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As we study God's Word together, may our time uplift and encourage you.

If you could use some hope, I pray you find it here today.

Today we're concluding our study of Luke 15.

Most of us know the story of the prodigal son, the boy who rebelled and left home, but

just as central to the story is the father who eagerly awaited his return.

If your heart needs a reminder of God's passionate love for you, I pray this episode encourages

you.

Nodes from letters that children wrote pastures.

Here's one, Stephen, age 8.

Dear pastor, I would like to go to heaven someday because I know my brother won't be there.

Another eight-year-old, dear pastor, I know God loves everybody, but he never met my

sister.

Little boy, age 9, dear pastor, please say in your sermon that Peter Peterson has been

a good boy all week, I am Peter Peterson.

Little girl, age 9 says, dear pastor, my mother is very religious.

She goes to church to play bingo every week, even if she has a cold.

Dear pastor, age 9 wonders, dear pastor, who does God pray to?

Is there a God for God?

Age 11, Ralph, dear pastor, I like your sermon on Sunday, especially when it was finished.

I think he's written me a few times.

Marie, age 9, dear pastor, how does God know the good people from the bad people?

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