1. T HE C OMPASSION OF A D ISCIPLE M ATTHEW 9:35-38

2. 35 T HEN J ESUS WENT TO ALL THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES, TEACHING IN THEIR SYNAGOGUES, PREACHING THE GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM, AND HEALING EVERY DISEASE AND EVERY SICKNESS. 36 W HEN H E SAW THE CROWDS, H E FELT COMPASSION FOR THEM, BECAUSE THEY WERE WEARY AND WORN OUT, LIKE SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHERD. Matthew 9:35-36

3. 37 T HEN H E SAID TO H IS DISCIPLES, “T HE HARVEST IS ABUNDANT, BUT THE WORKERS ARE FEW. 38 T HEREFORE, PRAY TO THE L ORD OF THE HARVEST TO SEND OUT WORKERS INTO H IS HARVEST.” Matthew 9:37-38

4. J ESUS WENT ( V. 35) J ESUS HAD ONE METHOD IN REACHING PEOPLE : H E " WENT OUT " AFTER PEOPLE. T HIS SAME METHOD IS GIVEN TO US. – M ATTHEW 28:19-20 – J OHN 20:21 – A CTS 1:8 – M ATTHEW 22:9

5. J ESUS SAW ( V. 36 A ) J ESUS " SAW THE MULTITUDES." J ESUS SAW THAT THE CROWDS WERE WEARY AND WORN OUT. J ESUS SAW THAT THE CROWDS WERE SCATTERED. J ESUS SAW THE CROWDS AS SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHERD.

6. J ESUS FELT ( V. 36 B ) J ESUS " WAS MOVED WITH COMPASSION." COMPASSION IS AN ATTITUDE TOWARD A NEED THAT GROWS INTO ACTION IN AN EFFORT TO MEET THE NEED.

7. J ESUS SAID ( VS. 37-38) H ARVEST IS ABUNDANT. W ORKERS ARE FEW. P RAY.

8. J ESUS SAID ( VS. 37-38) W HEN IT COMES TO MISSIONS WE FIND OURSELVES IN AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PLACES : – W E PRAY FOR THE LOST OF THE WORLD. – W E GO TO THE LOST OF THE WORLD AND SHARE THE GOOD NEWS OF J ESUS. – W E GIVE SO THAT THOSE WHO CAN GO MAY BE ABLE TO GO. – W E ARE OUT OF G OD ’ S WILL.