FALLEN, YET NEVER FORSAKEN (6 OF 6)
Scripture: Luke 15:11-24
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Title: Fallen, Yet Never Forsaken (6 of 6)
Series: Learning to Lean
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Luke 15:11-24
Pro 3:5 KJV - Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Pro 3:6 KJV - In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
I - The Selfish Request (11 - 12)
II - The Sinful Route (13)
III - The Sad Report (14 - 16)
IV - The Significant Revelation (17)
V - The Stated Regrets (18 - 19)
VI - The Shocking Reversal (20)
VII - The Son's Repentance (21)
VIII - The Splendid Reunion (22 - 24)
Fallen, Yet Never Forsaken
In his book, What's So Amazing About Grace, author Philip Yancey tells this story: A young girl grows up on a cherry orchard just above Traverse City, Michigan. Her parents, a bit old-fashioned, tend to overreact to her nose ring, the music she listens to, and the length of her skirts.
They ground her a few times, and she seethes inside. "I hate you!" she screams at her father when he knocks on the door of her room after an argument, and that night she acts on a plan she has mentally rehearsed scores of times.
She runs away [to Detroit]. Her second day there she meets a man who drives the biggest car she's ever seen. He offers her a ride, buys her lunch, arranges a place for her to stay. He gives her some pills that make her feel better than she's ever felt before.
She was right all along, she decides: her parents were keeping her from all the fun. The good life continues for a month, two months, a year. The man with the big car, she calls him "Boss" teaches her a few things that men like.
Since she's underage, men pay a premium for her. She lives in a penthouse, and orders room service whenever she wants.
After a year the first signs of illness appear, and it amazes her how fast the boss turns mean, and before she knows it she's out on the street without a penny to her name. She still turns a couple of tricks a night, but t ...
Series: Learning to Lean
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Luke 15:11-24
Pro 3:5 KJV - Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Pro 3:6 KJV - In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
I - The Selfish Request (11 - 12)
II - The Sinful Route (13)
III - The Sad Report (14 - 16)
IV - The Significant Revelation (17)
V - The Stated Regrets (18 - 19)
VI - The Shocking Reversal (20)
VII - The Son's Repentance (21)
VIII - The Splendid Reunion (22 - 24)
Fallen, Yet Never Forsaken
In his book, What's So Amazing About Grace, author Philip Yancey tells this story: A young girl grows up on a cherry orchard just above Traverse City, Michigan. Her parents, a bit old-fashioned, tend to overreact to her nose ring, the music she listens to, and the length of her skirts.
They ground her a few times, and she seethes inside. "I hate you!" she screams at her father when he knocks on the door of her room after an argument, and that night she acts on a plan she has mentally rehearsed scores of times.
She runs away [to Detroit]. Her second day there she meets a man who drives the biggest car she's ever seen. He offers her a ride, buys her lunch, arranges a place for her to stay. He gives her some pills that make her feel better than she's ever felt before.
She was right all along, she decides: her parents were keeping her from all the fun. The good life continues for a month, two months, a year. The man with the big car, she calls him "Boss" teaches her a few things that men like.
Since she's underage, men pay a premium for her. She lives in a penthouse, and orders room service whenever she wants.
After a year the first signs of illness appear, and it amazes her how fast the boss turns mean, and before she knows it she's out on the street without a penny to her name. She still turns a couple of tricks a night, but t ...
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