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Come Home #1 – Runaway
April 20, 2025Come Home #1 – Runaway
Pastor Blake Hanson | 4.20.27
Luke 15:11–12 (NLT)
11 To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons.
12 The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’ So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons.
Luke 15:13 (NLT)
13 “A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land…
Why do people run from God?
1. God’s boundaries feel like and .
2. People try to prove they don’t want or .
3. Disappointment with leads to anger with God.
4. Poor choices.
5. It’s easier to run than to face .
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Luke 15:13 (NLT)
13 “A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living.
When we run, we leave…
Luke 15:13 (NLT)
13 “A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living.
When we run from God…
We make bad .
We .
Luke 15:14 (NLT)
14 About the time his money ran out…
Luke 15:14 (NLT)
14 About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve.
Our plans .
Luke 15:15 (NLT)
15 He persuaded a local farmer to hire him, and the man sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.
We end up and .
Luke 15:16 (NLT)
16 The young man became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him. But no one gave him anything.
We end up .
Luke 15:17 (NLT)
17 “When he finally came to his senses…
Luke 15:17–20 (NLT)
17 “When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger!
18 I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you,
19 and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired servant.” ’
20 “So he returned home to his father…
Truth: No matter how far you’ve , no matter how it’s been, you can come home.
Luke 15:20 (NLT)
20 “And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
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