1. No Wonder We Call Him Savior
A Leper Healed
Matthew 8:1-4

2. “The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”
--Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

3. Isaiah 61:1
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound…”

4. Our Broken Places

5. Will you step out of the crowd?
Turning to Christ means trusting He alone can save
(Matthew 8:1-2)

6. Appealing to Christ brings His healing in all of your broken places
(Matthew 8:3)

7. Will you live a life of praise?
Following Christ means making steps of praise in your healing
(Matthew 8:4; Mark 1:40-45)

8. The Messiah would bring… “A garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair”
-- Isaiah 61:3

9. “I don’t know you God because I am in the way…”
--Flannery O’Connor