June 24, 2026
Lost and Found - Part 3
Luke 15:8-10
06/24/2026
8 ``Or what woman, having ten silver coins, 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.''
(ESV)
In our Prayer of the Church this week, we ask God to protect
us from everything that entices us from His loving care. This
includes the lure of false doctrine, the lure of the things of
this world, the problems what make us doubt His love.
O God, the protector of all who trust in You, without
whom nothing is strong and nothing is holy, multiply
Your mercy on us that, with You as our ruler and guide,
we may so pass through things temporal that we lose not
the things eternal.
Yet, even with such prayers, we daily sin, we daily stray
from God. Unfortunately, some people don't realize they have
strayed, so God seeks to restore them to Himself.
``Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses
one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and
seek diligently until she finds it? 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.' Just so, I tell you, there is joy
before the angels of God over one sinner
Isn't it comforting to know that our Lord seeks those who
are lost? They are precious in His sight, the delight of His
heart. When they have strayed, when they are not in His
possession, He looks until they are found.
In order to find and save the lost, God the Father sent
Jesus Christ to take on our human flesh, to live among us, to
suffer for us, to take upon Himself our sin. In turn, we are
given the righteousness of God, not as something we earned, but
as a gift.
May our Lord grant that we recognize that we are lost, and
that we are found only in Christ. Amen.