Matthew 10:7-14
7 As you go, make this proclamation: 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'
8 Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.
9 Do not take gold or silver or copper for your belts;
10 no sack for the journey, or a second tunic, or sandals, or walking stick. The laborer deserves his keep.
11 Whatever town or village you enter, look for a worthy person in it, and stay there until you leave.
12 As you enter a house, wish it peace.
13 If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; if not, let your peace return to you.
14 Whoever will not receive you or listen to your words--go outside that house or town and shake the dust from your feet.
15 Amen, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
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Very short for time today. I'll focus on this: "Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give."
There's the model. We've been given our gifts without cost. Everything we have -- EVERYTHING -- is from God. He gave it to us freely. We are to share those gifts with others freely.
