DON'T BE AFRAID, GOD CARES! (2 OF 7)
Scripture: Luke 12:1-9
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Don't Be Afraid, God Cares! (2 of 7)
Series: Don’t Be Afraid
Dennis Marquardt
Luke 12:1-9
INTRO: The world is fast becoming an impersonal place to live! We are merely numbers to most computer systems, we are just another consumer to businesses, and we are a blip or less in this world with all the news from around the globe coming into our living rooms each night! In this impersonal age it is easy to feel insignificant and that nobody cares anymore!
ILLUS: Marvin Rosenthal, writing in ''Israel, My Glory'' tells about a mother who was asked by a census taker how many children she had. She responded, ''well, there's Billy and Harry, and Martha, and ...'' ''never mind their names, just give me the number'' the census taker shot back. The mother got indignant and said, ''they haven't got numbers, they've all got names!'' That's the way it is with God and us, we are not just another ''creature'' down below - as the old song goes, ''we are precious in his sight, red and yellow, black and white...'' we need not be afraid, God cares!
It is easy to lose hope and experience despair when we live in such an impersonal world, where we wonder if anyone really cares, but when Jesus speaks He is clear in letting us know that He cares about us more than we can know or believe - there is nothing that escapes His notice about our lives. We don't have to be afraid, HE CARES!
PROP. SENT: The Bible teaches us that Christ cares deeply for us, and because of this we don't have to be afraid of anything!
I. CONSISTENT PRIORITIES! Luke 12:1-3
A. Followers Luke 12:1
1. A huge crowd surrounds Jesus and His disciples...
a. The word for ''many thousands'' (Greek: ''Murias'') here is the word that is usually used for 10,000!
b. The crowd was so huge that they were literally trampling on one another! Read Luke 12:1!
c. Notice however that in this huge crowd Jesus turns His attention not to the crowds, but to his 12 disciples!
2. Jesus was never taken by the cro ...
Series: Don’t Be Afraid
Dennis Marquardt
Luke 12:1-9
INTRO: The world is fast becoming an impersonal place to live! We are merely numbers to most computer systems, we are just another consumer to businesses, and we are a blip or less in this world with all the news from around the globe coming into our living rooms each night! In this impersonal age it is easy to feel insignificant and that nobody cares anymore!
ILLUS: Marvin Rosenthal, writing in ''Israel, My Glory'' tells about a mother who was asked by a census taker how many children she had. She responded, ''well, there's Billy and Harry, and Martha, and ...'' ''never mind their names, just give me the number'' the census taker shot back. The mother got indignant and said, ''they haven't got numbers, they've all got names!'' That's the way it is with God and us, we are not just another ''creature'' down below - as the old song goes, ''we are precious in his sight, red and yellow, black and white...'' we need not be afraid, God cares!
It is easy to lose hope and experience despair when we live in such an impersonal world, where we wonder if anyone really cares, but when Jesus speaks He is clear in letting us know that He cares about us more than we can know or believe - there is nothing that escapes His notice about our lives. We don't have to be afraid, HE CARES!
PROP. SENT: The Bible teaches us that Christ cares deeply for us, and because of this we don't have to be afraid of anything!
I. CONSISTENT PRIORITIES! Luke 12:1-3
A. Followers Luke 12:1
1. A huge crowd surrounds Jesus and His disciples...
a. The word for ''many thousands'' (Greek: ''Murias'') here is the word that is usually used for 10,000!
b. The crowd was so huge that they were literally trampling on one another! Read Luke 12:1!
c. Notice however that in this huge crowd Jesus turns His attention not to the crowds, but to his 12 disciples!
2. Jesus was never taken by the cro ...
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