Prayer request for Hargrove family
Daily Email: Thursday, September 8, 2016
"The Parable of the Lost Sheep"
15 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them."
3 So he told them this parable: 4 "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that 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 his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.' 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance."The Parable of the Lost Coin"
8 "Or what woman, having ten silver coins,[a] if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? 9 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.' 10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents."
I pray that you realize that Jesus isn't talking about a lost sheep or a lost coin in this passage. He is talking about people, lost people. He may even be talking about you.
Most people don't even know that they're lost. For others, it takes a long time and a lot of struggle, pain, and hopelessness before they realize it.
If you are reading this, chances are that you are not lost, but on the off chance that you are reading this at a time in your life when you feel lost, or when everything in your life is out of control and you don't know which way or where to turn, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS! JESUS IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE!!!
If you're looking for peace look no further than Jesus who is the author and provider of true and real peace. If you're looking for security, don't look to money or things, they can be taken away in an instant. Look to Jesus, who secures you all the way to eternity.
If you're looking for true love, don't look for it in meaningless sex, or in people who can't commit to anything, look for Christ who is committed to you forever. He has shown you what true love is through His suffering, death, and resurrection!
Do you want to be found? Do you want to be that sheep that the shepherd carried on his shoulders and celebrated? Do you want to be that coin that the woman found and called all of her friends about? Turn around! Turn away from the darkness, from the emptiness and turn to the Light and the peace that is Jesus Christ your Lord and Savior! Repent and believe the good news that Jesus suffered, died, and rose again all FOR YOU! Christ is risen! HE IS RISEN INDEED! Alleluia!
Prayer: You are the seeker and savior of the lost. Seek and save them through me. Amen.
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CALENDAR
Thurs- Karate 6; Lutheranism 101
Sat- Worship 5pm
Sun- Worship 8:30; Sunday school 9:45; Chapel 11; NYG Celebration Day and RALLY DAY!!; Elders Meeting noon
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WORSHIP WORKERS FOR THIS COMING WEEKEND:
Acolyte- 8:30- Zack Hoelscher 11- Hannah Johnson
Ushers- Don Hance, Rich Boeger, Doug Walters, Don Tate
Altar- Set up- Cheri' Hofeldt; Clean Up- Wanda Turnure
Elders- Sat- Jim Rahn; 8:30- Roy Bohning; 11- Dave Winter
Greeters- 8:30- Dave and Linda Callies; 11- Joan Sexton
Lay Readers- Sat- Jim Rahn 8:30- YOUTH; 11- YOUTH
Piano- Sat- Barb Dreyer
Organist- Rachel Fisher
Projectionists: Sat- Mauch; 8:30- McKenzie
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