The Unlovely

1. The Unlovely The Unnoticed Luke 8:43-48

2. “Unlovely” • “What” do you think of? • Not “WHO”!

3. “Loving the Unnoticed” • Luke 8:40-56 • A story in a story

4. The Unnoticed Woman in a Crowd • Luke 8:42-48 • 42 for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. As Jesus went, the people pressed around him. 43 And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians, she could not be healed by anyone. 44 She came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment, and immediately her discharge of blood ceased.

5. 45 And Jesus said, “Who was it that touched me?” When all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds surround you and are pressing in on you!” 46 But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I perceive that power has gone out from me.” 47 And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed. 48 And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.”

6. Jesus Noticed the Unnoticed 1.To Affirm Her FAITH (v. 44) 2.To Appreciate HER Faith (v. 46) 3.To Announce HER FAITH (v. 47)

7. Loving the Unnoticed • 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 • 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. • God Never Wastes A Hurt

8. Satan's Lies 1.”We're Too Busy” 2.”We're Too Important”

9. Will We Notice the Unnoticed? • Will We Love the Unnoticed?

10. Daughter • Luke 8:48 • And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.” • A Term of Affection • A Term of Relationship

11. Notice the Unnoticed and Allow God's Love to Work through us.

12. Need to be Noticed by God?