TODAY'S PROMISE

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"All praise to God, the "Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

It is by his great mercy that we have been born again,

because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we

live with great expectation, and we have a priceless

inheritance - an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you,

pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay.

And through your faith God is protecting you by his power

until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be

revealed on the last day for all to see." 

(1 Peter 1:3-5 NLT)



TODAY'S PROMISE

"The LORD knows the days of the upright:

and their inheritance shall be for ever.

They shall not be ashamed in the evil time:

and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

I have been young, and now am old;

yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,

or his children begging bread."

(Psalms 37:18,19,25 AKJV)

"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;

they are as genuine as silver refined

seven times in the furnace."

(Psalms 12:6 GNB)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.

2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.

3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.

(William Gurnall)

WHO IS THE PRODIGAL?

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Just like you, I have heard a lot of sermons on the "Prodigal Son".

But were they correct?

Remember, every one is not a child of God.

Even Jesus talking to the religious people of his 

day said they were children of the devil.

(John 8:44)

Now where in the story of the prodigal son do we find the

boy lost his sonship.  He was a son and the older brother was a son.

The difference was,

the younger brother wanted his inheritance, and wanted it NOW.

But the older brother was waiting for the proper time .

Does that not sound like a lot of the teaching and 

preaching we are hearing today.

God, give me my inheritance here and NOW on earth.

I'm a child of yours, give it to me NOW.

This parable has a message that the "Church" badly needs today.

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There came a day when it was all spent.

Nothing was left.  And he was in the pig pen.

But he was welcomed home because he was still a son.

Everything left now belonged to the older brother,

who would receive it in the proper time.

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Are we squandering our inheritance here on earth?

A lot of preaching today is telling us to ask for it -

NOW.

But the father, with open arms, is wanting us to return home

before we die in a far country.