Scripture
John 9:25
John 9:1-41 or 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38
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To conclude a long sermon on repentance, a fire-and-brimstone preacher said forcefully, “I want everyone in this congregation to know that there is one among us who especially needs to repent this day — a man who has been unfaithful to his wife. I want him to know that I know who he is and that if he knows what is good for him, he had better put a twenty dollar bill in today’s offering.” When the service was over it was discovered that the collection plates contained 14 twenty dollar bills together with a note attached to an offering of $17 dollars which read as follows: “This is all I had with me. I’ll put in the other $3 next week.”
The Season of Lent calls us to repentance. Like the loving father in the New Testament story of the “Prodigal Son,” God our Father is eager for us to turn around and come home to Him. And all it takes is the…
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