Prodical Son
Prodigal Son
Open with scripture reading luke 15:15-24
Pray for the class time and the devotional
Background info:
Earlier in the story the son left the family with his inheritance and here’s what he said to his father: “I wish you were dead”
The father obliges and the son leaves and goes and spends his money in “wild living” and nothing else is said about it
He gets a job feeding pigs which was the worst job for a jewish boy, especially one of the father
He comes to his senses and goes back to the father and is going to ask to be a servant
The father sees him from a long way off and runs to him, that’s weird, and kisses him
AFTER that, the son asks to be a servant
The father then puts him back in the family business and gives him clothes and throws a party for him
How it applies to our lives:
This is how we treat people who come back to church
The father in the story is a depiction of God and it shows that he runs to us when we come back to him and the church
The proof that God loves us and welcomes us back is his son and what Jesus did on the cross
This is how we are to treat others who come back, not like the religious son
Three R’s, be the last R
Personal story
A kid I was close with in the youth group left the church and began doing all sorts of stuff that she shouldn’t have been doing and I was crushed.
I told her best friend who was still involved to read this story because at some point she was going to come back and that was going to be her opportunity to show her Christ and his love.
One week she came back and I ran up and picked her up and gave her a bear hug and we walked in together
Some of the other students gave her weird looks and one of them, the leader of the Pharisees, came up after service and asked why I was being so nice to her after all the stuff she had done.
I lit her up, in a Godly way. Kinda.
Application/challenge
Who is someone who has left the church and spent his or her wealth in wild living but has since
Open with scripture reading luke 15:15-24
Pray for the class time and the devotional
Background info:
Earlier in the story the son left the family with his inheritance and here’s what he said to his father: “I wish you were dead”
The father obliges and the son leaves and goes and spends his money in “wild living” and nothing else is said about it
He gets a job feeding pigs which was the worst job for a jewish boy, especially one of the father
He comes to his senses and goes back to the father and is going to ask to be a servant
The father sees him from a long way off and runs to him, that’s weird, and kisses him
AFTER that, the son asks to be a servant
The father then puts him back in the family business and gives him clothes and throws a party for him
How it applies to our lives:
This is how we treat people who come back to church
The father in the story is a depiction of God and it shows that he runs to us when we come back to him and the church
The proof that God loves us and welcomes us back is his son and what Jesus did on the cross
This is how we are to treat others who come back, not like the religious son
Three R’s, be the last R
Personal story
A kid I was close with in the youth group left the church and began doing all sorts of stuff that she shouldn’t have been doing and I was crushed.
I told her best friend who was still involved to read this story because at some point she was going to come back and that was going to be her opportunity to show her Christ and his love.
One week she came back and I ran up and picked her up and gave her a bear hug and we walked in together
Some of the other students gave her weird looks and one of them, the leader of the Pharisees, came up after service and asked why I was being so nice to her after all the stuff she had done.
I lit her up, in a Godly way. Kinda.
Application/challenge
Who is someone who has left the church and spent his or her wealth in wild living but has since