In our third day, looking at Jesus' story of the prodigal son,

we're going to take time today to look at how quickly, how instantly God forgives us.

May regret and fear over God's judgment be washed away as we see an incredible picture of how quickly and

easily God forgives our sins. Welcome to the First 15 podcast. Our scripture for today comes from Luke 15 verse 20.

Scripture says,

And he arose and came to his father.

But while he was still a long way off,

his father saw him and felt compassion

and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

One of the most powerful verses in Scripture is found in Luke 1520.

Take a minute this morning to reflect on the forgiving heart of your heavenly father as you hear this verse again.

And he arose and came to his father,

but while he was still a long way off,

his father saw him and felt compassion

and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

Our Heavenly Father is quick to forgive us, no matter how great our sin.

He longs for us to turn our hearts toward Him so that he can run out to meet us in our brokenness and weakness

and draw us back into total communion with Him. Too often we wait to turn our hearts toward the Father.

Too often we allow the lack of grace in others

to instill in us a belief that God will be mad and slow to forgive us

if we confess to Him. The truth is that God is constantly aware of our sin,

and yet he longs for intimacy with us in every moment.

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