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Enjoying the Journey

My Favorite Bible Story

Enjoying the Journey

Scott Pauley

Non-profit, Business, Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity

4.9819 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

(Luke 15:11-19) Journeying With The Prodigal: In one of the most famous of Christ's stories we are given a vivid picture of what life looks like apart from God. When we step away from God we are always journeying in the wrong direction. Today we observe four things that are true for us all. (09238251002)  Join Scott Pauley's study through Scripture this year. Find resources for every book of the Bible by Dr. Pauley and Enjoying the Journey at enjoyingthejourney.org/journey-through-scripture/.Whether you're a new believer or have walked with the Lord for years, you'll find thousands of free devotionals, Bible studies, audio series, and Scripture tools designed to strengthen your faith, deepen your understanding of the Bible, and help you stay rooted in the Word of God. Explore now at EnjoyingTheJourney.org.Extend the Work Enjoying the Journey provides every resource for free worldwide. If you would like to help extend this Bible teaching, you may give at enjoyingthejourney.org/donations/

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0:00.0

We live in a fast-paced, ever-moving world where everyone seems to be rushing in every direction.

0:14.3

And yet, in scripture, God desires to teach us that walking with him is our greatest and most important adventure.

0:22.6

Join Scott Pauli along this journey as we rediscover the joy of our walk with Christ.

0:29.6

Today we look at my favorite Bible story.

0:38.3

I love all of God's Word, of course, but there is one story that through the years

0:43.3

has meant more to me personally, just to my own life than any other.

0:48.3

It's taught me so much about God, it's taught me so much about myself,

0:53.3

it's taught me so much about others. I just, I go back to it

0:57.5

again and again. It's like a deep well or a deep, rich mine, and you never exhaust it. Charles Dickens

1:03.7

called it the greatest short story of all time. Rembrandt actually painted two paintings based on this one story from two different perspectives.

1:14.1

It is, it's an amazing story.

1:16.6

Jesus told this story in Luke chapter number 15.

1:20.0

The Bible says in verse 11, and he said, a certain man had two sons.

1:24.6

And the younger of them said to his father,

1:26.1

Father, give me the portion of goods that

1:28.6

falleth to me, and he divided into them his living. And not many days after, the younger son

1:34.2

gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance

1:40.7

with riotous living. And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that

1:45.4

land, and he began to be in want, and he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country,

1:50.3

and he sent him into his fields to feed swine, and he would fain have filled his belly with the husk

1:56.6

that the swine did eat, and no man gave unto him when he came to himself he said how many hired

2:03.8

servants of my fathers have bred enough and despair and i perish with hunger i will arise and go to my

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