Sometimes we get so wrapped up in
ourselves that when we ask God for something, we want Him to
give it to us now. The story of the Prodigal Son is about a
wealthy rich man who has two sons. One day the younger son
comes and asks his father for his share of inheritance, his
father agrees and gives the son his portion of the money. The son decides to
leave home and venture out on his own. As Christian's today
we should not wander away from the Father, at times we will
wander, but we must pray for God to bring us back to the
Father. Perhaps the Young Son thought he could handle life's
situations on his own, do we sometimes think we can handle
life's situations without God?
2.) The Son Wasted His Money.
The young man found himself at a city
where, there he spent all of his money, once the money was
gone he discovered that the people he thought was his
friends was gone, and he was alone. What kind of
crowds do we find ourselves with? Do we have good friends
that will be with us through the thick and thin, or do we
have the kind of friends that just like's us for our
"Stuff"?
Many people in the world today have talents and gifts, as
Christian's are we using God's gifts for him or for self
recognition?
The
young man found himself alone, and eating with the pigs. How
could a man go from living in a mansion with his father, to
living in the mud with the pigs? Do we find ourselves in the
mud and sin of this world? Sin is only good for a season,
just like the young mans money was only good for a short
time.
3.) What
Causes Spiritual Famines?
If we are not careful we can find
ourselves in spiritual famines. This is caused by us not
staying connected with God, and not reading His Word. Four main things can cause us to have famines:
1) Not reading our Bible 2)
Not (praying)
communicating with God 3) Time 4)
Sin
We must be on guard
daily because the Devil will use any tactic he can to get us
to fall and fail, when this happens we must ask God to
forgive and restore us.
4.) How to
Avoid Famines.
When we come to a point in our life when
we realize we are going through a spiritual famine here are
some steps to restoring yourself:
1) Read Your Bible 2)
Pray 3)
Give your
time to God 4) Ask for the Holy Spirit to fill you
5.) The
realizes that he needs the Father.
The son realized that he was in the muck
and mud, he said that his Fathers servants had it better
then he did. So the son decided to go back to the Father. We
must come to a point in our lives when we sin that we
realize we must go back to the Father. It
doesn't matter what we have done God will forgive us! When the son
got back to his Father's house, his Father was waiting with
open arms. God will be waiting with open arms when we come
to Him, He will not shun us away. He loves us and He is glad
when we go to Him. We are not worthy of God's love but
His love is greater then anybody's love here on earth.
The son asked the Father to forgive Him for what he had
done. The Father wants us to ask Him for forgiveness
when we sin. We shouldn't keep sin bottled up inside, give
it to God and let Him work in us. We are going to make
mistakes, but God will be there with open arms to restore us
back into His house.
6.) The Father Gave The Son The Best.
God will always give us the best. We
shouldn't settle for second best, because if God tells us No
when we pray, that means He has something better for you.
God wants us to have the very best. No matter
what sin we ever commit, God will always love us. He wants
to see us live with Him forever in heaven, but He gives us a
choice. He never makes us love Him, but if you think about
it we should love Him with all of our hearts. He lets us
wake up of a morning, and He does so many things for us. How
can we not love God?
7.) The Son's Brother Was Judgmental.
When we receive Christ as our Savior the
world will try to tear us down and judge us. Even at times
the Christian's will judge us over our past. The Bible says
that the only one that should judge is God, and God only.
The Bible does not give us the permission to judge, hence we
should judge, and the older brother had to realize this.
One day God will judge us for what we have done, the only
question is, do you have Jesus as your Savior?
8.) Steps To Finding
The Father!
Although the times will get rough we must
stay on the Narrow Path. There will be times when we wander
off, and will have to pray for God to put us back on the
Narrow Path. The Bible says that the Broad Path leads to
destruction, but the Narrow Path will lead us to Jesus.
There will be times when the Narrow Path will be bumpy, and
rough, but Jesus said He would be right there to help us
along the way. Put your trust in Jesus Today, and let
Him guide you through life!
