2. All Them…

3. "No one…" "One guy…" "One guy…"

4. What are some good causes?

5. Can you support them all?

6. Can you support them all? How do you know Which ones to support?

7. How many people around you Need help of some kind?

8. How many people around you Need help of some kind? What you don't know…

9. How do you know Who to help?

10. Easy to get paralyzed

11. Even easier to say, "I need help right now! I'll get involved once my life get's straightened out" How long?

12. RE: "Our greatest needs are not met By seeking to have our needs met But by investing ourselves In God-given opportunities As God leads"

13. The basis of our healing Is not found in Receiving but Giving

14. Abraham gives his son And receives him back PLUS a nation

15. Mary gives up her future And receives her husband back PLUS children and the honor Of being the mother of the Savior

16. The basis of our healing Is not Receiving But Giving

17. A boy gives up his lunchable And the whole crowd Receives a bread and fish buffet

18. Paul gives up his future As a rising star in Religious circles And receives the honor of Influencing more people than Any other NT writer

19. The basis of our healing Is not found in Receiving But Giving

20. We experience God As we move from self-focused To others-centered

21. Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

22. Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him;

23. …for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. …for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.

24. Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him - 1 John 3:18-22

25. What's the commandment? LGLP

26. Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ - Gal. 6:2

27. Loving others by our actions Is the greater part of How we experience God

28. This year… 40/7

29. The basis of our healing It not found in Receiving But Giving

30. God has called us His body= hands and feet

31. God has called us His body= hands and feet So people become opportunities To worship God by our actions

32. When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

33. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

34. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left

35. Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

36. Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Why?

37. For I was hungry and you gave me food I was thirsty and you gave me drink

38. I was a stranger and you welcomed me I was naked and you clothed me

39. I was sick and you visited me I was in prison and you came to me’

40. All of these things Have to do with…?

41. All of these things Have to do with…giving

42. Who is the "me"?

43. Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?

44. And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’

45. And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me’

46. And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me’ Did they know it at the time?

47. And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me’ Did they serve?

48. And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me’ Did they serve? Why?

49. John's Baptism of Repentance… (Luke 3) - Give clothing and food - Stop collecting more than you should - Don't extort money

50. “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

51. For I was hungry and you gave me no food I was thirsty and you gave me no drink

52. I was a stranger and you did not welcome me naked and you did not clothe me sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’

53. All of these things Have to do with…giving "Not right now, but once I get straight…"

54. All of these things Have to do with…giving "Well, she deserved prison" "It's not my fault they squandered money…"

55. Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’

56. They didn't know! But if they had seen Jesus, They probably would have helped

57. They didn't know! But if they had seen Jesus, They probably would have helped (Religion for show Is as useless as no faith at all)

58. Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’

59. And these will go away into eternal punishment but the righteous into eternal life” - Matt 25:31-46

60. Anyone can say the words…but Love that is in "deed and truth" Is an indication Of love that is from God

61. The basis of our healing Is not found in Receiving But Giving

62. God invites us to love So we can experience him And…God calls us to love him By loving "the least of these"

63. The basis of our healing Is not found in Receiving But Giving

64. How…when there's so many? Who do I choose?

65. Jesus at Bethesda

66. Jesus at Bethesda Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed

67. One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

68. “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked - John 5

69. How many?

70. How many? How many healed?

71. How many? How many healed? Isn't that unfair?

72. Personal encounter Faith Not everyone

73. How many died?

74. How many died? Even Lazarus…

75. Jesus set an Example "Do for one what you wish You could do for everyone" - Andy Stanley

76. "But if I let you go…"

77. "But if I let you go… I have to let everyone" - No you don't

78. How…when there's so many? Who do I choose?

79. Therefore, as we have opportunity Let us do good to all Especially to those of the household of faith - Gal. 6:10

80. But if you counsel them You have to counsel Everyone like them - No I don't

81. Just because you can't do for everyone Don't let it stop you from doing for one

82. Fairness is a lie If you're going to be fair You won't do anything Because you can't do it For everyone

83. Don't do what's fair Do what's right

84. Right now…who's on your heart? What do you need to do? "Let us love in deed and truth"

85. Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ - Gal. 6:2

86. 120 Disciples 72 Sent Out "The 12" The Inner 3 It's not fair!

87. Bruce Ritter Nathan Leigh

88. Do for one what you wish You could do for everyone

89. Causes and people Do it for Christ's Sake And his glory

90. Don't wait until Everything is perfect In your life (No one has that long to wait)

91. The basis of our healing It not found in Receiving But Giving

92. Needs all around us… Who is God placing on your heart? - What person - What group - What action

93. Prayer This Week: "Lead me to people Who need help And I will go"

94. As a church… We don't exist for us But for those who don't yet know Jesus or us