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Our Daily Bread - Wednesday, October 27, 2016
by RBC Ministries

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I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
-Luke 15:7

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Jeremiah 12-14
2 Timothy 1

While on a ministry trip with a Christian high school chorale to Jamaica, we witnessed an illustration of God's love in action. On the day we visited an orphanage for disabled children and teens, we learned that Donald, one of the boys our kids had interacted with - a teen with cerebral palsy - was going to be adopted.
When the adopting couple arrived at the "base" where we were staying, it was a joy to talk to them about Donald. But what was even better was what happened later. We were at the base when Donald and his new parents arrived just after they had picked him up at the orphanage. As the brand-new mom embraced her son, our students gathered around her and sang praise songs. Tears flowed. Tears of joy. And Donald was beaming!
Later, one of the students said to me, "This reminds me of what it must be like in heaven when someone is saved. The angels rejoice because someone has been adopted into God's family." Indeed, it was a picture of the joy of heaven when someone new joins God's forever family by faith in Christ. Jesus spoke of that grand moment when He said, "There will bejoy in heaven over one sinner who repents" (Luke 15:7).
Praise God that He has adopted us into His family. No wonder the angels rejoice! - Dave Branon
The One who made the heavens,
Who died on Calvary,
Rejoices with His angels
When one soul is set free. - Fasick

Angels rejoice when we repent.

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