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(Sm)all things count Small things count…Small people count… The widow of Nain and her deceased son Luke 7:11 The poor widow offering two coppers Mark 12: 43-44 Children and Sheep, both count. Matthew 18:10-14 My lost son was dead, but now he is alive! Joy in Heaven! Luke15:11-32

The rich fool and the bulging barn (Luke 12) 16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’ 20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ 21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”

The lamp on a stand Luke 11:33 – The light within you Mat 5:14-15 – You are the light of the world. Matt 5:16 – Let our light shine before men Luke 8:16 – Do not hide the light within you!  No one lights a lamp and hides it in a clay jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light. (v16)

Love for the lost…one by one Parable of the Lost sheep Luke 15:4-7 4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?  5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep…

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