God's Compassion: Healing the Wounded and Rejected

A bummer lamb. Which is a lamb rejected by its mother and left to die. Cold, unwanted, and alone. But then the story as I was going to do more study on, I said, but the good shepherd finds it and takes care of it and nourishes it. The good shepherd will find these bummer lambs. He doesn't walk away, but picks it up, wraps it in his arms, and carries it close to his heart until it's strong enough to stand again. [00:52:36] (34 seconds)  #GoodShepherdCares

Maybe you're one of those that feel like everybody's looked the other way. Heaven looked at your way. Maybe it's a toxic relationship, or maybe there's been some mistakes that you've made, or maybe you just don't feel like you're good enough, but for whatever reason, you feel alone and abandoned by the world. There's a God in heaven. I said, there is a God in heaven. And He knows. [00:53:15] (24 seconds)  #HeavenSeesYou

Thank God for the love of Jesus. But in the fullness of time, God sent forth his son. Can I get somebody to say amen right there? Thank God when we weren't looking for him he was looking for us. We weren't thinking about giving ourselves to God, but God was thinking about us. [00:56:13] (16 seconds)  #GodWasLookingForUs

He looks for those that are hurting and crying. In fact, the word of God says he'll leave the 99 and go searching for the one that's lost. Right this morning, I'm talking about the compassion shepherd. He's looking for those that are hurting. He's looking for those that are down and that need help. How many need help this morning? How many need help this morning? God loves you, but God commended his love toward us, and that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. [01:05:13] (30 seconds)  #ShepherdSeeksTheLost

When the shepherd sees the bummer lamb and all the hurt and rejection the lamb has had to endure, he brings peace and sustainability to the lamb's life. Without the shepherd, that bummer lamb would die. Let's just be honest. Unless God came your way, you and I would have died in sin. Some right now, if you'd be honest with yourself, you'd either be in hell or in jail. But by the grace of God, but by the grace of God, come on now, by the grace of God, we're here this morning, giving all the praise, all the glory. [01:10:53] (39 seconds)  #GraceSavesAndSustains

``You were the reject. You were the one that kept going back and forth in a sin. But somehow God loved you enough. He brought you close. The world let you go and abandoned you. But God loves you this morning. When he found you. See, when the shepherd finds the lamb under the rock or under a bush, been rejected by his mother, he picks him up. Aren't you glad for the day God found you? Hovering around the cesspool of sins. Wanting to go back again. Try it again. But God, by his Holy Spirit, said, that's not what you need. [01:12:59] (34 seconds)  #FoundByGodsLove

Trauma isn't always visible. Trauma is always real. Some people carry pain from the childhood. Some carry pain from betrayal. Some carry a loss, betrayal, or something. Nobody sees it as a hurt that's just on the inside. They've been emotionally and spiritually starved. Just like that little lamb when the mother rejects it. It's starving. There's no milk for that little thing. You know, some of us have been looking for love. In all the wrong places. All the wrong faces. Can I get an amen this morning? They felt the sting of rejection. Over and over again. [01:14:46] (45 seconds)  #InvisibleTraumaRealPain

If it's only been a day since you've stopped and gave your heart to God, we'll take that and we'll say glory to God. Praise Jesus. Thank you, Lord God. Because you see, God is searching for those that have been traumatized by the wounds of sin. He said, he healeth the broken hearts and bindeth up the wounds in the book of Psalms 147. He finds the hurting in hidden places, behind the rocks, emotional caves, and he lifts them up. [01:20:37] (35 seconds)  #NewHeartNewStart

Without hesitation, he scooped it up into his arms, pressing it close to his chest to warm it up. And he says, you're mine now. And quietly, as he began to think about bottle feeding it, making it warm by the fire, and speaking softly to it until it was strong again, the lamb did not resist. Can we say that again? The lamb did not resist. It simply rested in the shepherd's arms and finally safe. [01:23:08] (38 seconds)  #DailyBreadOfGrace

For some here this morning, it's time for you to stop resisting. It's time to stop resisting. It's time to begin to let God draw you closer to him. So that you can rest in his arms. You may not know what all Christianity is about. You may not even know what it means to be a disciple of Christ. But you know one thing. You're tired of going the way you're going. And you're ready for a change. [01:23:46] (29 seconds)  #SafeInShepherdsArms