God So Loved, All Because of Jesus, Reliably True, Let Me See Jesus, How Great is Our God

What crazy thing have you done in the past just so you can see, and be with someone important to you?

He entered Jericho and was passing through. ² And there was a man called by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich. ³ Zacchaeus was trying to see who Jesus was, and was unable because of the crowd, for he was small in stature. ⁴ So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass through that way. ⁵ When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.” ⁶ And he hurried and came down and received Him gladly. ⁷ When they saw it, they all began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” ⁸ Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much.” ⁹ And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰ For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

INTRO: 2 Samuel 5:19-20

1. SEEK JESUS (LUKE 19:1-4, John 4:4, Jeremiah 29:13)
2. OBEY JESUS (Luke 19:5-7, 1 Samuel 6:7)
3. SURRENDER TO JESUS (Luke 19:8-10, 2 Corinthians 5:17)

Restate the verse in your own words.

• What did you like about these verses?
• What did you learn about God?
• What did you learn about People?
• What did you learn about experiencing breakthroughs??
• What did you learn about following Jesus?

Based on this lesson on “REAL PEOPLE, REAL IMPACT – ZACCHAEUS: BREAKTHROUGH”, write down your action point to apply what you learned. Make it your “I Will…” statement and follow the S.M.A.R.T guideline to come up with a do-able action point.

Simple

Measurable

Appropriate

Realistic

Time-bound

“I Will _____________________________”

Who will you share these truths to this week?

Pray for breakthroughs in the lives of your family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors when they encounter Jesus in different ways.

Share the gospel with them so that they can respond to Jesus’ call for repentance and reconciliation with Him.

• Worship God for who He is, what He has done, and what He will do in our lives.

• Upright and moral governance of public servants; repentance and salvation for government leaders and citizens for a Christ-centered Philippines.

• For legislators to promote and support bills and laws aligned with God’s Word.

• War in Ukraine to end, loss of lives prevented.

• Continue to pray for the rest of Israeli hostages to be restored back to their families safely. Pray for Israel and the war with terrorists to end according to God’s purpose and for His glory.

• For the civil war in Syria to end peacefully, protection for Christians and other minorities; that there will be freedom from oppression for Syrians. Pray for the gospel to spread rapidly throughout the country.

• Pray for the Sudanese people and the persecuted Christians there; earnestly seek God’s intervention to stop the bloodshed. Pray for freedom from oppression, that God’s word and His people bring them comfort and hope.

• That CCF Members would honor and love God and make disciples.

• Elders, pastors, dleaders, and families (holy, humble, harmonious, happy, heart-working).

• Ministries and churches expand worldwide.

• Worship and Training Center

• Prayer Mountain

• Deeper intimate relationship with God.

• Righteous living.

• Salvation of family and friends.

10 “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”