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October 27
Monday


NEW TO
THE FAMILY

READ:
Luke 15:3-7
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There will be more joy
in heaven over one
sinner who repents
than over ninety-nine
just person who need
no repentance.
__Luke 15:7
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While on a ministry trip with a Christian high school chorale to Jamaica, we witnessed an illustration of God's love in action. On the day we visited an orphanage for disabled children and teens, we learned that Donald, one of the boys our kids had interacted with__a teen with cerebral palsy__was going to be adopted.

When the adopting couple arrived at the "base" where we were staying, it was a joy to talk to them about Donald. But what was even better was what happened later. We were at the base when Donald and his new parents arrived just after they had picked him up at the orphanage. As the brand-new mom embraced her son, our students gathered around her and sang praise songs. Tears flowed. Tears of joy. And Donald was beaming!

Later, one of the students said to me, "This reminds me of what it must be like in heaven when someone is saved. The angels rejoice because someone has been adopted into God's family." Indeed, it was a picture of the joy of heaven when someone new joins God's forever family by faith in Christ. Jesus spoke of that grand moment when He said, "there will be...joy in heaven over one sinner who repents" (Luke 15:7).

Praise God that He has adopted us into His family. No wonder the angels rejoice! __Dave Branon

`````````````````````````````The One who made the heavens,````````````````````````
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``````````````````````````````When one soul is set free. __Fasick`````````````````````
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Angels rejoice when we repent.

*******************************Today's Bible Reading __ Luke 15:3-7*****************************

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
the 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."

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
In Luke 15, Jesus delivers a trilogy of parables to describe the
pursuing love of God for the lost. The first, seen here in verses
3-7, displays the shepherd desperately pursuing his lost sheep. The
second, in verses 8-10, pictures a woman tenaciously searching for
a lost coin. The third, in verses 11-32, tells of a father's compassion
for a wayward child and of his grace and forgiveness when that
prodigal returns home. In each parable, the result of finding the lost
is a celebration (vv.6,9-22-24) that depicts the great joy experienced
in heaven when the lost return to their heavenly Father.