PJP2 PROLOG - 161206 - PROLOG Focus: Luke 15:3-7........SHEEP - Psalm 79:13 (ESV/emphasis added/jaj)...."BUT we Your people, The SHEEP Of Your Pasture, Will Give Thanks To You Forever; From generation to generation we Will Recount Your Praise.".... PJP2 PROLOG POST - 161206 - SHEEP - Luke 15:3-7 (ESV/emphasis added/jaj)...."So Jesus told them This Parable: 'What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he Has Lost One of them, Does Not Leave the ninety-nine in the open country, And GO After The One that is lost, UNTIL he Finds IT? And When he Has Found IT, he Lays IT On his shoulders, REJOICING. And When he Comes Home, he Calls Together his friends and his neighbors, Saying to them, ‘REJOICE With me, For I Have Found my SHEEP that was lost.’ Just So, I Tell you, There Will Be More JOY In Heaven Over ONE sinner who REPENTS than over ninety-nine Righteous persons who need No Repentance.'".... Our Lord Jesus' Gospel needs to be Viewed in it's entirety - that is..... .....The First Advent; His Earthly Mission (Round 1); His Passion; His Resurrection; His Returning to Heaven; His Building His Church via His Holy Spirit's In-Dwelling; His Second Advent; The New Heaven, New Earth, New Jerusalem AND God With us Forever As The SHEEP of His Pasture, we, as well, would be wise to consider The FACT that Luke 19:10(ESV/emphasis added/jaj)...."For The Son Of Man Came To SEEK And To SAVE the lost.”.... The Parable Of The Lost SHEEP Summarizes these Concepts quite well.... Consider....our Lord Jesus LEFT His Heavenly Home to SEEK and To SAVE us, His Lost SHEEP; He Laid us On His Shoulders by Going To His CROSS and Giving Himself Up for us as Payment for our sins; He Has Returned to God The Father, AND When we, His SHEEP, Finally Accept, Repent and Return to HIM.....Look Out, There is ONE BIG PARTY ("More JOY In Heaven") going on..... SO....if you are Now One of The 99 - OUTSTANDING! Keep Reflecting His GRACE as a Beacon. IF you are One of The Lost, those who do Not Yet Know Him, our Great Shepherd is Still SEEKING to SAVE.....Please Come to Him and Be At Rest. Here's my Prayer for us today.....Psalm 30:1-2, 4-5, 10-12 (ESV/emphasis & paraphrase added/jaj)....O Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit, Father God, we Will Extol You, O Lord, For You Have Drawn us Up to You. Holy Spirit, Thank You, Because of Your Presence and Protection, You Have Not let our foes rejoice over us. O Father God, our Lord and our God, we Have Cried To You For Your HELP, and Thank You, for Your Have Healed us, in The Way You Know Best for us. Lord Jesus we Sing Praises To You, O Lord! Oh Brothers and Sisters of our Lord's Household of HOPE, Join with us and Give Thanks To His Holy NAME! O Lord Jesus, Because of Your GRACE, Your Sacrifice, and Your Resurrection, You Have Interceded for us, and Thus God The Father's Anger Is BUT For A Moment. Holy Spirit, Because of Your Presence Within us, God The Father's Favor/GRACE is For A Lifetime, even Eternity. Oh Family of the FAITH, Even Though, Because of Challenges, our Weeping May Tarry for the night. Remember that His JOY Comes With His Morning. O Lord Jesus, Hear our Prayers, O Lord, And Be Merciful To us! O Holy Spirit, our Lord, Ever Be our HELPER! Father God, we Thank You, for Because of Your GRACE, You Have Turned For us our mourning Into Dancing! Holy Spirit, Because of Your Presence Within us, You have loosed our sackcloth And Clothed us With Gladness. To You, O Lord, we Raise Your Glory for All to See. May we Sing Your Praise, O Lord our God, And NOT be silent. O Lord Jesus, You Are our God, our Savior, and we Will Give Thanks To You Forever! In Your Holy Name we Lift Up our Praise and Prayers....Amen and Amen....jaj