The Father Still Waits

Speaker: Rev. Raleigh Sims


Scripture Focus: Isaiah 12:1–6, 2 Corinthians
5:16–21, & Luke 15:1–3, 11b-32


Service Summary: No parable more fully describes
the profound character of God’s mercy than the prodigal son and
the waiting father. We are the rebels who begin to think we
deserve our heavenly Father’s kindness and who demand from Him
what is not our right to claim. But instead of disowning us, He
meets us with joy, welcomes us with His forgiveness, restores our
tattered righteousness with the robe of Christ’s holiness, and
sets His Table before us. This is what happens every Sunday as
the Lord reclaims us from our sins, restores joy to our heavy
hearts, reminds us of His baptismal promise, and feeds our body
and soul with the body and blood of His Son. This is the source
of our holy joy and this is the peace that passes all
understanding.