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Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable... Luke 15:1-3

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 who repents. Luke 15:8-10

We know God highly values us because He looks for us.

And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. Genesis 3:8-9a

You did not choose me, but I chose you... John 15:16

We know God highly values us because He listens to us.

But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.” Genesis 3:9-10

I waited patently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry. Psalm 40:2

We know God loves us because He reconciles us.

And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and and clothed them.” Genesis 3:21

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. John 3:16-17

Response & Reflection || CommunityGroup Discussion Questions

Why do you think Jesus tells this story of the “Lost Coin?”

What do you think Jesus is saying about you in this story?

Read 1 John 3:1-2. How does this Bible verse relate to the story? Why or Why not?

In the story of the lost coin, the woman cries “I have found the coin...”, in your life, how do you feel found?

How do you celebrate being found by Jesus? If you do not believe you have been found by Jesus, why?