Luke 15: ¹⁴He had spent everything, when a bad famine spread through that whole land. Soon he had nothing to eat. (CEV)

Lamentations 3: ²¹Then I remember something that fills me with hope. ²²The LORD'S kindness never fails! If he had not been merciful, we would have been destroyed. ²³The LORD can always be trusted to show mercy each morning. ²⁴Deep in my heart I say, "The LORD is all I need; I can depend on him!" ²⁵The LORD is kind to everyone who trusts and obeys him. ²⁶It is good to wait patiently for the LORD to save us. ²⁷When we are young, it is good to struggle hard ²⁸and to sit silently alone, if this is what the LORD intends. ²⁹Being rubbed in the dirt can teach us a lesson; ³⁰we can also learn from insults and hard knocks. (CEV)

Luke 15: ¹⁶He would have been glad to eat what the pigs were eating, but no one gave him a thing. ¹⁷Finally, he came to his senses and said, "My father's workers have plenty to eat, and here I am, starving to death! (CEV)

Proverbs 26: ¹¹Dogs return to eat their vomit, just as fools repeat their foolishness. [2 Peter 2: 22] (CEV)

Luke 15: ¹⁸I will go to my father and say to him, 'Father, I have sinned against God in heaven and against you. ¹⁹I am no longer good enough to be called your son. Treat me like one of your workers.' " (CEV)

Luke 15: ²⁰The younger son got up and started back to his father. But when he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt sorry for him. He ran to his son and hugged and kissed him. ²¹The son said, "Father, I have sinned against God in heaven and against you. I am no longer good enough to be called your son." ²²But his father said to the servants, "Hurry and bring the best clothes and put them on him. Give him a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet. (CEV)

Matthew 5: ³God blesses those people who depend only on him. They belong to the kingdom of heaven! .... ⁵God blesses those people who are humble. The earth will belong to them! (CEV)

Ephesians 1: ¹⁸My prayer is that light will flood your hearts and that you will understand the hope that was given to you when God chose you. Then you will discover the glorious blessings that will be yours together with all of God's people. (CEV)

1. Why did the young boy want to leave home in the first place, and what did he expect to find?
2. When we discover that we have made a foolish mistake, what's the best thing to do?
3. How did the father feel and think about the boy's going and then his coming home again?
4. What happens when we humble ourselves and trust in God to help us no matter where we are?
5. Explain how love and forgiveness were extended in you family while you were growing up.
Please study the above references and then add your observations and applications:
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