# Lost and Found - The Gospels

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 12 Mar 2024, 11 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 172. Jesus told stories about finding lost things, like a shepherd finding his sheep and a woman finding her coin, showing how happy it makes everyone when something lost is found. He also told a story about a father who threw a big party for his son who came back home after making some big mistakes, teaching us that everyone deserves forgiveness. These stories help us understand that being kind and forgiving is really important and makes everyone, including God, very happy. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: And he arose and came to his father. But while
[0:04] Speaker 1: he was still a long way off, his father saw
[0:06] Speaker 1: him and felt compassion and ran and embraced him and
[0:10] Speaker 1: kissed him. Luke 15 20. Dear God, your love is
[0:15] Speaker 1: so deep. You are such a faithful God who never
[0:19] Speaker 1: gives up on us. Thank you for reminding us today
[0:22] Speaker 1: that there is nowhere we can go where you are
[0:25] Speaker 1: not with us. Thank you for your love and forgiveness
[0:29] Speaker 1: and grace when we need it most thank you for
[0:32] Speaker 1: being our loving shepherd and carrying us home in Jesus
[0:36] Speaker 1: name amen.
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[1:12] Speaker 3: Lost and found. In our last story.
[1:16] Speaker 4: We learned about the story of the Good Samaritan and
[1:19] Speaker 4: what it means to love our neighbor with all our
[1:23] Speaker 4: heart and soul and mind and strength.
[1:27] Speaker 3: In this story, we learn about the story of the
[1:31] Speaker 3: lost sheep, coin, and sons, as inspired by the Gospels.
[1:40] Speaker 1: Hi, everyone. It's Julianne Thompson, guest hosting for Julia Jeffress
[1:43] Speaker 1: Sadler here. Welcome back for another story from the Kids
[1:47] Speaker 1: Bible in a Year podcast. Lost and found. That's the
[1:51] Speaker 1: topic of today's story. We're going to see what a
[1:54] Speaker 1: little sheep a coin, and an impatient son all have
[1:58] Speaker 1: in common. Let's dive in.
[2:02] Speaker 4: There were many sinners and tax collectors hanging out with Jesus,
[2:06] Speaker 4: listening to what he.
[2:07] Speaker 3: Had to say.
[2:09] Speaker 4: The religious leaders were surprised that he would eat and
[2:11] Speaker 4: talk with sinners. Jesus went on to tell the people
[2:15] Speaker 4: some stories. There was a shepherd who had.
[2:18] Speaker 3: 100 sheep and one went missing.
[2:22] Speaker 4: He was worried about that one lost sheep and couldn't
[2:25] Speaker 4: let him keep wandering alone. So he left the 99
[2:29] Speaker 4: sheep to go look for the one that was lost
[2:31] Speaker 4: and far from home. When he found the sheep, he
[2:34] Speaker 4: placed it on his shoulders and returned home. When he
[2:38] Speaker 4: was home, he had all of his friends and neighbors
[2:41] Speaker 4: join him in celebrating the lost sheep that was found.
[2:45] Speaker 4: This is how it is in heaven when one sinner
[2:48] Speaker 4: asks for forgiveness. All of heaven rejoices.
[2:52] Speaker 3: Then there was a woman. who had ten coins but
[2:55] Speaker 3: lost one.
[2:56] Speaker 4: She completely searched her house until she found that missing coin.
[3:02] Speaker 4: She put on a light and looked through every part
[3:05] Speaker 4: of her house. She checked under the bed, in all
[3:08] Speaker 4: of her drawers, even under the rug. She did not
[3:11] Speaker 4: stop looking until the coin was found. When she finally
[3:15] Speaker 4: found it, all of her friends and family celebrated the
[3:18] Speaker 4: lost coin being found. The angels in heaven also rejoice
[3:23] Speaker 4: when even one sinner turns to God. There was also
[3:28] Speaker 4: a man with two sons, and he had an inheritance
[3:31] Speaker 4: for each of them. He would make sure that it
[3:34] Speaker 4: was given to them after he died. The youngest son
[3:38] Speaker 4: wanted his inheritance before his father died, so his father
[3:42] Speaker 4: gave it to him.
[3:44] Speaker 3: But it made him very sad.
[3:46] Speaker 4: He loved his son so much that he gave it
[3:49] Speaker 4: to him, even though it broke his heart to see
[3:52] Speaker 4: his son take the money and leave. The son left
[3:55] Speaker 4: home and spent all the money on parties and living
[3:58] Speaker 4: a sinful lifestyle. He continued to spend it until he
[4:02] Speaker 4: ran out of all his inheritance. The son became broke
[4:07] Speaker 4: and had no food to eat, so he went to
[4:09] Speaker 4: hire himself out to a Gentile to work in a
[4:13] Speaker 4: pig pen. He found himself living with pigs and eating
[4:17] Speaker 4: the scraps that were given to them, He realized that
[4:20] Speaker 4: his father's servants ate better than him, and he wanted
[4:23] Speaker 4: to go home. He knew that life would be better
[4:26] Speaker 4: for him if he went back home. He was going
[4:29] Speaker 4: to tell his father that he was sorry and ask
[4:31] Speaker 4: to be one of his servants.
[4:33] Speaker 3: He felt that he was.
[4:34] Speaker 4: No longer worthy enough to be his son because he
[4:37] Speaker 4: wasted his inheritance. When he was almost home, his father
[4:41] Speaker 4: ran over to him and gave him a really big hug.
[4:45] Speaker 4: The son said, Father, I am sorry. I should no
[4:50] Speaker 4: longer be your son because of what I have done.
[4:52] Speaker 4: But his father said to the servants, Get him clothes
[4:57] Speaker 4: and a family ring. Kill the fattest cow so we
[5:01] Speaker 4: can have a feast and celebrate. My son is now
[5:05] Speaker 4: alive and found.
[5:07] Speaker 3: Everyone began to celebrate.
[5:09] Speaker 4: The oldest son wondered why there was a celebration taking place.
[5:14] Speaker 4: He heard that his brother was back and his father
[5:17] Speaker 4: threw him a party. This made him very mad and upset.
[5:21] Speaker 4: He said to his father, I have worked for you
[5:24] Speaker 4: all these years and you have never let me kill
[5:27] Speaker 4: a goat so I could celebrate with my friends. But
[5:30] Speaker 4: when your other son comes back from living a crazy life,
[5:34] Speaker 4: you throw.
[5:35] Speaker 3: Him a party.
[5:37] Speaker 4: The father replied, you are always with me and all
[5:41] Speaker 4: I have is yours. Let us celebrate because your brother
[5:46] Speaker 4: was dead and is now.
[5:50] Speaker 3: He was lost, but now he is found.
[5:58] Speaker 1: Today's story opens with lots of sinners and tax collectors
[6:02] Speaker 1: gathering around Jesus. And no surprise, some angry Pharisees. They
[6:08] Speaker 1: must have been asking each other, why does he always
[6:12] Speaker 1: have to spend so much time with these sinners? They
[6:15] Speaker 1: just didn't get it. But Jesus was about to help
[6:19] Speaker 1: them understand. He shared three parables with the crowd, all
[6:24] Speaker 1: making the same point. Jesus spent time with sinners because
[6:29] Speaker 1: they were the ones who were lost and needed to
[6:32] Speaker 1: be found. The first story is about a shepherd with
[6:35] Speaker 1: 99 sheep and one runaway. Can you imagine leaving 99
[6:42] Speaker 1: sheep to go find that one lost one? Who would
[6:46] Speaker 1: do that? Jesus would. Jesus gives us a beautiful picture
[6:51] Speaker 1: in the story of a loving father who comes to
[6:53] Speaker 1: find us, picks us up, and carries us home on
[6:57] Speaker 1: his shoulders. If you ever feel like because of what
[7:00] Speaker 1: you've done, God is no longer your friend, I hope
[7:04] Speaker 1: you remember.
[7:05] Speaker 3: The picture of the shepherd.
[7:07] Speaker 1: He loves you so much he would never ever leave you.
[7:12] Speaker 1: No matter what you do or where you go, He'll
[7:15] Speaker 1: find you and carry you back home. And then everyone
[7:19] Speaker 1: will celebrate. Jesus said this is what happens in heaven
[7:23] Speaker 1: when one sinner, like a tax collector, asks God for
[7:27] Speaker 1: forgiveness and comes back home to God. All of heaven
[7:31] Speaker 1: throws a party. The second story we heard is about
[7:35] Speaker 1: a woman with 10 coins. We heard that she lost
[7:39] Speaker 1: one and searched her whole house until she found it.
[7:43] Speaker 1: Jesus said that all of her friends and family celebrated
[7:46] Speaker 1: with her again, just like the angels in heaven rejoice
[7:49] Speaker 1: when one sinner comes home. The last story is one
[7:54] Speaker 1: you've probably heard before. We call it the lost son
[7:58] Speaker 1: or the prodigal son. We met a father who loved
[8:02] Speaker 1: his two sons very much. He was going to give
[8:05] Speaker 1: them a lot of money after he died, but his
[8:08] Speaker 1: youngest son just couldn't wait that long. The father gave
[8:12] Speaker 1: him his money early and off he went. Jesus said
[8:15] Speaker 1: it made this father so very sad to see him
[8:18] Speaker 1: leave home. Then, as we heard, the son wasted and
[8:22] Speaker 1: spent all his money. He was so desperate for food
[8:25] Speaker 1: and money that he went to work in a pig pen.
[8:30] Speaker 1: Once this son realized that his father's servants were eating
[8:33] Speaker 1: better than him, he decided to go home with his
[8:36] Speaker 1: head hung low. He must have been thinking things like,
[8:40] Speaker 1: Will my dad say, I told you so? Will he
[8:44] Speaker 1: even let me stay at his house? Will he tell
[8:47] Speaker 1: me how disappointed he is in me? But as we heard,
[8:51] Speaker 1: that's not what happened at all. Jesus said that when
[8:55] Speaker 1: his son was still a long way off, his father
[8:58] Speaker 1: saw him, ran to him, and gave him the biggest
[9:02] Speaker 1: hug ever, a kiss too. The son said, I'm sorry.
[9:07] Speaker 1: And the father said, nevermind. Let's have a huge party
[9:11] Speaker 1: to celebrate your coming home. Just like the lost sheep
[9:16] Speaker 1: and the lost coin and the lost son was found.
[9:20] Speaker 1: And it was time to rejoice. This is such a
[9:24] Speaker 1: great reminder for us. We need to remember that if
[9:27] Speaker 1: and when we ever wander away from God, He is
[9:31] Speaker 1: so happy when we come back home to Him. There
[9:35] Speaker 1: may be times in your life when you stop praying
[9:38] Speaker 1: for a while. Don't really pick up your Bible and
[9:41] Speaker 1: don't go to church much. But when you realize that
[9:45] Speaker 1: you can't live this life without him, and you will
[9:48] Speaker 1: realize that, he's right there, ready to hug you and
[9:52] Speaker 1: welcome you back home. And how about this? Even the
[9:56] Speaker 1: angels are having a party. Thanks for being here today.
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