Importance of “One”

1 Chronicles 14; 1 Chronicles 15; Psalm 132; Matthew 18
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Scripture

Matthew 18

12"What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? 13And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. 14In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.

Observation

Drifting is something that comes easy it seems for sheep and for church members.
Normally I don’t think a person decides to quit and drop out church just like that, no I think it is a gradual thing of missing a Sunday here and there and then maybe missing two, then three in a row, and then they are hardly coming at all.

God rejoices whenever one of his “spiritual sheep” returns and begins serving again. Right now we have too many that are drifting and too many that need to return and get plugged in again.

Application

I am going after the drifters. Do you know any that you could call?

Prayer

Heavenly Father, help our people shepherd those under their care. I pray that those that are drifting will return to You and will get back into the body of Christ. Thank You that You have empowered us to live for You. We don’t have to live lives that don’t count and lives that are powerless.

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