Connect to the Heart of God | Week 2 | Connect Me To Series
11 To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons. 12 The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’ So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons. 13 “A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living.
Luke 15:11-13 NLT
14 About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve. 15 He persuaded a local farmer to hire him, and the man sent him into his fields to feed the pigs. 16 The young man became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him. But no one gave him anything.
Luke 15:14-16 NLT
Sin always promises more than it delivers.
17 “When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger! 18 I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, 19 and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired servant.”’
Luke 15:17-19 NLT
A Father that was Waiting
20 “So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. …
Luke 15:20 NLT
A Father that was Running
20 “So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son,
Luke 15:20 NLT
A Father that was Embracing
20 “So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
Luke 15:20 NLT
18 “Suppose a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or mother, even though they discipline him. 19 In such a case, the father and mother must take the son to the elders as they hold court at the town gate. 20 The parents must say to the elders, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious and refuses to obey. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’ 21 Then all the men of his town must stone him to death. In this way, you will purge this evil from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.
Deuteronomy 21:18-21 NLT
21 His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of being called your son.’ 22 “But his father said to the servants, ‘Quick! Bring the finest robe in the house and put it on him. Get a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet. 23 And kill the calf we have been fattening. We must celebrate with a feast, 24 for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.’ So the party began.
Luke 15:21-24 NLT
Words of Knowledge
We believe the Lord wants to heal endometriosis.
We believe the Lord wants to heal an injury or heel pain in the left foot.
We believe the Lord wants to heal sores in the mouth.
We believe the Lord is healing people whose body produces too much uric acid.
We believe the Lord is healing people with damage from smoking cigarettes and if you come to the altar today, He is setting you free of this addiction.
We believe the Lord is healing metabolic problems that cause obesity.
We believe the Lord is setting people free of restlessness.
We believe the Lord is restoring proper alignment to marriages. If you’ve had an unusual amount of strife in your marriage because the husband has begun to seek the Lord and started leading the home. The wife is struggling with this. Let the Lord do the aligning and a peace like you’ve never known will return.
We believe the Lord is setting people free of depression today.
We believe the Lord is setting people free of things they have been wrestling with for years today, just come lay it down and walk away free.