We are not lost because we have believed a lie but because we have refused to believe the truth as it has been revealed in God's word.

A short reading and then a modern parable of a prodigal daughter.

It is God who supplies the daily needs of all his creatures. In nature itself are messages of Hope and comfort if we will recognize them.

Every monkey was replaced with one that did not experience the hose. But they would not let each other go for the bananas even though they did not know why.

He was now in the shadow of the cross, and the pain was torturing his heart. He knew that he would be deserted in the hour of his betrayal.

The very first step in approaching God is to know and believe the love that he has to us for it is through the drawing of his love that we are led to come to him.

The sheep that has strayed from the fold is the most helpless of all creatures. It must be sought for by the shepherd, or it cannot find its way back. So with the soul that has wandered from God; he is as helpless as the Lost sheep, and unless Divine love came to his rescue he could never find his way to God.

How could Jesus say with such confidence as the Father hath loved me so have I loved you? Jesus went through the incarnation and a painful process that we don't understand, was homeless and died a terrible death and yet he can say that.

Can you find God's name in the first four commandments of the moral code? Are the ten commandments simply minimums? What love language are you?

It was at midnight that God chose to deliver his people. As the wicked were mocking around them, suddenly the sun appeared, shining in his strength, and the moon stood still.