We all want to live with patience, kindness, and self-control—but too often, we find ourselves stuck in cycles of frustration, overconsumption, or anxiety.
Those people can be the worst. You know who “those people” are, right? We all have them, and they are difficult to like, much less love. It’s helpful to know that Jesus had “those people,” too, and His love for them creates the model for our behavior. It’s easy to like and love Jesus. At least until “those people” show up.
Prodigal derives from Latin as “wasteful, to drive forth or away’ to waste, squander. It is one who spends or gives lavishly and foolishly - one who has returned after an absence. The story of the prodigal son is a picture of God's love for his children.
This series is purposed to tell us the greater reasons for celebrating Christmas. Or maybe, a better way to say it is this: this series is about the ways the coming of Jesus meets the deepest needs of our lives.
Jesus taught and modeled what it’s like to love, as God intended us to love. As He did this, He also taught His closest followers everything they needed to carry on His message, after He was gone – often using questions to create teachable moments.