Oct. 12, 2014
MY FRIENDS, THE LORD ALMIGHTY SAY’S “RETURN TO ME, AND I WILL RETURN TO YOU!!”
”My friends, have you ever felt like you have strayed so far from God that you just don’t know where to start in returning to the one who gave it all for our salvation. Back to the one who waits patiently, as He tells us “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
No matter how far we have strayed, our God‘s hand will reach just that far to save us. Author Dallas Willard tells us, returning home gives us “a means to reconsider and reconfigure our strategy for living.
It is the element that calls for each of us to change directions”, like the Prodigal Son who “When he came to his senses, said, I will go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants. So he got up and went back HOME to his 
father.” Luke 15:17-20 (NKJV) The common element we have with sheep is the propensity to get lost and stray away from the path once we leave HOME.
The Devil then by circumstances that he created begins to steal away our joy and happiness thus, causing us to lose our balance and focus, which then causes us to wonder aimlessly into self-destruction until Satan has us believing we can’t go back HOME.
He tells us, Christ will not accept you, you have gone too far to go back HOME. Then your hope fades with each day that you stay away. But we must remember what Paul says in Rom 6:1-2 (NKJV) “as it is written, what shall we say? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? May it never be!”
My friends, It will be a difficult journey going back home. But set your mark on the prize which is eternal life in God’s pure and 
holy kingdom. And then on that day we make it back HOME, He will repeat His words of love to us “He who was lost is now found and there is celebration in my household!”
In addition,we must make it personal it has to be all about us right now for God tells us to “RETURN TO ME, DECLARES THE LORD ALMIGHTY, AND I WILL RETURN TO YOU.” Zech. 1:3 (NIV)
And once we have made it personal, the image we must never lose sight of no matter how far we have gone is the image of our father, who loved us so much that He gave his only Begotten Son so that we may never feel that we can’t go back to our Savior.
A Savior who was willing to leave His home in the royal domain of heaven just for our Salvation, as we allow our lives to become transformed into His image until we are completely back into the protection and love of the Master’s presence.
Remember my friends, Home is always a place where we fill accepted and loved. But now, only a distance memory when life was simple and good. But the good news is that when we cannot find our way back HOME, God will find a way to lead us back HOME to him.
A Shepherd will search for a lamb even in inclement weather that has strayed from the flock. If the lamb constantly strays, the 
Shepherd will search for that lamb, and then upon finding him will break its foreleg.
The Good Shepherd then put’s the lamb over his shoulder and carries it to safety and there nurture’s it back to health as He continues to love and protect it from outside evil elements that wants to harm him until its leg heals.
And when the lamb’s foreleg has healed it will stay close to the Shepherd realizing that the Shepherd is his provider and protector. It’s harsh, but the Shepherd’s correction of the lamb is out of His love and protection for his well-being.
In addition, in our own lives God allows situations and circumstances to break us. So that we may draw near to Him as the transforming power of His touch guides us on the right path back HOME to Him and LIFE ETERNAL
So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY
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