OUR DAILY BREAD : INSIGNIFICANT

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October 5
Wednesday

Rapture*
THE VALUE
OF ONE

READ:
Luke 15:1-10
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What man...having
a hundred sheep, if he
loses one of them, does
not leave the ninety-nine
in the wilderness, and
go after the one which is
lost? __Luke 15:4
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Only hours before Kim Haskins' high school graduation, an auto accident took the life of her father and left Kim and her mother hospitalized. The next day, Joe Garret, Kim's high school principal, visited her at the hospital and said they wanted to do something special for her at the school. The Gazette (Colorado Springs) article by James Drew described the outpouring of love and support as the teacher, administrators, and classmates__deeply touched by Kim's loss__filled the high school auditorium a few days later at a graduation ceremony just for her.

Principal Garret said, "We talk a lot in education about no child left behind. In the military, they talk about no soldier left behind."

Jesus underscored the importance of every person to God with three stories about something lost__a sheep, a coin, and a son (Luke 15). In each story, a person has lost something of great value. When it is found friends and neighbors are called to celebrate and rejoice together.

The point is clear: We are all of great value to God, who offers us forgiveness and new life through Christ. And He faithfully pursues us with His love and grace. There is great joy in heaven over one sinner who repents (v.7). __David McCasland

``````````````````````````````I was lost but Jesus found me_```````````````````````
``````````````````````````````Found the sheep that went astray,````````````````````
`````````````````````````````Threw His loving arms around me,`````````````````````
``````````````````````````Drew me back into His way. __Rowley`````````````````````

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Our value is measured by what God has done for us.

*****************Today's Bible Reading __ Luke 15:1-10*********************

1 Then all the tax
collectors and the sinners
drew near to Him to hear
Him. 2 And the Pharisees
and scribes complained,
saying, "This Man receives
sinners and eats with them."

3 So He spoke this parable
to them, saying: 4 "What
man of you, having a
hundred sheep, if he loses
one of them, does not leave
ninety-nine in the
wilderness, and go after the
one which is lost until he
finds it? 5 And when he has
found it, he lays it on his
shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And
when he comes home, he
calls together his friends
and neighbors, saying to
them, 'Rejoice with me, for
I have found my sheep
which was lost!' 7 I say to
you that likewise there will
be more joy in heaven over
one sinner who repents than
over ninety-nine just
persons who need no
repentance.

8 "Or what woman, having
ten silver coins if she loses
one coin, does not light a
lamp, sweep the house, and
search carefully until she
finds it? 9 And when she
has found it, she calls her
friends and neighbors
together, saying, 'Rejoice
with me, for I have found
the piece which I lost!'

10 LIkewise, I say to you,
there is joy in the presence
of the angles of God over
one sinner who repents.


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Today's text from Luke 15 is part of an extended teaching by Christ,
in which He describes three lost things__a lost sheep, a lost coin,
and a lost son. In each case, the pursuer depicts God Himself who,
in Christ, came" to seek and save that which was lost" (19:10).