1. The Importance Of True Caring

2. The meaning of Care… To be concerned or interested: Once inside, we didn't care whether it rained or not. To provide needed assistance or watchful supervision: cared for the wounded; caring for an aged relative at home. To have a liking or attachment: didn't care for the movie. To have a wish; be inclined: Would you care for another helping?

3. The Importance Of True Caring We have a Savior that cares for us (even if no one else cares) Psalms 142:4(KJV) 4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

4. The Importance Of True Caring We have a Savior that cares for us (even if no one else cares) He cares for our very being

5. The Importance Of True Caring We have a Savior that cares for us (even if no one else cares) He cares for our very being He cares for our toil and troubles Luke 10:40-42(NKJV) 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.” 41 And Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. 42 But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.”

6. The Importance Of True Caring We have a Savior that cares for us (even if no one else cares) He cares for our very being He cares for our toil and troubles Luke 12:7(KJV) 7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. Psalms 121:4(NKJV) 4 Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep. Matthew 6:32(NKJV) 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

7. The Importance Of True Caring We have a Savior that cares for us (even if no one else cares) He cares for our very being He cares for our toil and troubles He cares for our soul 1 Peter 5:7(NKJV) 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. John 3:16-17(KJV) 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

8. The Importance Of True Caring Because He cares for us, we should care for others

9. The Importance Of True Caring Because He cares for us, we should care for others He set the example

10. The Importance Of True Caring Because He cares for us, we should care for others He set the example His life was sacrificed

11. The Importance Of True Caring Because He cares for us, we should care for others He set the example His life was sacrificed His actions were seen

12. The Importance Of True Caring Because He cares for us, we should care for others Luke 17:11-19(NKJV) 11 Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 12 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off. 13 And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14 So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed. 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God,

13. The Importance Of True Caring Because He cares for us, we should care for others 16 and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan. 17 So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? 18 Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” 19 And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.”

14. The Importance Of True Caring Because He cares for us, we should care for others He set the example His life was sacrificed His actions were seen His actions are to be simulated (by us)

15. The Importance Of True Caring Because He cares for us, we should care for others John 4:4-42(NKJV) 4 But He needed to go through Samaria. 5 So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. 7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” 8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. 9 Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.

16. The Importance Of True Caring Because He cares for us, we should care for others 10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” 11 The woman said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? 12 Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?” 13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”

17. The Importance Of True Caring Because He cares for us, we should care for others 15 The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” 17 The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’ 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.” 19 The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.” 21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.

18. The Importance Of True Caring Because He cares for us, we should care for others 22 You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” 25 The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will tell us all things.” 26 Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.” 27 And at this point His disciples came, and they marveled that He talked with a woman; yet no one said, “What do You seek?” or, “Why are You talking with her?”

19. The Importance Of True Caring Because He cares for us, we should care for others 28 The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men, 29 “Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?” 30 Then they went out of the city and came to Him. 31 In the meantime His disciples urged Him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” 32 But He said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.” 33 Therefore the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?” 34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.

20. The Importance Of True Caring Because He cares for us, we should care for others 35 Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest! 36 And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. 37 For in this the saying is true: ‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labors.” 39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all that I ever did.”

21. The Importance Of True Caring We become the caring example this world sees

22. The Importance Of True Caring We become the caring example this world sees Unselfish reasons (we really care) John 12:6(NKJV) 6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it.

23. The Importance Of True Caring We become the caring example this world sees Unselfish reasons (we really care) Universal reasons (we really care…for everyone) 1 Corinthians 12:25(KJV) 25 That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.

24. The Importance Of True Caring We become the caring example this world sees Unselfish reasons (we really care) Universal reasons (we really care) Unerring reasons (we really care) 2 Corinthians 11:28(NKJV) 28 besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern [care] for all the churches.

25. The Importance Of True Caring We become the caring example this world sees Unselfish reasons (we really care) Universal reasons (we really care) Unerring reasons (we really care) Usable reasons (we really care) 1 Timothy 3:5(KJV) 5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

26. The Importance Of True Caring We become the caring example this world sees Unselfish reasons (we really care) Universal reasons (we really care) Unerring reasons (we really care) Usable reasons (we really care) Ultimate reasons (we really care)

27. The Importance Of True Caring His care that is shared by us will endure through Him Matthew 5:14-16(KJV) 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

28. The Importance Of True Caring His care that is shared by us will endure through Him His light shines in us

29. The Importance Of True Caring His care that is shared by us will endure through Him His light shines in us His light should shine bright

30. The Importance Of True Caring His care that is shared by us will endure through Him His light shines in us His light should shine bright A little bright is a bright, bright light to those in darkness

31. The Importance Of True Caring His care that is shared by us will endure through Him His light shines in us His light should shine bright A little bright is a bright, bright light to those in darkness To see the light brings joy and peace

32. The Importance Of True Caring Why do we care?

33. The Importance Of True Caring Why do we care? It is a standard part of our nature

34. The Importance Of True Caring Why do we care? It is a standard part of our nature It starts through our duty

35. The Importance Of True Caring Why do we care? It is a standard part of our nature It starts through our duty It is strengthened with our exposure

36. The Importance Of True Caring Why do we care? It is a standard part of our nature It starts through our duty It is strengthened with our exposure It sprouts into great joy

37. The Importance Of True Caring Why do we care? It is a standard part of our nature It starts through our duty It is strengthened with our exposure It sprouts into great joy It spreads with each blessing from God

38. The Importance Of True Caring Why do we care? He cares 1 Peter 5:7(NKJV)...He cares for you.

39. The Importance Of True Caring Matthew 22:34-40(KJV) 34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. 35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, 36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

40. The Importance Of True Caring What or whom do you really care about?