This message is about discovering something or someone who is lost and how the joy that floods a soul-winner's heart cannot be described in words but can only be felt in a heart that has already experienced the grace of God.

(Luke 15:8-10) (8) "Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?" (9) "And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbors together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost." (10) "Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth."

Dear readers, this parable gives us a glance at how important the lost are to God, and the great theologian "Charles Spurgeon" says it best when he wrote in one of his journals that "The lost belong to God whether they know it or not,"

Beloved readers, did you know that the lost piece of silver did not lose its value? Nor did it belong to someone else, but notice how the woman in this parable described the lost coin as being her property, which shows us that although the money was lost, it did not lose its value, nor did she not lose her right as ownership of it when it slipped out of her hand and fell upon the floor.

Dear readers, notice how the parable says that she lit a candle and swept the house until she found it, and see how she called her neighbors to come and rejoice with her because she had lost a valuable piece of property and now that she has found it, the excitement in finding the lost coin sets the mood for a celebration.

Saints, there is something about finding a lost item, especially one of great importance and value like the lost coin in this parable, which probably was lost from the headband that married women wear, consisting of ten pieces of silver attached to a silver ring that they wore around their head.

Beloved, can you imagine how this woman felt in losing her coin, especially if it was one of the ten coins her husband had given her to wear in public, which tells everyone that she is spoken for in marriage? Can you imagine the embarrassment she would face if she had lost the coin by being careless?

Dear Saints, this lost coin gives us a loving message to a troubled world, especially those serving time behind bars paying back their debt to society for crimes they committed.

Saints, Can't you see how this message will affect someone who has been rejected all their life by family members, telling them they were a mistake and a disgrace to all they meet?

Beloved Saints and fellow peers, this parable reveals to us the heart of God toward lost, broken humanity and why our life should be a light to a dark world as we go about carefully searching for the lost when we find them, lead them to the one who recognized their value and willfully gave his life over two thousand years ago on an old Roman cross to pay the sin debt that they may have a right to the tree of life and be adopted into the family of God.

Dear reader, the bottom line to this message is recognizing the value of one soul before God and rejoicing with God when sinners repent in humble submission before him and not be like the religious leaders of that day who complained when the tax collectors and sinners drew near to hear what Jesus had to say concerning the joy that fills God's heart when the lost are found and brought to him.

Beloved, can you picture with me in your mind the God of mercy stretching forth his hands, demonstrating his love and amazing grace through this message that he receives lost sinners in the condition that they are in so he can forgive them and wash them in the blood of his Son showing us reading this today that salvation is not of merit's which our good deeds can earn. Still, salvation is by grace through faith, which can be described as God's merciful, unmerited favor.