Douglas Vandergraph

 Matthew 10 is one of the most electrifying chapters in the entire Gospel because it captures a moment most believers overlook— the moment Jesus hands His authority to ordinary people. Not angels. Not heavenly beings. Not the elite. Not the religious class. Men with calloused hands, uneven stories, imperfect resumes, and shaky courage. And He says to them: “You’re going to walk where I walked. Speak what I speak. Heal what I healed. Carry the same power that flows from My own hands.” Matthew 10 is the day the disciples found out that being close to Jesus was not the same thing as being sent by Jesus. And when you read it with your heart awake, it changes the way you see your own purpose. Because Matthew 10 wasn’t written to decorate history— it was written to wake up every modern disciple who forgot that they carry something heaven placed inside them long before the world ever tried to label them. So today, let’s walk through this chapter like you and I are sitti...

 There are chapters in the Bible where Jesus feels close enough to touch. Chapters where you don’t just read what happened — you feel what it would have been like to stand in the doorway, breathe the dust, and witness the impossible unfold right in front of your eyes. Matthew 9 is one of those chapters. This is not a calm chapter. It’s not gentle. It’s not quiet. It is movement, collision, interruption, desperation, controversy, restoration, and revival all happening at once. It is the story of Jesus walking straight into the middle of human pain and rewriting the ending every single time. And when you read it slowly — really read it — Matthew 9 becomes something even bigger: It becomes a mirror. A mirror that shows us what Jesus does with broken people. A mirror that shows us what Jesus does with doubters. A mirror that shows us what Jesus does with the overwhelmed, the overlooked, the exhausted, the grieving, and the ones who are barely hanging on. A mirror that shows...

 Matthew 8 is one of those chapters where you can almost feel the ground shaking under your feet. It’s fast. It’s alive. It’s full of movement. It’s Jesus walking straight into the real lives of real people and showing—without hesitation—that the Kingdom of God is not a theory. It is not a concept. It is not a sermon clip. It is power. It is compassion. It is authority. It is presence. And in Matthew 8 , that presence shows up again and again in places people had written off, ignored, or accepted as hopelessly broken. What hits me immediately is this: Matthew 8 is not a chapter of Jesus talking. It’s a chapter of Jesus doing. He touches the untouchable. He hears the unheard. He heals the hopeless. He moves toward suffering with zero hesitation. And every time He steps in, He doesn’t simply adjust the moment—He redefines it. What you see in Matthew 8 is a theme you feel deep in your bones: When Jesus enters a situation, the situation has no right to stay the same. This c...