Sermon 1-28-07 Luke 15:1-10 Lost and found
Often when we think of those who are lost, we think of those who do not know Christ.
We have all been lost or lost something
Conchola grandmother who forgot where she parked her car
There is usually one way to get somewhere. One best way. 50 highway to Sedalia. 70 - 13 to Sedalia. I-35, I-29, 71 highway, Wornall Road, not going to get there.
More ways to get lost then there are to help you arrive safely
Back roads, side roads, = sidetracked
Imagine planning a trip to the moon…..cant be off much in your directions or you are lost in space
Christians can develop a spiritual pride that will sidetrack us
The demoniac possessed with evil spirits….
Any worse off than we are
I am legion, we are many
The roads back into lost ness are legion
We may have said the right words, and prayed the right prayers,
Those do not let us off the hook.
It is very easy to be sidetracked, even lost in life as a chrisitan
To enjoy the world without acknowledging the creator is to be sidetracked.
To take for granted the gift of health is to be sidetracked
To assume that we deserve a life of comfort is to be sidetracked
To be unappreciative of life itself is to be sidetracked
It is to demand for ourselves what we are not promised in life if to be lost
When we fall into a life of comfort
And depend on anything instead of Jesus Christ- we find our way back into lost ness
You can be lost in money, or fame or collecting stuff. [you know if you are]
You lost in worry -needing someone’s approval
So broken that we spend our lives worried sick instead of living
lost in your kids lives-so busy that you cant come to church
they are leaving you, sooner than you think
no marriage left
lost in religious stuff
I know how it is.......be careful!!!!!!
russ clines resolutions
God is bigger than our ideas of him
it all boils down to being Lost in self
we are not in control, but we want to be
Jenny who do you think you are the boss of the world
no but I'd like to be
Maybe its because you were abused as a child
Maybe its because you have low self esteem
Maybe we never learned how to manage life
I think most people can smell the smoke when they are lost. They cant always see the fire, but they know that there is something wrong.
If you are here today and maybe it is time for a change, I invite you to leave that thing that is keeping you separated from God.
If you are a Christian and you are lost or sidetracked in some part of life that is holding you back
We must be willing to see our own dysfunction.
We must be willing to look into our own pain
A bee is stuck in a car…..keeps running into the back window…..
He just cant or wont see that there are other ways
Comic this week – the old pastors says “I have grown tired of expecting you to make leaps of faith, but it would be nice to see a little hop now and then.
Is your Christian some thing that changes and challenges you, or is it a place where you go to Hide
Is you Christian life more like a cave or a tunnel
. A cave is an underground area where one goes in and comes out at the same place, the A tunnel, on the other hand, is where one goes in and comes out in a different place.our faith should lead us in the direction of the light -- knowing that the light at the end of every tunnel is the light of Christ.
Transition
forest gump, after Jenny left him
running and running, for no particular reason
sometimes you have to put your past behind you.
Forest ran for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days, 16 hrs
he just quits..............
I’m tired. I want to go home
Are you tired of running? Stop. Go home. Jesus is waiting
Conclusion
We have a little dog. Sometimes he gets out of the yard. Everyone helps.
When he is lost there is great worry. When we find him, there is great joy.
In this parable, Jesus is telling every one that common people are worth saving.
Telling the Pharisees I am going after these people
And he is telling them that there is much joy in heaven when a lost person comes home.
good news, where ever you are, Jesus is still looking for you
Sometimes to find our way, we have to admit that there are parts of our life that need to be different.
Jesus searching. Jesus is waiting.
Let us pray.
Often when we think of those who are lost, we think of those who do not know Christ.
We have all been lost or lost something
Conchola grandmother who forgot where she parked her car
There is usually one way to get somewhere. One best way. 50 highway to Sedalia. 70 - 13 to Sedalia. I-35, I-29, 71 highway, Wornall Road, not going to get there.
More ways to get lost then there are to help you arrive safely
Back roads, side roads, = sidetracked
Imagine planning a trip to the moon…..cant be off much in your directions or you are lost in space
Christians can develop a spiritual pride that will sidetrack us
The demoniac possessed with evil spirits….
Any worse off than we are
I am legion, we are many
The roads back into lost ness are legion
We may have said the right words, and prayed the right prayers,
Those do not let us off the hook.
It is very easy to be sidetracked, even lost in life as a chrisitan
To enjoy the world without acknowledging the creator is to be sidetracked.
To take for granted the gift of health is to be sidetracked
To assume that we deserve a life of comfort is to be sidetracked
To be unappreciative of life itself is to be sidetracked
It is to demand for ourselves what we are not promised in life if to be lost
When we fall into a life of comfort
And depend on anything instead of Jesus Christ- we find our way back into lost ness
You can be lost in money, or fame or collecting stuff. [you know if you are]
You lost in worry -needing someone’s approval
So broken that we spend our lives worried sick instead of living
lost in your kids lives-so busy that you cant come to church
they are leaving you, sooner than you think
no marriage left
lost in religious stuff
I know how it is.......be careful!!!!!!
russ clines resolutions
God is bigger than our ideas of him
it all boils down to being Lost in self
we are not in control, but we want to be
Jenny who do you think you are the boss of the world
no but I'd like to be
Maybe its because you were abused as a child
Maybe its because you have low self esteem
Maybe we never learned how to manage life
I think most people can smell the smoke when they are lost. They cant always see the fire, but they know that there is something wrong.
If you are here today and maybe it is time for a change, I invite you to leave that thing that is keeping you separated from God.
If you are a Christian and you are lost or sidetracked in some part of life that is holding you back
We must be willing to see our own dysfunction.
We must be willing to look into our own pain
A bee is stuck in a car…..keeps running into the back window…..
He just cant or wont see that there are other ways
Comic this week – the old pastors says “I have grown tired of expecting you to make leaps of faith, but it would be nice to see a little hop now and then.
Is your Christian some thing that changes and challenges you, or is it a place where you go to Hide
Is you Christian life more like a cave or a tunnel
. A cave is an underground area where one goes in and comes out at the same place, the A tunnel, on the other hand, is where one goes in and comes out in a different place.our faith should lead us in the direction of the light -- knowing that the light at the end of every tunnel is the light of Christ.
Transition
forest gump, after Jenny left him
running and running, for no particular reason
sometimes you have to put your past behind you.
Forest ran for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days, 16 hrs
he just quits..............
I’m tired. I want to go home
Are you tired of running? Stop. Go home. Jesus is waiting
Conclusion
We have a little dog. Sometimes he gets out of the yard. Everyone helps.
When he is lost there is great worry. When we find him, there is great joy.
In this parable, Jesus is telling every one that common people are worth saving.
Telling the Pharisees I am going after these people
And he is telling them that there is much joy in heaven when a lost person comes home.
good news, where ever you are, Jesus is still looking for you
Sometimes to find our way, we have to admit that there are parts of our life that need to be different.
Jesus searching. Jesus is waiting.
Let us pray.
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