Two parables of losing and finding 

Luke 15:1-10 (New Living Translation)

1Tax collectors and other notorious sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach.2This made the Pharisees and teachers of religious law complain that he was associating with such sinful people—even eating with them!

3So Jesus told them this story: 4“If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it? 5And when he has found it, he will joyfully carry it home on his shoulders. 6When he arrives, he will call together his friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ 7In the same way, there is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven’t strayed away!

8“Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Won’t she light a lamp and sweep the entire house and search carefully until she finds it? 9And when she finds it, she will call in her friends and neighbors and say, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost coin.’ 10In the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels when even one sinner repents.”

How do these stories help you understand God's love for you?

Jesus said that He came only to seek and save the lost. He is the physician for the sick not for the whole.The problem is that those who think that they are not lost are cheating themselves. Those who think that they are whole are sick indeed. But Jesus came not to seek the so-called righteous in their own eyes but to those who desperately needed a Savior. What is your attitude? Do you feel sick and lost? Do you need His help or can you manage your life without His help?