E-K | We have a Father 한 아버지 계셔 | Author: Maria Lin Kim | Translation by Zion, ’22. 4.

Many of us Christians might at some point in our walk have a tendancy to wander away from God. The good news is that when it happens, and after we finally  "come to our senses" the Father is waiting with open arms to welcome us back! The song is a prayer of all needing to find their way back to the Lord.

Prodigal's Prayer

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Join guest speaker Brandon Jacobs for another look at Jesus's parable.

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The Prodigal Son

(6-11-23) The Prodigal Son

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The Heart of the Father

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# And he said, A certain man had two sons:And the younger of them said to [his] father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth [to me]. And he divided unto them [his] living.And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.And he arose, and came to his father. 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.And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put [it] on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on [his] feet:And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill [it]; and let us eat, and be merry:For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
⸺Luke 15:11-24

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2023-08-20 - Awakened by God

# And he said, A certain man had two sons:And the younger of them said to [his] father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth [to me]. And he divided unto them [his] living.And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.And he arose, and came to his father. 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.And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put [it] on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on [his] feet:And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill [it]; and let us eat, and be merry:For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.And he answering said to [his] father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
⸺Luke 15:11-32

2024-02-04 - This Is How He Loves Us

Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
⸺Luke 15:1-2

2024-03-17 - Robed

This month, the Academy Podcast features Grace Imathiu teaching at the Indiana Five-Day in 2021. Grace illuminates the parable of the prodigal son in Luke 15:11-32, a title she challenges because parables cannot be contained. Grace explores the story through different lenses to reveal a God of reckless abundance who shows us how our life together could be despite our histories.

Rev. Grace Imathiu is Senior Pastor of First United Methodist Church in Evanston, Illinois. Pastor Grace is a citizen of the world for whom ‘the world is her parish’. As an African who is married to a European and is raising an American son, Grace is fluent in three languages, was educated in Kenya, U.S.A., in England and Israel. Grace has a passion and gift for inspiring and nurturing prophetic communities of faith to live out loud the Jesus Story. For Grace, the quintessential expression of the resurrected Lord’s presence is a community whose very DNA is a radical hospitality which births a loving and a healthy tension that is ideological, theological, racial, ethnic and cultural. She thrives on diversity. Grace was married to David Jones, who recently died in March 2023. Together, they are the parents to Erik.

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God's Reckless Abundance with Grace Imathiu

In this final sermon within our Parables of Jesus series, community member Andrew Forrester shares from Luke 15:1-7 and Jesus' story of the lost sheep.

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THE PARABLES OF JESUS: The Lost Sheep

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Prodigal Son

In the dark 
I stumbled blindly
Painful lessons
without you

Empty reasons, 
Endless deceptions
They all talked
as If they knew

What they lacked 
is now apparent
What they sold 
was not the Truth

I searched blindly
in despair,
Only to find you
waiting there

[chorus]
Jesus, 
You are the Bread of Life,
who believes in You has found the light
You are the Bread of Life,
that which endures to eternal life

I hungered and 
I was thirsty,
my soul was dim, 
my heart was weak

My sins were many,
I was fallen
It’s through grace
that I’m still here

I look back, 
my chains are broken
The pain has eased,
You erased my fear

Now it all fits 
so seamlessly
Those who believe
are forever free

Prodigal Son (Paploviante & Cosmic Keanu)

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12.1.24 - Greg Colegrove - Fighting for Your Prodigals

In this homily for the 4th Sunday of Lent (Year C), Fr. Michael reflects on the well-known parable of the Prodigal Son—or rather, the story of a father and two sons. He explores how the parable speaks powerfully to the real spiritual struggles many people face today: the temptation to escape responsibility, the danger of doing good without love, and the deep call to imitate the generous, merciful heart of the Father. Whether young or old, all of us are invited to conform our hearts to the Father’s—to go beyond legalism and beyond escapism, into the joy of mercy and communion.

The Father’s Heart: Beyond Duty and Escape – Homily – 4th Sunday of Lent (Year C)

In this sermon, based on Luke 15:1-3, 11-32, Pastor Scott explores Jesus' parable commonly known as the prodigal son, with the reminder that we have a heavenly parent that will always search for us, and that whenever anyone is found we must celebrate. 

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Note for 20250509 - The Gospel of Jesus Christ - Part 108 - Luke 15 - Saints and Sinners

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The Vine is in a series called RECLAIMING. This week, member Maggie Pruitt shares from the prodigal sons story and how it teaches us to release a transactional view of God for one rooted in relationship. 

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Luke 15:11-32

RECLAIMING: A Relational View of God

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o The Bible is the greatest songbook! 
Your statutes have become my songs of praise In the house of my pilgrimage.
(Psa. 119:54)

I will praise You, O Lord my God, 
with all my heart;
And I will glorify Your name forever. 
(Psa. 86:12)

He put a new song in my mouth, 
A praise to our God. 
Many see it & fear, 
And they trust in Jehovah. 
(Psa. 40:3)

In God, whose word I praise,
In Jehovah, whose word I praise,
In God do I trust; I will not be afraid
(Psa. 56:10-11)

Lord Jesus...
Shape me into a man of praise.

I’ll sing & praise
for Your heart's desire to be realized
till the end of my days.

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*2 Chron. 5:12-13*
All the Levitical singers...
clothed in fine linen, 
with cymbals & with harps & lyres, 
were standing east of the altar; 
and 120 priests who blew the trumpets 
were with them. 

And when the trumpeters & the singers 
were one to make themselves heard 
with one voice 
in praising & in giving thanks to Jehovah, 
and when they lifted up their voice 
with trumpets & with cymbals 
& with musical instruments 
in praise to Jehovah, saying, 
For He is good, 
for His lovingkindness is forever; 
then the house, the house of Jehovah, 
was filled with a cloud.

*Ezra 7:27*
Blessed be Jehovah, the God of our fathers... 

*Psa. 22:3* 
But You are holy, 
You who sit enthroned
Upon the praises of Israel.

*Psa. 45:1*
My heart overflows with a good matter;
I speak what I have composed 
concerning the King. 
My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

*Psa. 57:7-9*
indeed I will sing psalms.

Awake, my glory; 
Awake, O harp & lyre!
I will awaken the dawn. 

I will give thanks to You 
among the peoples, O Lord;
I will sing psalms to You 
among the nations.

*Psa. 59:16*
But I will sing of Your strength
I will joyfully sing of 
Your lovingkindness in the morning

*Psa. 68:4*
Sing to God; 
Sing psalms to His name; 
Triumph in Him

*Psa. 66:1-2*
Shout joyfully to God, all the earth;

Sing forth the glory of His name;
Make glorious His praise.

*Psa. 68:32*
O kingdoms of the earth, 
Sing to God, Sing psalms to the Lord

*Psalm 69:30*
I will praise the name of God with a song
And will magnify Him with thanksgiving;

*Psa. 100:1-2; 4*
Make a joyful noise to Jehovah, all the earth. 

Serve Jehovah with rejoicing; 
Come before His presence with joyful singing. 

Enter His gates with thanksgiving, 
His courts with praise; 
Give thanks to Him; bless His name. 

*Psa. 104:33*
I will sing to Jehovah while I live; 
I will sing psalms to my God 
while I yet have being. 

*Isa. 43:21*
This people I have formed for Myself;
They will show forth My praise.

*Acts 16:25-26*
And about midnight Paul and Silas, while praying, sang hymns of praise to God; and the prisoners were listening to them. 

And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken. And instantly all the doors were opened and everyone’s bonds were unfastened. 

*Romans 1:25*
…the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

*Eph. 1:12*
That we would be to the praise of His glory
who have first hoped in Christ

*Eph. 5:18-20*
be filled in spirit, speaking to one another 
in psalms & hymns & spiritual songs, 
singing & psalming with your heart to the Lord, 
giving thanks at all times for all things 
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ 
to our God and Father

*Col. 3:16*
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly 
in all wisdom, teaching & admonishing one another 
with psalms & hymns & spiritual songs, 
singing with grace in your hearts to God.

*Heb. 2:12*
“I will declare Your name to My brothers; 
in the midst of the church 
I will sing hymns of praise to you.”

*Heb. 13:15*
Through Him then let us offer up 
a sacrifice of praise continually to God, 
that is, the fruit of lips confessing His name.

*Revelation 18:5*
And a voice came out from the throne, saying, Praise our God, all His slaves and those who fear Him, the small and the great.

*Rev. 14:1, 3, 4*
behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, & with Him 144,000, having His name & the name of His Father written on their foreheads. 

they sing a new song before the throne & before the four living creatures & the elders; & no one could learn the song except the hundred & forty-four thousand, who have been purchased from the earth. 

These are they who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb wherever He may go. These were purchased from among men as firstfruits to God & to the Lamb.

*Inspirations given to me on the Significance of Hymns*
Our words could only explain, 
but hymns bring us to the heavenly realm.

I'm a pastor in Southwest Iowa, serving a congregation that is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Each week, I explore an assigned Common Lectionary Text as I aim towards creating a sermon.

Be excellent to each other!

"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
--Ephesians 6:12

"Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace, comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good work and word."
--Thessalonians 2:16

Enter through the narrow gate. 
For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
--Matthew 7:13-14

For am I now seeking the favor of people, or of God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ.
-- Galatians 1:10

"No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon."
--Matthew 6:24

Milpitas Christian Church
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Worship
God is seeking true worshippers who are not merely moved by emotions provoked by what they hear and see; the Father is Spirit and is looking for those who truly seek to understand the heart of worship through the Scriptures. The Holy Spirit is leading the Redeemed to a prophetic worship experience that is beyond our abilities to fabricate through the mortal agencies. By the grace of God, the Church is called into His majestic presence through the precious blood of the Lamb.

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