You Matter To God

You matter to God

People matter to God.

People matter to people.

Long before

Joseph was thrown into a pit or a slave in Potiphar’s house, God had a palace in mind.

Zacchaeus needed to climb a tree to see Jesus, God planted a tree.

There was a king in the kingdom, God gave David a Goliath so he would defeat him and gain the kingdom.

Abraham went up the mountain to offer Isaac, God had a plan to meet the need.

Moses was put into the Nile, the princess was positioned down river to claim him as her own.

Adam sinned, Jesus made a way of escape.

God saw in

Gideon, a mighty warrior

David, His beloved

Moses, a redeemer and leader

Brash, strong willed Peter, a leader with conviction.

Young Paul who held the coats of those who martyred Stephen, the apostle to write most of the NT.

Rahab a woman who would be brought into the line of Jesus.

Gadarene demoniac a man who would start revival in Decapolis.

Samson, a man who would finish strong.

God has a plan. If it’s not good, He’s not done.

God's got you

Deaf and Mute man healed

Mark 7:31–37 (ESV)

Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis.

And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him.

And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue.

And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”

And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.

And Jesus charged them to tell no one. But the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.

And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

You matter to God - Jesus went from Tyre through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in Decapolis so He could meet the deaf man.

He went a great distance out of His way because the man mattered.

He met the man the where he was.

Jesus became what the man needed.

Mark 5:1 “They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes.”

People matter to God

John 10:3 “To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.”

Luke 15 - Jesus searched for the lost, left the 99, and welcomed his lost son.

Lost Sheep -

Lost Coin -

Lost Son -

Hebrews 13:5 “Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.””

People Matter To People.

Barnabas took and brought Paul to the apostles.

Potiphar was blessed for Joseph’s sake.

The unbelieving spouse is sanctified by the believing spouse.

paralytic man had four friends who let him down through the hole the cut in the roof so he could be healed.

v 2. Many

v 3. they…four men

v 4. they could not get near him

v 4. they removed the roof

v 4. they made an opening

when Jesus saw THEIR faith.