Power of found

Clint Smith preached last night at our church and I thought of Step 4 in this week’s lesson “Call to Faith”, based on Romans 10:14-18,21. He spoke about being LOST and the power of FOUND, that is the joy in heaven over finding one lost sheep, or coin, or one prodigal son (see Luke 15).

Clint challenged us to get in on the “power of found?” How can we experience the joy of being part of a lost one’s finding?

One idea it to hide an object in the classroom before class and then for this step have members search the room for the item. Discuss afterwards what they had to do to find it. Members had to be deliberate in their search. They had to actively look. They had to encourage one another. They had to have a concern for the lost item otherwise they wouldn’t have searched. If the item happened to be animate, they could have called out and by hearing the lost one could have been found. Discuss the feelings of finding the item. Thru analogy and discussion encourage members to experience the power of found.