{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"God Accepts Returns ","description":"God will take you back.  . \u201cIf you return to the Almighty, you will be renewed. If you banish injustice from your tent\u201d \u202d\u202dJob\u202c \u202d22:23\u202c \u202dCSB\u202c\u202c . The parable of the lost son teaches us that God wants a relationship with us. He wants us to have eternal wealth. . \u201cThe younger son told his father, \u2018I want my share of your estate now before you die.\u2019 So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons.\u201d \u202dv.12   We like the son in this parable are wasteful. We are in a time of famine and chaos in our land and it's time to stop starving for attention, money and power, success relationships etc  . He got so hungry that pig food looked good. We can't keep looking at what is pleasing to the eyes and the stomach.  Even when it's something we know we shouldn\u2019t have.  What sin is looking good to you right now? and you know its pig food?   We must come to our senses v17 He remembers that there was an abundance back at the house. We can go to the Father knowing the he promises blessing from obedience and there is no lack with God    Humility is necessary. He recognized his sin and wanted to be a servant. He wanted a position in the house of God.  Do you want a position in the kingdom of God    V20. He returned back to his father after he decided that he was ready to admit his wrong v18   And the Father was waiting and watching  He saw him coming  The father was filled with love and compassion.  He ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him. V21 The son did what he had determined in his heart to do  The father responds with a party  You must see something is wrong  Romans 3:23 \u201cFor everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God\u2019s glorious standard.\u201d \u202d\u202dRomans\u202c \u202d3:23\u202c \u202dNLT\u202c\u202c .   \u201cIt\u2019s your sins that have cut you off from God. Because of your sins, he has turned away and will not listen anymore.\u201d \u202d\u202dIsaiah\u202c \u202d59:2\u202c \u202dNLT\u202c\u202c . Romans 6:23  \u201cFor the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.\u201d \u202d\u202dRomans\u202c \u202d6:23\u202c \u202dNLT\u202c\u202c   Salvation guaranteed  Jesus is the only way  John 14:6  \u201cJesus told him, \u201cI am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.\u201d \u202d\u202dJohn\u202c \u202d14:6\u202c \u202dNLT\u202c\u202c . Confess and respond  Romans 10:9-10 . \u201cIf you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.\u201d \u202d\u202dRomans\u202c \u202d10:9-10\u202c \u202dNLT\u202c\u202c . John 1:12  . \u201cBut to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.\u201d \u202d\u202dJohn\u202c \u202d1:12\u202c \u202dNLT\u202c\u202c Share, Subscribe, Support @gloribites on Instagram\/FB Shop with me www.gloricreations.com ","author_name":"GloriBites","author_url":"http:\/\/www.gloribites.com","html":"