10-04-05 AM - A Family in Recovery

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Luke 15:11-24

1. STAGE ONE: REBELLION "Father I want my share of your estate now…”

“If I could just do as I please, be my own boss, not answer to anybody life would be great. I'm fed up with the farm; I want to take off!”

What Do You Do?

• You Let Them Go "He took a trip to a distant land."
• You Let Them Make Their Own Mistakes "… there he wasted all his money on wild living."
  
• You Let Them Reap The Consequences Luke 15:14-16

Parental responsibility ends the same place that a parent's control ends.


2. STAGE TWO: RE-EVALUATION and REGRET Luke 15:17-19
[Until the pain to remain the same becomes greater than the pain to change, we probably won’t ever change.]

What Do You Do?

• Pray
• Commit Them To God
• Wait Patiently

3. STAGE THREE: RETURN Luke 15:20

What Do You Do?

• Love Them Faithfully
• Accept Them Unconditionally “…he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.” Luke 15:21
• Forgive Them Completely Luke 15:22-24