Always a Child of God

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Jul 11, 2021 · 4m

In Luke 15, Jesus tells three parables about God’s enormous joy when one person who was going their own way turns around to be reunited with God. In the third parable, a son demands his inheritance before his father dies, and then he goes and lives foolishly until he has nothing left. He gets a job feeding pigs and is so hungry he wishes he could eat the pigs’ food. When the prodigal son comes to his senses, he longs to return home to his father, where even the hired servants have plenty to eat. Yet he thinks, “I am no longer worthy to be called his son. Maybe I can beg him to treat me like a…