUDENT DOES NOT GET A BETTER DESK THAN HER TEACHER. ------------------------ A LABORER DOES NOT MAKE MORE MONEY THAN HIS BOSS. ------------------------------- BE CONTENT — PLEASED, EVEN — WHEN YOU, MY STUDENTS, -- MY HARVEST HANDS, -------- GET THE SAME TREATMENT I GET.----------- IF THEY CALL ME, -- THE MASTER, ‘DUNGFACE,’ --- WHAT CAN THE WORKERS EXPECT? ----------------------------------- “DO NOT BE INTIMIDATED. EVENTUALLY EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OUT IN THE OPEN, ----- AND EVERYONE WILL KNOW HOW THINGS REALLY ARE.--------------------- SO DO NOT HESITATE TO GO PUBLIC NOW. --------------------------------------------------------------- “DO NOT BE BLUFFED INTO SILENCE BY THE THREATS OF BULLIES. ----------------- THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO YOUR SOUL, -- YOUR CORE BEING.----------------- SAVE YOUR FEAR FOR GOD, ---WHO HOLDS YOUR ENTIRE LIFE — BODY AND SOUL — IN HIS HANDS. - Matt 10:6 ************************************************ MAY THE GRACE OF GOD BE UPON YOU, AND HIS SPIRIT BE YOUR GUIDE. * * * * * * SHALOM. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 02:37:33 +0000
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