Post by Woody Williams on Jul 26, 2006 5:44:05 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Luke 15:1-7----------
Now all the tax-collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to
him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying,
'This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.'
So he told them this parable: 'Which one of you, having a hundred
sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the
wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? When
he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. And when
he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbours, saying
to them, "Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost."
Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner
who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no
repentance.
Devotional
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If you are honest you know that it was God seeking you that brought
you to salvation and not your seeking God. No doubt, there is in
every human a longing for God. That is because God created us and we
bear the image of God. But, it is God who comes seeking us. What is
your salvation story, that is, how were you found and brought home to
God?
Prayer
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Thank you, God, for seeking and finding me, your lost child. Amen
Now all the tax-collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to
him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying,
'This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.'
So he told them this parable: 'Which one of you, having a hundred
sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the
wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? When
he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. And when
he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbours, saying
to them, "Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost."
Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner
who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no
repentance.
Devotional
----------
If you are honest you know that it was God seeking you that brought
you to salvation and not your seeking God. No doubt, there is in
every human a longing for God. That is because God created us and we
bear the image of God. But, it is God who comes seeking us. What is
your salvation story, that is, how were you found and brought home to
God?
Prayer
-----------------
Thank you, God, for seeking and finding me, your lost child. Amen