First Wednesday

First Wednesday: Jordan Smucker

First Wednesday: Jordan Smucker

February 1, 2017

 

Luke 15:1 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Him. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them”. New International Version

 

EACH STORY CONSISTS OF A 4 PART PROGRESSION:

 

            • Something is LOST

            • There is a SEARCH

            • What was lost is FOUND

            • There is a PARTY

 

1. Something is LOST

            •Lost: Displaced, Alone, Broken

 

Compassion: to feel the feelings of another

 

2.  There is a SEARCH

            • Search: seek, go and extend

 

3. What was lost is FOUND

            • Found: a part, connected

 

4. There is a PARTY

            • Party: Freely celebrating others

 

Psalm 68:6 God sets the lonely in families, He leads out the prisoners with singing… New International Version

 

1 Corinthians 11:1 Imitate me, just as I imitate Christ. New King James Version

 

Acts 19:30 Paul wanted to go in… The Living Bible