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Focus: Everyone is a treasure of great work! I. Am I _____? II. Is valuing a ____ __________ biblical? Psalm 8:4-5 New International Version (NIV) 4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? 5 You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. SELF WORTH , properly understood, is rooted in the VALUE God places on us. The world's " NOBODIES " are amazing " SOMEBODIES " to God. III. God accepts YOU as YOU . Luke 19 Zacchaeus the Tax Collector 1 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. 5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I ...

Focus: We need to become conduits of God's love and understanding. I. We are walking relational demonstrations of the TRUTH OF CHRISTIANITY   II. Express the " FEEL IT Mode" before the " FIX IT Mode" Matthew 11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.' But wisdom is proved right by her deeds." Luke 7:34 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.' How do we express the " FEEL IT MODE? " How to be a CONDUIT of Christ's COMFORT 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love fo...

Show Me That God Understands Mark 1:41; John 11; Hebrews 4:15 Focus: Christ understands my deepest needs, fondest dreams and highest hopes. I. Everyone longs for INTIMATE UNDERSTANDING. II. Christ meets our need for UNDERSTANDING. A. One message of the incarnation is this: I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND! B. How did Jesus show he understood? Jesus cleansed a leper. C. Why did Jesus leave glory and come to such a humiliating death? Jesus raises a big stink! To show how much He loves and understands us. Mark 1:41 New International Version (NIV) 41 Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!" John 11 The Death of Lazarus 1 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) 3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, "Lord, the one you lo...