The million-dollar question is — how does a generation raised in a proverbial orphanage migrate home and successfully create healthy families for the first time in decades?
LESSONS FROM THE PRODIGAL'S PILGRIMAGE
On Sunday morning, August 20, 2019, as I was preparing to lead prayer at Bethel Church, I suddenly heard this phase in my spirit, “Prepare for reentry!”
This is where the story gets really good!
RECONCILIATION REQUIRES REAL REPENTANCE
So what can we learn from the prodigal’s pilgrimage that will help us prepare for this epic reconciliation of families?
he didn’t accept his son's sinful lifestyle to woo the boy homeward.
And his son respected his father’s nobility and understood that he couldn’t bring his immoral lifestyle to the father’s farm, knowing prostitutes and pigs were unwelcome there.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN HOLY SPIRIT'S POWER?
we turn the farm into a whorehouse to entice the prodigal to return home because we reason that it’s our holy standard that is keeping them away.
Somehow, in our zeal, we mistakenly believe that the goal of God is to get them back in the building, when in fact God’s goal is repentance
But reentry without repentance isn’t restoration. It is human sympathy, not God-ordained compassion.
REENTRY AND CONFESSION OF SIN
The confession of sin is paramount in the reentry process because it’s the catalyst for grace, which is the power to change.
In other words, you can't experience cleansing without confession!
WE'VE GOT TO DITCH RELIGIOUS JUDGEMENT
If the family is a punisher, it’s unlikely that prodigal fathers, sons, daughters, and mothers are going to want to renew their relationships.
Did you catch the secret of re-connection?
Today I want to challenge you to believe God for your miracle of reconciliation and encourage you to not lose hope no matter your circumstances.
