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Reflections on Youth, Faith, and the Prodigal Son

Gratitude for the youth and their efforts, acknowledging the courage it takes for them to stand up.
- Personal connection to youth retreats since 2003, emphasizing God’s consistent presence and miraculous works at these events.
- “Not one time did He not show up in a mighty way. Not one time. And I thank God for that.”
Challenge to go with God, even when it’s difficult, trusting that God will not fail when effort is made.

Luke 15: The Parable of the Prodigal Son

The younger son’s journey into a far country, wasting his substance with riotous living, leading to famine and desperation.
- “The younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.”
The father’s compassion and forgiveness upon the son’s return, highlighting the themes of repentance and restoration.
- “But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.”
Prayer for open hearts to transformation, acknowledging resistance to change and the need for God to move and fix what is broken.
- Confession of personal inability to effect change, trusting in God’s guidance as sheep.
- Desire for a powerful love within the community, fostering love for God, one another, and sinners.
The 15th chapter of Luke encompasses the lost coin, the lost son, and the lost sheep.

Spiritual State and God’s Unfailing Love

Challenge to those who feel spiritually distant, reminding them of the possibility of return, as illustrated by the prodigal son.
Emphasis on God’s consistency and unfailing presence, even during times of straying.
- “God doesn’t fail them. He never stops being our Father.”
- Personal testimony of God’s pursuit even when not actively seeking Him.
Acknowledging that not everyone will choose God, but emphasizing the importance of personal decisions and commitment.
- “You can’t control what a person does. They’ve got to make a decision at some point in their life.”
Personal testimony of committing to the Lord Jesus, selling out 100%, and laying life in His hands.

The Price of Running from God

The consequences of running from God and chasing worldly things, including the inability to undo certain experiences.
- “There’s a great price for running from God… there are things that happen during that time you can’t unhappen.”
Affirmation of God’s unwavering love and willingness to be a shepherd, even without being asked.
- “He never stopped loving him. And he never will for him. He’s always there.”
- “He told me he was my shepherd. He informed me for him the day that he saved me.”
Warning to the youth about the consequences of poor choices, using the analogy of the Raiders of the Lost Ark.
- “If you make a bad decision, there’s bad consequences that follow.”
Gratitude for never losing the position as a son, emphasizing that those born again have a shepherd who will seek them out.
- “Thank God that I never lost my position as a son. I never, for it was once lost.”
- “He will leave the 90 and die safe in the pool. And he’ll come after you if you’re one of his.”

Love, Choices, and Commitment

Prayer for the youth to be filled with love from the church, emphasizing the power of prayer in lifting them up.
- Acknowledging the choices they will make in the coming years and their potential impact.
- “Over the next year, two years, three years, five years, some of them are going to start making choices, friend, as I go. That’ll cost them or it’ll benefit them for the rest of their days.”
Warning against basing decisions on lust and emphasizing God’s faithfulness despite personal failings.
- “If what you do is based upon the lust of your own heart…”
- “I didn’t get it right. I made mistakes in my life. I got it wrong. But I’ll tell you what I did do. Because I got on my knees and I said I’m going to commit myself to you sin or swim, live or die.”
Encouragement to commit to following God, highlighting His ability to help and transform.
- “God has been faithful to me and He did what I couldn’t do. And He’ll help you today.”
Observation that running from God is evident, but even then, God remains a father to those who are saved.
- “It’s evident when you run from God because suddenly you don’t look like the family you came from.”

Personal Reflections and Warnings

Personal reflection on past mistakes and the realization of needing God’s help, emphasizing the wisdom of those who raised him.
- “By the time I was 24 years old, I’d done had three kids… And I realized at that moment, Travis, the two people that raised me was as smart as humans on earth. And I was better off. And I didn’t have no ability to do it on my own.”
Warning against wasting one’s testimony and allowing the devil to steal everything, but emphasizing God’s offer of restoration.
- “You’ve done wasted everything on righteous living. You’ve done wasted your testimony. You’ve given it up. And the devil has stolen everything from you. And bless God, he’s shown up in your life one day and said, I’m still your father.”
Emphasis on personal responsibility for sin and the importance of choosing God, regardless of circumstances.
- “If you get messed up in sin, that’s on you. You’ve got a choice.”
Joy in seeing young people make good choices, particularly in marriage and choosing to follow Christ.
- “I love to see it when these young people pray about who they marry and who they date.”

God’s Unending Love and the Devil’s Deceptions

Reassurance that God still loves those who are truly His, even when they are living like the prodigal son.
- “If you’re out there living that way like this young man… He still loves you.”
The father never stopped looking for him. The Father’s never stopped working in His behalf.
Warning against the devil’s mercilessness and his desire to see people starving, used up, and homeless.
- “You put yourself in the hands of the devil. He is merciless. What he wants is for you to be starving, used up, and homeless.”
Appeal to those who are old enough to know better to repent and choose to serve God.
- “There’s a bunch of them out there that are old enough to know better… If your heart ain’t right in the car and you keep refusing to repent, you know better too.”
Affirmation that God makes trophies out of messes, loving people more than they love themselves and caring for their souls.
- “God makes trophies out of stuff like that… He loves you more than you’ll ever love yourself. He cares for your soul.”

Challenge to Foundation and the Prodigal Son’s Awakening

Encouragement to seek God’s help, acknowledging personal messes and inabilities to fix them.
- “I’ve made a mess of it. I can’t fix it. Brother, God can help you today.”
The point of the message is to challenge one’s foundation, pride, and worldly desires, leading to a realization of God’s control.
- “The point of it is to challenge your foundation… It’ll challenge your pride. It’ll challenge your hunger and thirst for this world.”
Challenge to the youth to pray and fast, seeking help and acknowledging the need for it.
- “As you go into this, she’s asking you to pray and to fast. You need to do that. If you need help, let me tell you that.”
Emphasis on letting God have control of one’s life, warning against ending up in the ditch by driving the vehicle of life alone.
- “You’ve got to let Him have it. You keep driving this vehicle called life, and you’ll end up in the ditch.”
Highlighting the prodigal son’s awakening and realization of wrong turns, encouraging a return to God despite the devil’s lies.
- “He came to himself… there will be an awakening in your heart and you’re going to realize that you took some wrong turns.”
Affirmation of the church’s love and investment in its members, emphasizing God’s goal for them to make it.
- “There are people that pray for your soul… There are people invested in just these ministries in this church. Brethren, His goal is for you to make it.”
Encouragement to come to oneself and realize the love and provision available at the Father’s house, despite past judgments.
- “There’ll be a point young or old there’ll be a point that you’ll come to yourself and you’ll realize the church you’ve been you’ve been watching, the church you think didn’t love you… you’ll wake up one day and say hey a bunch of them people loved me.”

Returning to the Father’s House

Reflection on reaching the end of one’s rope and remembering the love and care at God’s house, encouraging a return.
- “I’ve gone as far as I can go. I’ve made as many big messes as a man can make. I don’t know what else to do. But you know what? I think I’ll just go back to church.”
Realization of having nothing and the need to admit it, leading to repentance and a return to the Father.
- “You’ve got to get to the place you’ve realized, hey, I’ve gone the wrong way and it’s cost me everything. I ain’t got nothing to eat.”
The prodigal son’s readiness to repent and confess his sins against heaven and the Father, seeking to be a hired servant.
- “I’m going to go back. And here’s what I’m going to do. The first thing I’m going to do is I’m going to say unto the Father, I’ve sinned.”
Emphasis on the church being the Father’s place, with a responsibility to love Him, one another, and the lost world.
- “This church ain’t about me. It ain’t about you. We’re just servants. This is the Father’s place.”
The best choice is to return to God, serving Him and others, regardless of age or status.
- “Best choice you’ll ever make is to go back to God… You’re serving the people. You’re serving the Father. You’re serving just like the rest of them.”
Encouragement to stay on the path of righteousness, but to know that the Father’s house is always there upon hitting a wall.
- “Stay on that path that leads to righteousness… just know when you hit that wall and you realize I can’t go this way no more. Just know that the Father’s house is still there.”

The Need for the Father

What is needed is not from being, not from a relationship, but to know in your heart that if you’ll follow Him, He will not fail you.
Personal experience of messing up life and needing God’s help, emphasizing His faithfulness and the power of prayer.
- “As I have messed up my life, But you can’t undo. Good God. I’m glad you made it. That’s right. You never stepped away. You never gave up on me.”
God’s ability to take messes and turn them into messages, creating beauty from ashes.
- “He took that nest out of it and he made a poison. And he said, you want to see some grass? Look at this better. Let me show you one.”
Affirmation of God as the Father who loves and cares, emphasizing the need for prayer and His help.
- “He’s proven. He’s the Father. And He loves you. He loves you. All of us need to pray. All of us need to pray. We need the Father this morning.”

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The Prodigal Return

NPPBC's Media Ministry

published 22d ago

MP3•Episode home

Reflections on Youth, Faith, and the Prodigal Son

Gratitude for the youth and their efforts, acknowledging the courage it takes for them to stand up.
- Personal connection to youth retreats since 2003, emphasizing God’s consistent presence and miraculous works at these events.
- “Not one time did He not show up in a mighty way. Not one time. And I thank God for that.”
Challenge to go with God, even when it’s difficult, trusting that God will not fail when effort is made.

Luke 15: The Parable of the Prodigal Son

The younger son’s journey into a far country, wasting his substance with riotous living, leading to famine and desperation.
- “The younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.”
The father’s compassion and forgiveness upon the son’s return, highlighting the themes of repentance and restoration.
- “But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.”
Prayer for open hearts to transformation, acknowledging resistance to change and the need for God to move and fix what is broken.
- Confession of personal inability to effect change, trusting in God’s guidance as sheep.
- Desire for a powerful love within the community, fostering love for God, one another, and sinners.
The 15th chapter of Luke encompasses the lost coin, the lost son, and the lost sheep.

Spiritual State and God’s Unfailing Love

Challenge to those who feel spiritually distant, reminding them of the possibility of return, as illustrated by the prodigal son.
Emphasis on God’s consistency and unfailing presence, even during times of straying.
- “God doesn’t fail them. He never stops being our Father.”
- Personal testimony of God’s pursuit even when not actively seeking Him.
Acknowledging that not everyone will choose God, but emphasizing the importance of personal decisions and commitment.
- “You can’t control what a person does. They’ve got to make a decision at some point in their life.”
Personal testimony of committing to the Lord Jesus, selling out 100%, and laying life in His hands.

The Price of Running from God

The consequences of running from God and chasing worldly things, including the inability to undo certain experiences.
- “There’s a great price for running from God… there are things that happen during that time you can’t unhappen.”
Affirmation of God’s unwavering love and willingness to be a shepherd, even without being asked.
- “He never stopped loving him. And he never will for him. He’s always there.”
- “He told me he was my shepherd. He informed me for him the day that he saved me.”
Warning to the youth about the consequences of poor choices, using the analogy of the Raiders of the Lost Ark.
- “If you make a bad decision, there’s bad consequences that follow.”
Gratitude for never losing the position as a son, emphasizing that those born again have a shepherd who will seek them out.
- “Thank God that I never lost my position as a son. I never, for it was once lost.”
- “He will leave the 90 and die safe in the pool. And he’ll come after you if you’re one of his.”

Love, Choices, and Commitment

Prayer for the youth to be filled with love from the church, emphasizing the power of prayer in lifting them up.
- Acknowledging the choices they will make in the coming years and their potential impact.
- “Over the next year, two years, three years, five years, some of them are going to start making choices, friend, as I go. That’ll cost them or it’ll benefit them for the rest of their days.”
Warning against basing decisions on lust and emphasizing God’s faithfulness despite personal failings.
- “If what you do is based upon the lust of your own heart…”
- “I didn’t get it right. I made mistakes in my life. I got it wrong. But I’ll tell you what I did do. Because I got on my knees and I said I’m going to commit myself to you sin or swim, live or die.”
Encouragement to commit to following God, highlighting His ability to help and transform.
- “God has been faithful to me and He did what I couldn’t do. And He’ll help you today.”
Observation that running from God is evident, but even then, God remains a father to those who are saved.
- “It’s evident when you run from God because suddenly you don’t look like the family you came from.”

Personal Reflections and Warnings

Personal reflection on past mistakes and the realization of needing God’s help, emphasizing the wisdom of those who raised him.
- “By the time I was 24 years old, I’d done had three kids… And I realized at that moment, Travis, the two people that raised me was as smart as humans on earth. And I was better off. And I didn’t have no ability to do it on my own.”
Warning against wasting one’s testimony and allowing the devil to steal everything, but emphasizing God’s offer of restoration.
- “You’ve done wasted everything on righteous living. You’ve done wasted your testimony. You’ve given it up. And the devil has stolen everything from you. And bless God, he’s shown up in your life one day and said, I’m still your father.”
Emphasis on personal responsibility for sin and the importance of choosing God, regardless of circumstances.
- “If you get messed up in sin, that’s on you. You’ve got a choice.”
Joy in seeing young people make good choices, particularly in marriage and choosing to follow Christ.
- “I love to see it when these young people pray about who they marry and who they date.”

God’s Unending Love and the Devil’s Deceptions

Reassurance that God still loves those who are truly His, even when they are living like the prodigal son.
- “If you’re out there living that way like this young man… He still loves you.”
The father never stopped looking for him. The Father’s never stopped working in His behalf.
Warning against the devil’s mercilessness and his desire to see people starving, used up, and homeless.
- “You put yourself in the hands of the devil. He is merciless. What he wants is for you to be starving, used up, and homeless.”
Appeal to those who are old enough to know better to repent and choose to serve God.
- “There’s a bunch of them out there that are old enough to know better… If your heart ain’t right in the car and you keep refusing to repent, you know better too.”
Affirmation that God makes trophies out of messes, loving people more than they love themselves and caring for their souls.
- “God makes trophies out of stuff like that… He loves you more than you’ll ever love yourself. He cares for your soul.”

Challenge to Foundation and the Prodigal Son’s Awakening

Encouragement to seek God’s help, acknowledging personal messes and inabilities to fix them.
- “I’ve made a mess of it. I can’t fix it. Brother, God can help you today.”
The point of the message is to challenge one’s foundation, pride, and worldly desires, leading to a realization of God’s control.
- “The point of it is to challenge your foundation… It’ll challenge your pride. It’ll challenge your hunger and thirst for this world.”
Challenge to the youth to pray and fast, seeking help and acknowledging the need for it.
- “As you go into this, she’s asking you to pray and to fast. You need to do that. If you need help, let me tell you that.”
Emphasis on letting God have control of one’s life, warning against ending up in the ditch by driving the vehicle of life alone.
- “You’ve got to let Him have it. You keep driving this vehicle called life, and you’ll end up in the ditch.”
Highlighting the prodigal son’s awakening and realization of wrong turns, encouraging a return to God despite the devil’s lies.
- “He came to himself… there will be an awakening in your heart and you’re going to realize that you took some wrong turns.”
Affirmation of the church’s love and investment in its members, emphasizing God’s goal for them to make it.
- “There are people that pray for your soul… There are people invested in just these ministries in this church. Brethren, His goal is for you to make it.”
Encouragement to come to oneself and realize the love and provision available at the Father’s house, despite past judgments.
- “There’ll be a point young or old there’ll be a point that you’ll come to yourself and you’ll realize the church you’ve been you’ve been watching, the church you think didn’t love you… you’ll wake up one day and say hey a bunch of them people loved me.”

Returning to the Father’s House

Reflection on reaching the end of one’s rope and remembering the love and care at God’s house, encouraging a return.
- “I’ve gone as far as I can go. I’ve made as many big messes as a man can make. I don’t know what else to do. But you know what? I think I’ll just go back to church.”
Realization of having nothing and the need to admit it, leading to repentance and a return to the Father.
- “You’ve got to get to the place you’ve realized, hey, I’ve gone the wrong way and it’s cost me everything. I ain’t got nothing to eat.”
The prodigal son’s readiness to repent and confess his sins against heaven and the Father, seeking to be a hired servant.
- “I’m going to go back. And here’s what I’m going to do. The first thing I’m going to do is I’m going to say unto the Father, I’ve sinned.”
Emphasis on the church being the Father’s place, with a responsibility to love Him, one another, and the lost world.
- “This church ain’t about me. It ain’t about you. We’re just servants. This is the Father’s place.”
The best choice is to return to God, serving Him and others, regardless of age or status.
- “Best choice you’ll ever make is to go back to God… You’re serving the people. You’re serving the Father. You’re serving just like the rest of them.”
Encouragement to stay on the path of righteousness, but to know that the Father’s house is always there upon hitting a wall.
- “Stay on that path that leads to righteousness… just know when you hit that wall and you realize I can’t go this way no more. Just know that the Father’s house is still there.”

The Need for the Father

What is needed is not from being, not from a relationship, but to know in your heart that if you’ll follow Him, He will not fail you.
Personal experience of messing up life and needing God’s help, emphasizing His faithfulness and the power of prayer.
- “As I have messed up my life, But you can’t undo. Good God. I’m glad you made it. That’s right. You never stepped away. You never gave up on me.”
God’s ability to take messes and turn them into messages, creating beauty from ashes.
- “He took that nest out of it and he made a poison. And he said, you want to see some grass? Look at this better. Let me show you one.”
Affirmation of God as the Father who loves and cares, emphasizing the need for prayer and His help.
- “He’s proven. He’s the Father. And He loves you. He loves you. All of us need to pray. All of us need to pray. We need the Father this morning.”

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