Pathlight Studies

We're going to take a look at an oft-quoted parable which Jesus spoke to the scribes and Pharisees in Luke 15:11-32, the parable of the prodigal son. We will begin by reading the parable, and then we'll endeavor to take a closer look at its meanings, and how we can apply them to our lives. So, we'll begin with verse 11..." And he said, A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. And when he had wasted all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would have fain filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. And when...

We're going to take a look at a simple concept, one whose underlying value sometimes goes overlooked, but its importance cannot be overstated. " Be Still ." These two simple words were spoken multiple times in the Old Testament, as well as the New, to different people for different reasons, and they apply to us today just as much as they did back then. We'll look at a few times where this phrase was used, and how we can then make application of it in our own lives.  Many times, we read the accounts of the battles of the children of Israel, or the life of David, or Abraham, or any other of the countless accounts of the Old Testament, and we feel that these are simply part of historical record, but this is not the case. We were meant to learn from these writings, from these people. These situations, as well as God's response to them, are just as applicable to us today as they were to the forefathers. Paul affirms this in Romans 15:4..." For whatsoever things we...