Part 3 | Easter The Sposed-to Sunday
SERIES THEME: The parable of the Prodigal Son is the story of God’s unfailing Love. We meet a timeless story about the contrast between the heart of man and the heart of God. The word prodigal means “wasted”. And the beauty of this story is that God can redeem what seems lost. Chances are you’ve got a friend or family member who’s acted the part of the prodigal. This three week series leading up to Easter will be the PERFECT time to invite them with you to church. Take time to pray for them to come, maybe even fasting and praying so that God’s awakening work will transpire in their life. The message of our Father has always been the same no matter how discouraging someone’s journey may seem: Come Home!interacts with the people on screen who we often see in ourselves.
From Luke 15:25-32
You’ve become an “Older Brother” when:
1. You but don’t .
📖 Luke 15:25-26 (ESV) “Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.”
📖 Ephesians 2:8-9 (ESV) For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
📖 Psalm 100:1-2 (ESV) Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! 2 Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!
📖 Psalm 122:1 (ESV) I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD!”
📖 Leviticus 23:39 (ESV) “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the Lord seven days.”
📖 Luke 15:27-28 (ESV) And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.’ 28 But he was angry and refused to go in.
You’ve become an “Older Brother” when:
2. You out of .
📖 Luke 15:29 (ESV) but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.’
You’ve become an “Older Brother” when:
3. You’re from and .
📖 Luke 15:30 (ESV) ‘But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’
📖 Luke 15:31 (ESV) And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours’.
📖 John 16:32 (ESV) I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
📖 Matthew 28:18 (ESV) “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.”
Sermon in a Sentence:
Jesus is our true , us out, us to the , and us to the of heaven.
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