Turn to 2 Timothy 1 this morning as we dive into the truth that Jesus is King. The first revelation to refocus people in the New Testament is the fact that Jesus is King. Jesus is God, the God of the Universe.

Turn to 1 Peter 5 this morning. Realizing the hand of God is mighty and humbling ourselves under Him is the wisest thing we can do. We humble ourselves before God, and He will exalt us in His timing. He wants to exalt and use you for healing in a broken world.

Turn to 1 Peter 5 this morning. Clothe yourself in humility. Take responsibility for yourself. While everything is out of control, it is important to take responsibility for ourself.

Open your bibles to 2 Corinthians 5:14-21 this morning as we strive to be controlled by the love of Christ. As Christians we are in a 2 way relationship with Jesus. Just as His love for us should control us, our love for Him should control us as well.

Open your bibles to Acts 2 this morning as we explore what we can do to respond to what is happening in our world today. It is important to look at the individual in front of you.

Open your bibles to Luke chapter 23 today as we continue to look at how we can react to what is happening in our country. We have to listen to the human heart crying during these hard times, as we strive to react in compassion.

Be a neighbor to the people who are hurting around you. It doesn’t matter if they live next to you or if they are a friend, we need to be a neighbor to the hurting one.

The Good Samaritan is such a good example of compassion. Having compassion on someone can be as simple as doing what you can do. We cannot fix everything, but we need to be looking for anything we can fix.

We are back in the story of the Good Samaritan today. You have the calling and the gift to see and hear God today. We are called to be a reflection of him today, just be Jesus to a world who needs him more than ever right now.

What God wants is for us to come for him to be transformed. It takes transformed people to transform cities. Earlier this week we looked at the parable of the Good Samaritan, and we need to realize that in that story, we are the hurting one.