Life Lessons From The Book of Luke | Week 15 - Ps. Micah Pelkey

2022-01-11

Comeback: To return, regain, or recover. Luke 15 11 Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger son said to his father, ‘Give me now the part of your property that I am supposed to receive someday.’ So the father divided his wealth between his two sons. 13 “A few days later the younger son gathered up all that he had and left. He traveled far away to another country, and there he wasted his money living like a fool. 14 After he spent everything he had, there was a terrible famine throughout the country. He was hungry and...

Comeback: To return, regain, or recover.

Luke 15

11 Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons.

12 The younger son said to his father, ‘Give me now the part of your property that I am supposed to receive someday.’ So the father divided his wealth between his two sons.

13 “A few days later the younger son gathered up all that he had and left. He traveled far away to another country, and there he wasted his money living like a fool.

14 After he spent everything he had, there was a terrible famine throughout the country. He was hungry and he needed money.

15 So he went and got a job with one of the people who lived there. The man sent him into the fields to feed pigs.

16 He was so hungry that he wanted to eat the food the pigs were eating. But no one gave him anything.

17 “The son realized that he had been very foolish. He thought, ‘All my father’s hired workers have plenty of food. But here I am, almost dead because I have nothing to eat.

18 I will leave and go to my father. I will say to him: Father, I have sinned against God and have done wrong to you.

19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son. But let me be like one of your hired workers.’

20 So he left and went to his father. “While the son was still a long way off, his father saw him coming and felt sorry for him. So he ran to him and hugged and kissed him.

Selfishness can come early in life.

Give Me

We often underestimate where a “give me” mentality is going to take us.

It’s not always wise to get your way.

Distance can become dangerous.

Churchgoers are like coals in a fire. When they cling together, they keep the flame aglow; when they separate, they die out.

— Billy Graham

What have you wasted?

What am I wasting right now?

How did I end up here?

When you have nothing left but God, you have more than enough to start over again.

— Mother Teresa