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“LOST”                 Psalm 127, Luke 15               November 9th, 2025 

1. What are some different kinds of target practice that you have tried? What other kinds of targets might there be?

2. What are some words the Bible uses to describe sin and the sinful condition?

3. What is the distinction between sinful behavior and sinful condition? Which of these makes parenting especially hard?

4. Turn to Luke 15. Read over verses 1 through 3. What criticism was Jesus facing? What form does this criticism take today? How does this criticism relate to the following parables?

5. What actions by the shepherd stand out to you? In what way does our Shepherd do that today? How can a parent shepherd in this way?

6. What is meant by the phrase, “coins don’t lose themselves”? (See verses 8-10) How does this relate to parenting?

7. What similarities do you note between the three parables? What differences do you note?

8. What is different about how each of the three were lost? Why, and how, would each of the three reasons be treated differently?

9. How can a parent tell the difference between these three reasons, in their child’s behavior?

10. How does the idea of seeing your child as “lost” help someone in their parenting? How does 2 Corinthians 5:15 help our understanding?

11. What change in attitude or mindset comes from seeing your child as “lost”? How will you help them understand their condition, even more than merely correcting their behavior?