Inspirational Stories
Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired men. - Luke 15:18b-19
The prodigal son was at home with his father for years. He knew his father’s love since his earliest memories. How could anyone walk away from such warmth and caring?
Luke 15:14 - "... and he began to be in need."
The parable of the prodigal has spoken mountains as of late, studying it for breakfast, studying it for prayer. It hasn’t moved any mountains for me though, not any I can see anyway.
Or has it?
Every read has produced a new treasure, a new nuance, a new angle and I wonder if Jesus intended it to do so. I wonder if he intended to speak mountains. I wonder if he intended the parable to move mountains.
I greet you in the most excellent name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, for it is in His name that I accomplish much and would boast of His love for each and every one of us.
The reality of Christmas in the New Year has become the cost of "Christmas after."
Sadly, "Christmas after" often has a greater impact on us than does Jesus’ actual birth.
Concerned with what he saw as a spiritual deterioration in churches, D. L. Moody convened a special convocation. The messages he delivered during the convocation were the substance of his book, Secret Power. The book begins…