As we become vessels of our Heavenly Father, we have the joy and peace of being able to end our earthly works and join into His Heavenly purpose for our creation. This is saying that before we all came to the Father, we pursued many different paths in life that we thought would bring us those things which we all crave such as love, purpose, appreciation, wealth, possessions, companionship, and the like. We traveled down many roads that would bring us back to the same fork ever so often and that was to make the decision to do it in our own power our to give up our will for the Father’s Will. When we made that decision and was sealed with the Holy Spirit, we began to go through the process of how to lay our burdens down and as we did this we took on the peace that surpassed all understanding. Jesus Christ told His disciples not to worry what to say when it was time to speak after being placed under charges when they went out to spread the gospel because the Holy Spirit will give it to them, the same is true today. As we continue to be obedient to the filling of ourselves with the Word of God and to place ourselves in the proper atmosphere for growth and maturity, the Holy Spirit does the work of the Father’s perfect Will in our lives. We get to be yoked to a Savior that is all powerful and can move mountains. This privilege affords us to give freely what we have been given freely, which is Jesus Christ!!! Our lives as vessels may not always be easy but it will definitely be worth it when all said and done. When the Spirit moves we move, when the Spirit rests we rest!!! Have a wonderful life of being a vessel God can Use on purpose!!!!!
Matthew 10
Jesus Sends Out the Twelve
1 Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.
2 These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. 6 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. 7 As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy,[a] drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
9 “Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts— 10 no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep. 11 Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and stay at their house until you leave. 12 As you enter the home, give it your greeting. 13 If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. 14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet. 15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
16 “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. 17 Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues. 18 On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. 19 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, 20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
1 Thessalonians 4
Living to Please God
1 As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. 2 For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
3 It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; 4 that each of you should learn to control your own body[a] in a way that is holy and honorable, 5 not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God; 6 and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister.[b] The Lord will punish all those who commit such sins, as we told you and warned you before. 7 For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. 8 Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.
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