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But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.
Luke 15:32 NIV
Luke 15 is all about the one person.
The one who is lost from the source of life... alone... who feels separated, without hope
This whole chapter is about God seeking.
Looking
Searching
Welcoming us home.
Not us as a people, not a group, but an individual.
One.
He's personal.
And it's not reliant on us, on our goodness, our performance, but on God's goodness and His performance.
He doesn't give up.
He went all in for us. Jesus life, and death, were no half way things, but ultimate things.
Ultimate expressions of a Father's love for us.
For you
For me.
One
This is the beauty of the gosoel
And our response?
#sunday
#worship
#thisisourGod
#itspersonal
#dearlyloved
#childrenofGod

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