Luke 15:8 - Sarah Price

I've been drawn recently to this scripture;

Luke 15:8 'Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully, until she finds it.'

In this simple verse, the Lord showed me three action points to encourage us with, for the year ahead:

1. Light a lamp - in psalm 119 it says; your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Make reading the word a priority more than ever this year, it will guide you and hold you fast, giving you everything you need.

2. Sweep the house - be Holy as God is Holy. Where there is sin or things hidden in your life, deal with them, love and forgive others, think on good things, choose to rise above arguments and disagreements that would distract you from His calling.

And finally ...

3. Search carefully - give careful consideration to the words you speak, our words are like a searchlight in the darkness. They have power to search the hearts of men, to reveal what is hidden, and draw people out of darkness into light. The power of life and death is in the words that we speak over ourselves and others. There will be much fruit when we choose them carefully.