Matthew 10:1-42

How can it be a good day when you don't get your Interruptions and surprise visitors are not bad things in a busy day of ministry; they are an answer to prayer.

How special are you and why? What will it take for us to realize our great value to God simply because he wants us to love him and be with him?

These three lurk in the shadows seeking to derail us and do us in. Russ Lawson talks about fear, uncertainty, and doubt, or FUD, and how God's word and God speaks into each of these to give us life.

Does he really care about all this mess? When bad things happen, we need to realize that God does see and care and will remember.

When is the last time someone brought you refreshment? A kind friend can bring refreshment to the parched soul of another friend.

What have you learned and done based on what happened last year? As we age and the years speed by, we need to take some time and examine what we have done with our lives.

Can I live up to my purpose? Teresa Bell Kindred shares some ideas about New Year's resolutions and living for others.

What can I do that really matters to the Kingdom of God? Phil Ware begins a short series on Untold Stories from the Bible and shares the story of Onesiphorus refreshing Paul while he was in prison.

How important are the little things you do for others? Rubel Shelly reminds us how important it is to do simple acts of kindness and not simply look for the splashy and big things to do to bless others.

Can there be more than recipes in those cookbooks? Our offers of love and friendship enrich us and bless others.

Life is a dangerous endeavor. We pass our days in the shadows of ominous realities. Max Lucado reminds us to be courageous in our times of trouble for we have put our faith in the one who has conquered.

Life is a dangerous endeavor. We pass our days in the shadows of ominous realities. Max Lucado reminds us to be courageous in our times of trouble for we have put our faith in the one who has conquered.

We fool ourselves into discounting the malignant threat of sin to our souls. Bill Sherrill has a visit with a surgeon about removing malignant tissue and this experience opens his eyes about how we must treat sin in our lives.

Shouldn't somebody help? Phil Ware uses a car full of girls running out of gas on the way to church to connect Jesus' ministry and Moses' call to our opportunity to be God's tools of deliverance in the lives of those around us.

How can we help? Disaster Relief sites are given for the California fires

Do you have the right accent to say this one? No matter what language, dialect, or accent, saying Jesus is Lord is the key thing for all of us to say.

Saved every way a person can be saved Phil Ware continues his series on Out of the Box and focusing on the big Four primal fears that Jesus helps us address and he reminds us that salvation involves a from, for, and to component and shouldn't be simply elevator theology.

Largely, in the days when Jesus came, children were only valued if they were wanted. James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that we not only must become like children, but as Jesus' followers, we must value children.

How can the younger brother of Jesus help us find our way to hope? Phil Ware lets us journey with James, the half brother of Jesus, through the cross and resurrection to find our way to hope and confidence about our future.

Would you still sing without your tree? A mockingbird reminds Bill about our need to find satisfaction in what we have.

What is there really to fear, but fear itself? Phillip Morrison shares very good information, spiritual and scriptural application, on the fear mongering happening because of Ebola.

What can this old story powerfully say to our geopolitical messes of today? Phil Ware shares his series for December 2015 on welcoming Jesus and focuses on the Magi from the gospel of Matthew and lets that story remind us our need to reach out to the lost and foreigner and alien and refugee among us.