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In this message, Pastor Zach Maddox shares why it is important for followers of Jesus to love all people. Our prayer is that this message encourages you to love and care for the foreigners in our midst.

Notes:

Theme: Why is it important for followers of Jesus to love all people?

Life Change Goal: Our prayer is that this message encourages you to love and care for the foreigners in our midst.

Text: Luke 10:25-37 (ESV)

1. God loves and rescues refugees.
   1. Deuteronomy 10:17-19 (ESV)
   2. Psalm 146:9 (ESV)
2. God expects us to love and take care of refugees.
   1. Exodus 22:21 (NLT)
   2. Leviticus 19:33-34 (NLT)
   3. Numbers 15:15 (NLT)
   4. Deuteronomy 1:16-17 (NLT)
   5. Deuteronomy 24:14-15 (NLT)
   6. Job 29:16-17 (NLT)
   7. Jeremiah 7:5-6 (NLT)
   8. Matthew 25:35, 40 (NLT)
   9. Hebrews 13:1-2 (NLT)
3. We are all refugees.
   1. Philippians 3:20 (NLT)
   2. 1 Peter 2:11 (NLT)
   3. Ephesians 2:19 (NLT)

Conclusion: We must find ways to love and take care of foreigners because God does and He expects us too.

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Discussion Questions:

Start Talking. Find a conversation starter for your group.

• What is your favorite food from a different country?

Start Thinking. Ask a question to get your group thinking.

• Who is someone you know from a different country? What country are they from?

Start Sharing. Choose a couple of questions to create openness.

• How has your sense of self preservation or national identity sometimes gotten in the way of loving foreigners coming into our country?
• In what ways could you express love and hospitality toward foreigners in our area?