OUR DAILY BREAD             Friday, February 17, 1995
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READ:  Luke 15

           WHEN THE LOST IS FOUND

   "The Son of Man has come to seek and to
         save that which was lost."

                         - Luke 19:10

Six-week-old Crystal Guerrero was kidnaped on
December 16, 1993, from a Chicago health clinic.
Her parents lived in emotional turmoil for a week,
unable to eat or sleep.

Then an abandoned baby was found in a church.  It
was Crystal!  She was unharmed and well.  Imagine
the family's joy, a joy shared by the whole country
as the media spread the heartwarming news.  The
infant was back in her mother's arms just in time
for a jubilant Christmas.

How does God feel about those who are lost?  In
Luke 15, Jesus told the parable of the shepherd who
left his flock of 99 sheep and went out into the
desert to search for one that was lost.  He also
told about a father who waited and watched with
anguished heart praying for the return of his
prodigal son.

Those stories reveal the heart of the heavenly
Father.  Indeed, God was so burdened for the lost
human race that He made the costliest sacrifice
He could make.  He sent His Son into the world to
die on the cross so that He could save lost sinners.
And Jesus said that whenever a sin-abducted soul is
found and restored to the Father's family, "there is
joy in the presence of the angels of God" (Lk. 15:10).

Have you made heaven rejoice?

                                -- Vernon C. Grounds

        I sought the Lord, and afterward I knew
        He moved my soul to seek Him, seeking me.
         It was not I who found, O Savior true,
                No, I was found by Thee.

                                -- Anon.

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           THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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    When we find Christ, we discover that
       we were the ones who were lost.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Deuteronomy 4-6

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