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August 14th, 2015

TEXT: Luke 15:11-19Amplified Bible (AMP)

11 And He said, There was a certain man who had two sons;

12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the part of the property that falls [to me]. And he divided the estate between them.

13 And not many days after that, the younger son gathered up all that he had and journeyed into a distant country, and there he wasted his fortune in reckless and loose [from restraint] living.

14 And when he had spent all he had, a [a]mighty famine came upon that country, and he began to fall behind and be in want.

15 So he went and forced (glued) himself upon one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed hogs.

16 And he would gladly have fed on and [b]filled his belly with the [c]carob pods that the hogs were eating, but [they could not satisfy his hunger and] nobody gave him anything [better].

17 Then when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father have enough food, and [even food] to spare, but I am perishing (dying) here of hunger!

18 I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.

19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; [just] make me like one of your hired servants.

There are too many who like the prodigal son think they know how to manage their lives only to end up living riotously. They need to come to their senses and tell themselves the truth, if nobody will.

The prodigal son rose up and said to himself; I will return to my father and say to him make me one of your servants. When he left home, he felt he was made and thought he was okay. But after he lost all he had, he came to his senses, and said to himself; “I will go back to my father and say to him , I am not worthy to be called your son, make me one of your hired servants. The problem of many, is that they fail to recognize the people who have certain graces they need. As long as you are functioning under the wrong atmosphere, your potentials will be locked in and will not find expression. If like the prodigal son, you have left someone who has the grace you need to fulfill your destiny, then, you too need to return and say “make me” to that person. You need to go and apologize to persons who should be your mentors who you walked away from rebelliously. This is for your own good, because as you do, you release your own destiny. Let God lead you