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OUR DAILY BREAD                        Monday, July 11, 1994
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READ: Luke 15:1-10

                      "JOY OVER ONE"

         There is joy in the presence of the
       angels of God over one sinner who repents.

                             - Luke 15:10

        Many Christians have succumbed to the false notion
that their witness to one individual doesn't count for much.
But that certainly isn't supported by what we read in the
Gospels.  Even though Jesus' public ministry was limitedto a
little more than 3 years. He was never "too big" to deal
with one person at a time.

        It's true that Jesus preached to multitudes in
Judea, fed 5,000 people gathered by the Sea of Galilee, and
ministered to the crowds in Capernaum. Yet, He never lost
the sight of the value of one soul.

        How encouraging to read of His conversation at night
with an individual named Nicodemus (John 3); of His visit
with one woman at the well of Samaria (John 4); and of His
personal interest in one little man Zaccheus, who was sit-
ting up in a sycamore tree (Luke 19). How thrilled he must
have been when Jesus singled him out of the multitude and
said, "Zaccheus, make haste and come down, for today I must
stay at your house" (v.5).

        If you are ever tempted to minimize the value of
your personal, individual witness to a single soul, remember
Jesus' example. The Bible says there is Joy in heaven over
one sinner who repents!

Author:  Richard W. De Haan II

        The One who made the heavens,
        Who died on Calvary,
        Rejoices with His angels
        When one soul is set free. - Fasick

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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Never underestimate the value of a single soul.

The Bible in One Year:  Isaiah 13-15

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