This week, we wrap up our series titled, The Heart of God, The Heartbeat of Our Church, where we have studied how Jesus describes the heart of God and how the church can mirror it.Looking at the parable of the prodigal son. it is easy to overlook the older brother's role in the story as Jesus talked to the sinners and religious elites in the crowd. Neither brother had to earn their way into their father's house, since the father's grace was freely given. But the older brother believed that he had earned his place, refusing to show grace to his younger brother. The older brother had deceived himself into thinking he was self sufficient and not in need of receiving the father's love and grace.