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THE PRODIGAL CHRISTIAN “IN HEART”

Dive into the parable of the prodigal son to explore actions to take when tempted in heart, emphasizing purpose, self-reflection, opting out of worldly influences, and celebrating one's Christian identity.

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THE PRODIGAL CHRISTIAN “IN HEART”

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  1. THE PRODIGAL CHRISTIAN “IN HEART” LUKE 15:11-24

  2. “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Luke 12:34

  3. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart

  4. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart • 1. P______ in your heart not to get distracted vv. 11-14

  5. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart • 1. PURPOSE in your heart not to get distracted vv. 11-14

  6. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart • 1. PURPOSE in your heart not to get distracted vv. 11-14 a. Father give me (demanding) fulfill my heart’s desire

  7. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart • 1. PURPOSE in your heart not to get distracted vv. 11-14 a. Father give me (demanding) fulfill my heart’s desire b. A far country (he gathered all, wasted all, spent all)

  8. Sin takes you farther than you wanted to go

  9. Sin takes you farther than you wanted to go • “The eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth” Proverbs 17:24b

  10. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart

  11. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart • R ________ the heart choices that are now the reproofs of life vv. 15-16

  12. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart • RE-EXAMINEthe heart choices that are now the reproofs of life vv. 15-16

  13. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart • RE-EXAMINEthe heart choices that are now the reproofs of life vv. 15-16 a. Hooked up with a foreigner (1 John 2:15 love not the world)

  14. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart • RE-EXAMINEthe heart choices that are now the reproofs of life vv. 15-16 a. Hooked up with a foreigner (1 John 2:15 love not the world)b. Looked up to the pigs as blessed (no “eatsy”, no “touchy” Lev. 11:7,8)

  15. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart • RE-EXAMINEthe heart choices that are now the reproofs of life vv. 15-16 a. Hooked up with a foreigner (1 John 2:15 love not the world)b. Looked up to the pigs as blessed (no “eatsy”, no “touchy” Lev. 11:7,8)c. Booked a room at Dead End Street and Wit’s End (Vacancy) Ps 142:4;Ps 107:27

  16. Sin Costs us More Than What we Wanted to Pay

  17. Sin Costs us More Than What we Wanted to Pay • Prodigals in heart never do the math that sin isn’t worth it.

  18. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart

  19. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart • 3. O___ out from the world’s fields in our hearts vv. 17-19

  20. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart • 3. OPTout from the world’s fields in our hearts vv. 17-19

  21. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart • 3. OPTout from the world’s fields in our hearts vv. 17-19 a. He came to himself (me, myself and I and what am I doing?)

  22. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart • 3. OPTout from the world’s fields in our hearts vv. 17-19 a. He came to himself (me, myself and I and what am I doing?) b. I will go, I have sinned (change your mind, confess your heart)

  23. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart • 3. OPTout from the world’s fields in our hearts vv. 17-19 a. He came to himself (me, myself and I and what am I doing?) b. I will go, I have sinned (change your mind, confess your heart)c. I am not a subject of a kingdom, I am a son of a Father

  24. Sin holds you longer than what you wanted to be held

  25. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart • 4. D_______ yourself as a Christian to your royal status and celebrate vv. 20-24

  26. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart • 4. DELIVERyourself as a Christian to your royal status and celebrate vv. 20-24

  27. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart • 4. DELIVERyourself as a Christian to your royal status and celebrate vv. 20-24a. Five evidences of unconditional love of a father/Jesus (was always there)

  28. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart • 4. DELIVERyourself as a Christian to your royal status and celebrate vv. 20-24a. Five evidences of unconditional love of a father/Jesus (was always there) b. The best robe- honor, dignity, righteousness (was always there)

  29. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart • 4. DELIVERyourself as a Christian to your royal status and celebrate vv. 20-24a. Five evidences of unconditional love of a father/Jesus (was always there) b. The best robe- honor, dignity, righteousness (was always there) c. The ring- circle of eternal covenant love re-bonded (was always there)

  30. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart • 4. DELIVERyourself as a Christian to your royal status and celebrate vv. 20-24a. Five evidences of unconditional love of a father/Jesus (was always there) b. The best robe- honor, dignity, righteousness (was always there) c. The ring- circle of eternal covenant love re-bonded (was always there) d. The shoes-until you get on your feet (was always there)

  31. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart • 4. DELIVERyourself as a Christian to your royal status and celebrate vv. 20-24a. Five evidences of unconditional love of a father/Jesus (was always there) b. The best robe- honor, dignity, righteousness (was always there) c. The ring- circle of eternal covenant love re-bonded (was always there) d. The shoes-until you get on your feet (was always there) e. The fatted calf- the best wheat fed (was always there)

  32. Four Actions to Take If We Get Tempted In Heart • 4. DELIVERyourself as a Christian to your royal status and celebrate vv. 20-24a. Five evidences of unconditional love of a father/Jesus (was always there) b. The best robe- honor, dignity, righteousness (was always there) c. The ring- circle of eternal covenant love re-bonded (was always there) d. The shoes-until you get on your feet (was always there) e. The fatted calf- the best wheat fed (was always there) f. The celebration of recovery to Father Jesus again

  33. The Battlefield is Filled with Prodigal Causalities not Prodigies for Jesus

  34. The Battlefield is Filled with Prodigal Causalities not Prodigies for Jesus Don’t be a “could have been” or a “should have been”. 

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