Lost & Found Fellowship

Lost & Found Fellowship Please join us Sunday mornings at 10:30 am located at 215 S.

Illinois Ave, Oak Ridge TN 37830 (inside the Hampton Inn Conference room)

We are excited to have you all with us and look forward to meeting you all. Lost & Found Fellowship is a small group of Bible believing and teaching believers who seek to reach the lost and hurting within our community with the love and saving power of God in Jesus Christ. We endeavor to fulfill this mission through in-pers

on services as well as online via our established social media platforms. Our Mission:

Representing God to the lost and found for transformation in Christ, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

“In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” -Luke 15:10 (NIV)

Our Vision:

A place where the lost become found and made new in Christ

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” -2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)

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06/02/2026

Good afternoon, Lost & Found Family!
Happy Tuesday, you are not an accident, and today is not a coincidence.

Devotion of the Day "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."
Ephesians 2:8-10 (ESV)

Devotional — You Are His Workmanship

There is a single Greek word tucked into verse 10 that changes everything: poiēma. We get our English word "poem" from it. Paul is saying that you, yes, you, on this ordinary Tuesday, are God's poem. His masterpiece. His crafted work of art. Not a project He abandoned halfway through. Not a rough draft He is embarrassed by. A workmanship, something He deliberately and carefully made.

The contrast in these three verses is stunning. Verses 8 and 9 establish what salvation is not: it is not our doing, not our achievement, not the result of religious effort. Grace means it was a gift before we ever lifted a finger. Faith is the open hand that receives it, not the muscle that earned it. There is nothing left to prove, nothing left to perform, nothing left to earn. The debt was paid; the score is settled; the gift is given.

But verse 10 gives us the beautiful response side: we were created in Christ Jesus for good works, and here is the breathtaking part, which God prepared beforehand. Before you woke up this morning, God had already designed the meaningful moments He wanted to meet you in today. A conversation. An act of kindness. A word of encouragement in the right moment. Your Tuesday is not empty wandering, it is a pre-arranged path of purpose He is inviting you to walk in.

You don't have to manufacture meaning today. You don't have to earn God's approval. You already have it, wrapped up in grace, sealed in Christ. What you get to do is simply walk the road He prepared, eyes open, heart ready, available to whatever He places in your path.

Father, thank You that I don't have to earn Your love today. I receive it as the gift it is. Open my eyes to the good works You've already prepared for me to walk in, the conversations, the small acts, the quiet moments of faithfulness. Use me today as Your workmanship. Amen.

Have a blessed Tuesday, family. You are His poem walk in it today.

06/01/2026

Good morning, Lost & Found Family!
Happy Monday, a fresh new week and a fresh invitation to walk with God.

Devotion of the Day

"For we walk by faith, not by sight."
2 Corinthians 5:7 (ESV)

Devotional — Walking by Faith

Monday morning has a way of confronting us with the week ahead, a to-do list, an uncertain conversation, a plan that may or may not hold. And right into that moment, the Apostle Paul drops one of the most compact, powerful statements in all of Scripture: "We walk by faith, not by sight." Seven words. A complete theology of how the Christian moves through life.

The Greek word Paul uses for walk is peripateō it literally means to walk around, to conduct one's daily life, to live in the pattern of one's everyday steps. This isn't describing a dramatic moment of mountain-moving faith. It's describing Monday. Tuesday. The ordinary rhythm of going and doing and trusting. Faith is not reserved for the big moments it's the mode of the whole walk.

To walk by sight is natural. We want to see the path clearly before we step. We want the outcome confirmed before we commit. We want certainty before we trust. But God consistently calls His people forward into what can only be received by trusting Him. Abraham left without knowing where he was going (Hebrews 11:8). The disciples left their nets before they understood what following Jesus would mean. Faith doesn't require a complete map it requires a trusted Guide.

This week you may be facing something you cannot see your way through clearly. A relationship, a decision, a struggle, an open door that you're not sure is meant for you. Here is the good news: your job is not to see the whole road, your job is to keep walking in trust. The One who goes before you (Deuteronomy 31:8) has already seen every step of this week. You don't walk alone, and you don't walk blind, you walk held.

Lord, this week I choose to trust You more than what I can see. Where my sight fails, let my faith rise. Remind me today that You are ahead of every moment I'm walking toward. Help me take each step in confidence not because the path is clear, but because You are faithful. Amen.

05/30/2026

Devotion of the Day

"Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him."
Psalm 34:8 (ESV)

Devotional — Come and Taste

There is something beautiful about the word taste in this psalm. David doesn't say, "Intellectually accept that the LORD is good," or "Be persuaded by argument that He is good." He says taste a word of direct, personal experience. Just as you cannot truly know what a peach tastes like by reading a description of one, you cannot fully know God's goodness at arm's length. He invites you to draw near, to encounter Him firsthand.

The Hebrew word here is ṭā'am, which carries the sense of perception and personal discernment the kind of knowing that only comes by contact. David wrote this psalm in one of his lowest moments: on the run, pretending to be mad before a foreign king, his life in danger. Yet even in that place, his testimony was the LORD is good. Not "the LORD was good" or "the LORD will be good someday" is good. Right now. In the hard season. In the uncertainty.

"Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him." The word blessed 'esher can be translated happy or fortunate. True happiness, the kind that doesn't evaporate when circumstances turn, is found in refuge in running to God rather than away from Him. This is the counterintuitive freedom of faith: our greatest safety is not distance from the storm, but nearness to the One who walks through it with us.

As you step into this Saturday and prepare your heart for worship tomorrow, consider: where are you looking for goodness? Where are you tempted to seek refuge in something other than Him? Take a moment today to taste to draw near through prayer, through a quiet psalm, through a simple acknowledgment that He is good and He is yours.

Father, help us not to settle for knowing about You when You've invited us to know You. Lead us to taste and see Your goodness today. Let our hearts find their true refuge in You alone not in circumstances, not in comfort, but in Your faithful, steadfast presence. Amen.

Have a restful, grace-filled Saturday and we'll see you at worship tomorrow morning! ❤️

05/29/2026

Devotion of the Day

"And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ."
Philippians 1:6 (ESV)

Devotional — He Will Finish What He Started

Friday has a way of surfacing all the unfinished things. Projects left undone, prayers still waiting for answers, struggles that haven't resolved the way we hoped. It's easy to arrive at the end of the week feeling like you haven't finished that you fell short, stumbled, or fell behind. But Paul, writing from a prison cell, declares something that reframes the whole week: God finishes what He starts.

The Greek word for "bring to completion" here is epiteleō it carries the sense of seeing something all the way through, not abandoning it halfway. Paul isn't speaking about a project God is casually working on. He's speaking about you your faith, your character, your soul. The One who planted the seed of grace in your heart at the moment of salvation is the same One who tends it, waters it, and will see it to full bloom.

This is profoundly freeing. Your spiritual growth doesn't depend on your consistency alone. It rests on the faithfulness of the One who began the work. That doesn't excuse passivity it fuels confidence. You can press through Friday, face the weekend with honest hearts, and walk into Sunday worship without the weight of feeling like you must somehow finish yourself. He is doing that. He will do that.

As you close out this week, rest in this: nothing you've done or failed to do has surprised God or knocked His plan off course. He knew what this week would hold, and He is still at work. The same grace that opened your heart is the grace that's shaping you right now, and it will carry you to completion.

What unfinished area of your life do you need to release into God's hands today? Take a moment to thank Him that He is the Author and the Finisher and He hasn't put down the pen.

Have a restful and meaningful Friday, church family. He who began a good work in you will see it through.

05/28/2026

Devotion of the Day — Colossians 1:16-17 (ESV)

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Colossians 1:16-17 (ESV)

Devotional — The One Who Holds It All Together

Thursdays have a particular weight to them. The week has accumulated, decisions made, conversations still unfinished, the weekend not quite in view yet. It's the kind of day when things can start to feel like they're unraveling at the edges. Which makes Paul's declaration in Colossians 1 nothing short of breathtaking: in him all things hold together.

The Greek word Paul uses is synestēken, from the root sunistēmi, to cohere, to stand together, to be held in unity. This is not passive maintenance. The idea is active, ongoing, continuous: right now, at this very moment, the atoms in your body, the spinning of the earth, the rhythm of your heartbeat, the galaxy overhead it is all being actively upheld by the same Christ who created it. He is not an absentee Creator who wound up the universe and walked away. He is the connective force behind every created thing.

And notice the scope Paul lays out: thrones, dominions, rulers, authorities everything in the cosmic chain of power was created through him and for him. Not just the beautiful things. Not just the comfortable things. All of it. That political tension you're watching. That diagnosis you didn't expect. That relationship that feels fraying. Not one of these exists outside the reach of the One who holds all things together.

Paul writes this to a church in Colossae that was being shaken by false teaching, by fear, by the question of whether Christ was truly enough. His answer is this hymn: He is not just enough. He is before all things. He is the origin and the sustainer. There is nowhere in the cosmos He is not Lord.

So on this Thursday, whatever feels like it's coming loose bring it to the One who holds it all together. He is not overwhelmed by your unfinished week. He is not scrambling to keep up. He was before it all, He holds it all, and He holds you.

Lord Jesus, on this Thursday we confess that we try to hold so much together in our own strength. Remind us today that You are the one sustaining all things including us. We release what we've been gripping too tightly and trust that in You, we will not fall apart. Amen.

05/27/2026

Devotion of the Day

"And do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength."
Nehemiah 8:10 (ESV)

Devotional — The Strength Hidden in Joy

Wednesday has a reputation. It's the middle of the week, caught between the hope of Monday and the relief of Friday. The weight of the week has had time to settle in, and it can start to show. Schedules pile up. Conversations get hard. Energy runs low. Which makes today's word from Nehemiah exactly what we need.

The context of this verse is remarkable. The people of Israel had just heard the Law of God read aloud for the first time in a generation and they wept. Hearing how far they had drifted from God's word broke them. But Ezra and Nehemiah stopped them: "Do not be grieved." Not because their grief wasn't real, but because this was a holy day, a day for celebration. The moment called for a different posture joy.

The Hebrew word for strength here is māʿôz a place of refuge, a stronghold, a fortress. The joy of the LORD isn't a feeling we work up when things go well. It's a foundation we stand on that doesn't shift when things go sideways. It's not happiness that depends on circumstances it's the deep, settled confidence that God is good, that we are His, and that He has not abandoned us. That kind of joy is strength.

Perhaps the most tender thing about this verse is that Nehemiah gave the weeping people a command and an invitation at the same time: go eat, drink, share with others, and do not be grieved. Joy, in Scripture, is often practiced before it is felt. We choose to celebrate the goodness of God in worship, in community, in gratitude and the strength follows.

This midweek Wednesday, whatever you're carrying let today be a holy day. Not because life is easy, but because the LORD is your stronghold. His joy is not far away; it's available right now, as close as a grateful prayer or a shared meal with someone you love.

Lord, we confess that grief and weariness can creep in by midweek. Remind us today that Your joy is not a luxury it is our strength and our fortress. Teach us to practice joy not as denial of difficulty, but as confidence in You. Fill us with Your gladness today. Amen.

05/26/2026

Devotion of the Day — Titus 3:4-5 (ESV)

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit.

Titus 3:4-5 (ESV)

Devotional — Saved by Mercy, Renewed by the Spirit

There is a quiet temptation that follows us into every week the feeling that we must earn our standing with God. That if we just do more, pray more, be better, then perhaps we'll finally be worthy of His love. The Apostle Paul wrote to Titus to cut right through that lie: God did not save us because of works done by us in righteousness. He saved us according to His own mercy.

The Greek word Paul uses for the moment salvation appeared is vivid epiphanō like the rising of the sun over the horizon. The goodness and loving kindness (philanthrōpia, literally "love of mankind") of God appeared. It broke into human history in the person of Jesus Christ, not because we had made ourselves deserving, but because God looked on our need and chose to act. Mercy is not earned. It is given.

But Paul doesn't stop at forgiveness. He points to something remarkable: the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit. This is not merely a pardon it is a new life. The Spirit doesn't just clean the surface; He regenerates from the inside out. Every morning you wake up, that same Spirit is at work in you, continuing His renewing work. You are not who you were. You are not stuck.

On a Tuesday in the middle of an ordinary week, that is remarkable news. You don't have to white-knuckle your way through today in your own strength or righteousness. You have been washed and renewed. The Spirit who raised Christ from the dead is the same Spirit dwelling in you right now.

Take a moment this morning to release any striving. Thank God that your standing before Him rests entirely on His mercy not your performance. Ask the Holy Spirit to renew your mind and heart as you step into this day. You are His not because of what you've done, but because of what He has done.

05/25/2026

Devotion of the Day —Psalm 23:1–3 (ESV)

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.

Psalm 23:1–3 (ESV)

Devotional — He Restores My Soul

Monday has a way of arriving before we feel ready. The weekend slips by, the week stretches out ahead, and sometimes we step into it already feeling the weight of everything we're carrying. If that's where you are this morning, Psalm 23 was written for you.

David, a shepherd himself, penned the most beloved poem in all of Scripture from a place of hard-won experience. He knew what it meant to watch over sheep, to guide them away from danger and toward rest. And he recognized in God the very thing he tried to be for his flock: a Shepherd who doesn't just know the path, but who goes ahead and leads. "The LORD is my shepherd." Not was. Not will be. Is. Present tense. Right now. On this Monday morning.

Notice what the Shepherd does: He makes His sheep lie down in green pastures. That word "makes" is gentle but intentional, sheep that are anxious, threatened, or hungry won't lie down on their own. The Shepherd creates the conditions for rest. He leads beside still waters, the Hebrew is menuhot mayim, waters of rest, calm waters, because sheep can drown in a rushing current. He knows our limits better than we do. And then comes the line that anchors the whole psalm: "He restores my soul."

The Hebrew nafshi (my soul) is your whole being your will, your emotions, your inner life. The verb shûv means to turn back, to return, to be brought home. The Shepherd brings us back to ourselves back to peace, back to purpose, back to Him. What a promise for a Monday. Whatever last week took out of you, whatever this week is already asking of you the Shepherd is not finished restoring.

Let today begin not with your to-do list, but with a simple acknowledgment: The LORD is my shepherd. I am His sheep. I shall not want.

Lord, we come to You this Monday morning as sheep who need a Shepherd. Restore what is depleted in us. Lead us beside still waters when the rush of the week threatens to sweep us away. We trust that You know the path, and we choose to follow You today. You are enough. Amen.

05/24/2026

Devotion of the Day — John 10:11, 14–15 (ESV)

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep... I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep."John 10:11, 14–15 (ESV)

Devotional — Known by the Shepherd

In a world full of noise and uncertainty, these words of Jesus cut straight to the heart: "I know my own." Not "I know about you" but I know you. The same intimate knowledge that exists between the Father and the Son is the very knowledge Christ has of every soul who belongs to Him. That is staggering. That is grace.

The word Jesus chooses here shepherd would have stirred deep resonance in His hearers. They knew Psalm 23. They knew what it meant to watch a shepherd risk his life for a wandering sheep. But those were earthly shepherds. Jesus declares something altogether different: a Shepherd who lays down His life willingly, not reluctantly. The cross was not an accident. It was the act of a Shepherd who loved His flock all the way to death and through it.

And here is the tender beauty of this passage: the knowing goes both ways. "I know my own and my own know me." We are not strangers to Him, and He is not a distant deity to us. Sunday worship is, at its heart, a flock gathering around their Shepherd recognizing His voice, responding to His call, resting in His care. When we walk through those doors today, we come not to perform religion, but to be with the One who already knows us fully and loves us completely.

Let that truth shape how you enter worship this morning. You are known. You are carried. You are His.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank You that You are not a hired hand who flees when things get hard You are the Good Shepherd who laid down Your life for us. As we gather today, quiet our hearts to hear Your voice. Remind us that we belong to You, and let that security flow through everything we do and say. In Your name, Amen.

05/24/2026

Devotion of the Day — Isaiah 6:1-3 (ESV)

In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called to another and said:
*"Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory!"*

Devotional — Preparing to Enter His Presence

Isaiah's vision didn't begin with a strategy or a sermon. It began with a sight the Lord, high and lifted up, His glory filling the temple. And what was the sound that filled that holy space? Not applause for a program or admiration for a building it was the ceaseless, thundering anthem of heaven: Holy, holy, holy.

Tomorrow morning, we will gather for worship. And whether we meet in a hotel ballroom or a cathedral, the invitation is the same as it was for Isaiah: to see the Lord not just go through the motions, but to actually behold who He is. The seraphim covered their faces, not because God was harsh, but because His holiness is so magnificent, so weighty, that even angelic beings are undone in His presence.

The Hebrew word qadosh (holy) means set apart, utterly other there is no one like Him. And yet the same God who filled the temple with the train of His robe draws near to ordinary people in ordinary places. That's the miracle of Sunday worship: heaven and earth touch. The Most High meets the most humble.

Go into tomorrow unhurried. Arrive ready to see. Lay down the week behind you its pressures, its noise, its unfinished business and lift your eyes to the One who is enthroned, who reigns, and whose glory fills the whole earth. Let the congregation's song be your "Holy, holy, holy" too.

Lord, open our eyes tomorrow to see You as Isaiah saw You high, lifted up, glorious, and near. Prepare our hearts to worship in spirit and in truth. We come not for an event, but for You. Amen.

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