Jesus Loves The Lonely
These are the notes from Pastor Steve’s message from the first week of “For The Love” on November 24, 2019. You can also watch the message here and fill in the notes below as part of your personal growth in Christ this week.
“There is a poverty in your country that is just as severe as our poorest of the poor.” Mother Teresa
What are the contributing factors to our loneliness?
__________________ breakdown.
Increased __________________.
__________________ workloads.
_________ ________________.
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son Jesus... John 3:16
For the LOVE
God loves the __________________.
Large crowds followed Jesus as he came down the mountainside. 2 Suddenly, a man with leprosy approached him and knelt before him. “Lord,” the man said, “if you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean.” 3 Jesus reached out and touched him. “I am willing,” he (Jesus) said. “Be healed!” And instantly the leprosy disappeared. Then Jesus said to him, “Don’t tell anyone about this. Instead, go to the priest and let him examine you. Take along the offering required in the law of Moses for those who have been healed of leprosy. Matthew 8:1-4
What do we learn from Jesus’ example?
Jesus __________________ the lonely.
Jesus __________________ with the lonely.
______________ ________________ love the lonely.
“Loneliness is the leprosy of the modern world.” Mother Teresa
“Jesus was a sinless person living with sinful parents, sinful siblings, sinful extended relatives, and sinful neighbors. No one on earth could identify with him. No human being could put an arm around him as he sat in tears and say, “I know exactly what you’re going through.” Jon Bloom
From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land. 46 About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”. Matthew 27:46
Father to the fatherless, defender of widows— this is God, whose dwelling is holy. 6 God places the lonely in families; he sets the prisoners free and gives them joy. Psalm 68:5-6 (NLT)