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Reading
Luke 15:
11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.
13 “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. 14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
17 “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ 20 So he got up and went to his father.
“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.
21 “The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. 24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.
25 “Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. 27 ‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’
28 “The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. 29 But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
31 “‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. 32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
Reflection Questions
In what ways have you been taught that God needed you? Has that influenced why you serve him?
In what ways have you relied on your work for him to feel significant or valued?
What difference does it make to know that God is not measuring your worth based on your actions? How can you change your thinking to line with the truth that God values you apart from your actions?
He gives us all his love
He gives us all his love
He gives us all his love
He's smiling down on us from up above
And he's giving us all his love
He knows how hard we're trying
He hears the babies crying
He sees the old folks dying
From up above, he gives us all his love
Now if you need someone to talk to
You can always talk to him
And if you need someone to lean on
You can lean on him
Hidden in your life
Lord I am sitting here with you
Knowing that there’s nothing else I need to do
Just sittin here and hopin that you’ll teach me the things you want to
Lord there’s less and less of me
me’s a thing that I just can not plan to see
Till I see you, yes I see you, really see you, in your glory
Chorus
I’ve now died
And who I am is now hidden in your life
So I’m alive
More and more everyday
I’ve now died
So set my mind up up above and on your life
Oh I’m alive
More and more Everyday
Lord I am sitting here with you
If your loves the only thing i take away then that’ll do,
I don’t need to go hear something from somebody, when I’m hearing from you,
Lord I am coming home to you,
My ego’s getting quieter, the more of this I do,
Cause Your loves enough to make me really love me, just like you do,
The earth is groaning
To see God’s kids come dancing out, I know that’s you and me
Inside the spirit’s sighing
with words so deep they capture us from deaths captivity
To You
Beneath the Surface
What my eyes have seen
Past the Temporary
I Hear you beckon me
To Fall a Little deeper
Further than I’ve ever known
I’m Breaking through the masses
I’m Running to your Throne
[Chorus]
I m coming Back To You (4x)
What’s every other Option
When I’ve known the sweeter Choice
My Flesh may be a Beggar
But my Spirit knows your Voice
And I won’t be Satisfied
With Temporary Pleasures
I wanna Taste and see in Full
What I’ve only known in Measures
I Hear the Sound
You’re Singing
Crying out Run, child, Run
Father I am Returning
I’ll stay where I’m Loved
Here he comes Running, Running
Here he comes Running, Running
Here he comes Running, Running
And he won’t look Back
No he won’t look Back
Oh I’ve come to my Senses
And let go of Offences
And you come Running, Running
While I’m Running, Running
