I’m not sure where I amI don’t know how I got here

There’s got to be more than this

Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons.  The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.

“Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.  

So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.  He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!  I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’  So he got up and went to his father.

Luke 15:11-20

Starting Over

Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church

Experience doesn’t make you wiser.

Change makes you wiser.

Will I allow my fear to bind me to Mediocrity?

In light of my past experiences,My present circumstances and my future hopes and dreams…What’s the wisest thing to do?

CourageThe resolve to act in accordance with one's

beliefs, despite fear, pain or criticism.

OWN IT – I am responsible!

Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’  

OWN IT – I am responsible!

You can’t BLAME your way into a better future!

RETHINK IT – I grew from it.

When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!

RETHINK IT – I grew from it.

If you think the way you used to think, You’ll do what you used to do.

RELEASE IT – I am over it.

I will set out and go back to my father and say to him

RELEASE IT – I am over it.

My past will remind me, not define me.

REDEEM IT: I will go back…

So he got up and went to his father.“Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.”

REDEEM IT: I will go back…

So he got up and went to his father.

“Great souls have wills;feeble ones have only wishes.”

“God, if you are real, make Yourself real to me!”