Had incredible time spent listening to the bestseller Rob Parsons sharing with us about the title "Bringing home the prodigals".

Those who missed the talk, you've missed more than just an inspiring speech.

Let me share with u what I've learned from the terrific speaker of the night, Rob Parsons. I missed the first point that the speakers talked about.. (aiks.. paiseh ah.. lol.) Anyways, I caught up with the second one as soon as he started.



1. Prodigals are carrying comparably weight of GUILT on their shoulders.
Prodigals think they can no longer come back to The Father due to what they had done, due to the heart which used to betray The Most High God. They struggle in their hearts and do not have the face to come back to church and face the judgment of the elders in church even before they face judgment of The Father.

Luke 15:18-19
The Parable of the Lost Son
"... Father I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worth to be called your son..."

Friends, lay down your guilt. Our Heavenly Father is waiting for you to come home. Passionly waiting...

Luke 15:20
"... 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..."

The Father is stretching His neck, longing to see the son come home. And when you do, He will not list down all the hurtful deeds you had done to Him, neither would The Loving Father treat you the way you had treated Him. Instead, He will welcome you home with a great feast.. Yes, go ahead to read this phrase again.. A GREAT FEAST! A great celebration to welcome His lost son back home!

Luke 15:20
"...his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him."

The son bore too much guilt with him that he thought he was unworthy of all this..
Luke 15:21
"The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you, I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' "

But the father thought there was no time for apologies..
Luke 15:22-23
"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. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let's have a feast and celebrate. For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.'... "



2. Forgive and love
Need not to go into details the wrong deeds that was made, be it intentionally or unintentionally, and learn to forgive and love the brothers and sisters that have come home eventually.

Rob Parsons - "When The Father's house is filled with The Father's LOVE, the prodigals will definitely come home."



3. When the prodigals come home, pray that they need The Father more than the elders/leaders in church.
When they finally come back to the church, The Father is whom they should commit themselves to, The Father is whom they need the most.



4. Pray
Pastor Denis - "Prayer makes the impossible possible!"

Pastor Simon - "Prayer changes events!"

Pray Until Something Happen, brothers and sisters!
Commit the lost souls to God and ask God to continue to touch their hearts and lives.

Rob Parsons - "God loves the prodigals even more than you do."

We were asked to write down names of the lost souls in our hearts on the cards given at the entrance when we enter the hall. I had 6 names written down. They are my dear friends and close ones. Then we were asked to put the cards in the baskets which were placed under the foot of a cross which symbolised the act of surrendering those people to God. Then as we walked out of the hall, we each had to take a card and go back and pray over the names written on it by other people. I had one which had 12 names written down, 2 of them are marked with stars. I guess they are those whom the card owner wished to see their return. Yes, I will pray over the names.

There is another thing I became aware of when Pastor Matthew mentioned about last night. Prodigals do not entirely mean Christians who once went to church and trusted in The Lord and now have gone astray, but also those who are in the house of God and yet, hearts travel far than it appear to be. That category of people also need our fervent prayers.

There are 2 messages I would like to bring out in this post.
First...
To the people who have long to come back to God but never have the courage to. The word of God has clearly told us that our Father longs for nothing more than your coming back home. It is not by our might or performance that determines the amount of love that The Father would give, but by the grace of God that He loves us and accepts us as who we are. Come back to God even today. Breathe a prayer to The Loving Father and commit yourself back to Him again.. and you will find there's no where that will make you more secure and loved than in the arms of The Father.

Second...
To the people who have names of the lost souls in your hearts and feel the burden to pray for them. Keep P.U.S.H. -ing.. Nothing is impossible for God. When we have faith as small as a mustard seed, God says, we can say to the mountain, "Move from here to there" and it will be moved, nothing will be impossible for you! (Matt 17:20)
Therefore, always pray for a loving heart like The Father, commit the prodigals to The Lord and trust that God has already granted our prayers by faith.