Good Better Best | Overcoming Compassion Fatigue
Message Recap
[John 2:3-4]
The wine supply ran out during the festivities, so Jesus’ mother told him, “They have no more wine.” 4 “Dear woman, that’s not our problem,” Jesus replied.
[Matthew 5:46]
If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much.
[Matthew 8:2]
…“Lord,” the man said, “if you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean.”
[Matthew 8:5-6]
When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a Roman officer came and pleaded with him, 6 “Lord, my young servant lies in bed, paralyzed and in terrible pain.”
[Matthew 8:14-15]
When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, Peter’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a high fever. 15 But when Jesus touched her hand, the fever left her.
[Matthew 8:16]
That evening many demon-possessed people were brought to Jesus. He cast out the evil spirits with a simple command, and he healed all the sick.
[Matthew 8:18]
When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he instructed his disciples to cross to the other side of the lake.
[Matthew 8:20]
But Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place even to lay his head.”
[Matthew 8:24-25]
Suddenly, a fierce storm struck the lake, with waves breaking into the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25 The disciples went and woke him up, shouting, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”
[Matthew 8:28-29]
When Jesus arrived on the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gadarenes, two men who were possessed by demons met him. They came out of the tombs and were so violent that no one could go through that area. 29 They began screaming at him…
[Matthew 9:1-2]
Jesus climbed into a boat and went back across the lake to his own town. 2 Some people brought to him a paralyzed man on a mat.
[Matthew 9:9]
As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,”
[Matthew 9:11]
But when the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with such scum?”
[Matthew 9:14]
One day the disciples of John the Baptist came to Jesus and asked him, “Why don’t your disciples fast like we do and the Pharisees do?”
[Matthew 9:18]
As Jesus was saying this, the leader of a synagogue came and knelt before him. “My daughter has just died,” he said, “but you can bring her back to life again…
[Matthew 9:20]
Just then a woman who had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding came up behind him.
[Matthew 9:27-28]
After Jesus left the girl’s home, two blind men followed along behind him, shouting, “Son of David, have mercy on us!” 28 They went right into the house where he was staying…
[Matthew 9:32-34]
When they left, a demon-possessed man who couldn’t speak was brought to Jesus. So Jesus cast out the demon, and then the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed. “Nothing like this has ever happened in Israel!” they exclaimed. But the Pharisees said, “He can cast out demons because he is empowered by the prince of demons.”
[Matthew 9:35-38]
Jesus traveled through all the towns and villages of that area, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 He said to his disciples, “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. 38 So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.”
[Matthew 10:1]
Jesus called his twelve disciples together and gave them authority to cast out evil spirits and to heal every kind of disease and illness.
[Matthew 10:5]
Jesus sent out the twelve apostles
Don’t try to do it all. Just do your part.
Message Discussion Questions
Where do you find yourself in compassion fatigue?
Which part of the discipleship process do you find yourself in, or value most?
-Invitation
-Information
-Imitation
-Innovation