TREASURE, NOT TRASH

The sin issue that affects us all manifests itself in very different ways. • ___________ lives. Underneath the ___________ lies

• addictions and pain that seem invisible to those who know us. ways that damage others. They live lives that can easily others with their actions or even bitter words.

The Sources of Hurtful Behavior: Angry, hard to live with people. Because they have no

___________. The Apostle Paul describes them this way: Romans 1:28-32. Two admonitions to you today based on that reality: one of them! Philippians 4:8 Allow Christ’s mind to rule in our minds! Ephesians 4:20-24 So, what does a real Christ-follower ______ like? Luke 10:25-37

You may have come here as a real “___”, but you can go home as a real “”.

It seems that the ___________ folk would have been the ones to have compassion on this beat up man. Wouldn’t the priest and Levite know their religion taught them to help the lost, the hurting, and the needy? Who, then, stopped to help this man out? A ___________ man. The Samaritans were despised by the Jews. What was the extent of what this Samaritan man did to help this person out? Jesus says, • He came to where . • He took on him. It’s a decision we make in the based upon a response of the __________. All of us here today possess the same ability to let our hearts lead us to make the right kinds of choices. Follow your heart! • He his wounds. He met the immediate need

with the right kind of . 46

• He put him on his own donkey and put him up in the local hotel. • The Samaritan man had to cover the _____________ with his own . Jesus concludes the story by asking a question to the one He was sharing the story with... He says, GO AND DO LIKEWISE! Why? The best way to get ready to go home is to move beyond "" living to seeing yourself as the hands, the feet, the voice, the heart of Jesus in people's lives, especially in the harsh and __________ world back home. If you, as a young warrior become the one who will stop for the to offer hope and healing, you will become a powerful of Christ. GO AND DO LIKEWISE! • Jesus didn't see a cheating, despised tax collector. He saw Zacchaeus, God's _________. Luke 19:1-10 • He didn't just see an ______________ woman - He saw a of God. John 8:1-11 • He didn't see a racially despised Samaritan at the well - He saw a

36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” 37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.” Your ___________ is God's masterpiece, created in His image. Your _________ or _________. Your _________. That person everyone ___________, leaves out, mistreats.

woman made in ________ ____________. No one's _________. Everyone's a _________ to God - made with Luke 10:25-37 You will be a difference-maker if you pray this prayer often: His hands, paid for with His blood. "God, help me see what You see when you look at _______________."