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The Heart of the Father     Luke 15:11-32

 

The word prodigal means wasted, and to be a prodigal is to be one who has wasted what God has given them!

 

5 Observations about the Father’s heart:

 

1.             The father did not try to keep the prodigal where he didn’t want to be                                                                                                                 v.12

 

2.             The father had earned ______________ capital during earlier years that were part of drawing the prodigal back                                       v. 17-19

 

3.             The father had been ____________ the light on for the son     v. 20

 

4.             The father fully _________________ his son                                v. 22

 

5.             The father was an advocate for the prodigal with those who would _________________ him                                                                         v. 31

 

7 Keys To Loving Your Prodigal:

 

1.             STOP using ________________ actions and statements to get them to change

 

2.             PRAY for your prodigal _______________ someone who is also struggling to love their prodigal

 

3.             SHOWER your prodigal with love                                     Romans 5:8

 

4.             DON’T Keep Blaming yourself; DO ___________ forgiveness if you need to

Ezekiel 18                              I John 1:9

 

5.             ______________________ to your prodigal if you need to

 

6.             LET ________________ run its course

 

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God ‘Thy will be done’ and those to whom God says, ‘All right then, have it your way.’       -C.S Lewis

 

“So I gave them over to their own stubborn heart, to walk in their own counsels”.                                                             -Ps. 81:12                See also Romans 1

 

7.             _______________________ someone else                   2 Timothy 2:2