Coming Home to the Father Who Loves You

Luke 15:11-32
“Prone to wander, Lord I feel it. Prone to leave the God I love.” We can probably all relate to these words from the popular hymn, “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.” Why is it that as Christians we would desire to leave the God we profess to love? In this introductory message of the series Coming Home to the Father Who Loves You, a study of the prodigal son, Dr. Jeffress examines with us three reasons Christians are prone to wander away from God.

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Money Mania

What is it about money that would cause a son to alienate his powerful father and leave the security of his luxurious home? Why does money lure so many Christians away from their Heavenly Father? In the message “Money Mania,” as part of the moving and redemptive series, “Coming Home to the Father Who Loves You,” a study of the prodigal son, Dr. Robert Jeffress examines four reasons why “the love of money” is the single greatest barrier to a love for God.

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Addicted to Pleasure

1 Corinthians 9:24-27Have you ever noticed how one television program can turn into an entire evening of viewing television … how one bowl of ice cream can turn into the whole half gallon? That’s the problem with pleasure. It can become addictive. ?In “Addicted to Pleasure,” part of the redemptive series Coming Home to the Father Who Loves You, a study on the prodigal son, Dr. Robert Jeffress examines the second desire Satan uses to lure us away from our Heavenly Father: pleasure.

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Lessons from the Pentathlon

In our series Coming Home we are using the story of the prodigal son to illustrate why we wander away from God and, most importantly, how we can return to the Father who loves us. In the previous message we saw how an obsession with pleasure can destroy our desire for God. In the following message, titled “Lessons From the Pentathlon,” we will discover, with Dr. Robert Jeffress, four practical ways to balance pleasure with discipline.

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Declarations of Independence

In our series on the prodigal son, Coming Home to the Father Who Loves You, we’ve looked at two of the three reasons the son left home: a desire for money and a thirst for pleasure. In “Declarations of Independence” Dr. Robert Jeffress examines with us a third motivation that lured the prodigal son away from his Father: ambition. Is ambition ever right? How can you keep your goals from becoming your gods?

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Life in the Far Country

Most studies about the parable of the prodigal son deal with the reasons the son left his father's home and the process by which he returned home. But what was life like during the time the son lived in that "distant country?" In "Life In The Far Country," part of the stirring series Coming Home to the Father Who Loves You, Dr. Robert Jeffress centers in on three characters from the Old Testament whose stories teach us what life apart from God is really like.

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When God Steps In

God allows bad things to happen — and everyone always asks why. Of course, the popular answer is "we live in a fallen world," but in the following sermon entitled "When God Steps In", part of the invigorating series Coming Home to the Father Who Loves You, Dr. Robert Jeffress gives us a challenging message of what God may be trying to do through our difficult circumstances.

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The Journey Home

The story of the prodigal son is so impactful because we've all been there — separated from our Father, wondering how he could ever take us back. In the following message entitled "The Journey Home", part of the stirring series Coming Home to the Father Who Loves You, Dr. Robert Jeffress demonstrates through the story of the prodigal son some essential ingredients we need to restore our relationship with God.

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The Waiting Father

"What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us," A.W. Tozer once wrote. In the following message entitled "The Waiting Father", part of the challenging yet hopeful series Coming Home to the Father Who Loves You, Dr. Robert Jeffress shows us through the story of the prodigal son how our image of God greatly impacts our decision to stay in the "far country" or "come home".

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The Morning After

So the prodigal son has returned home. What now? Is this the end of the story? In "The Morning After", Dr. Robert Jeffress concludes the Coming Home series by showing us the challenges and opportunities still facing those who come home to the father who loves them.

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