Wednesday, February 17 - Day 1

Let’s get the party started!  Day 1 of 40 days of prayer.  The story of the prodigal son is really about a radically generous Father of prodigious love and two wayward sons.  One son runs away living a self-centered life and wastes his Father’s gifts and the other son stays home living a self-centered life taking his Father’s presence for granted.  Yet the Father remains constant, vigilant, with open arms of love to both.  What a Father!  What a love!  The Lord is never pointing his finger at you, He is always opening His arms.  He is not the accuser of the brethren, but the first born of many brethren.  You have a merciful, faithful Father God, a savior and brother in Jesus, a powerful guide in the Holy Spirit all living in you and for you!  The Lord is not worried about your worries.  You are more loved than you know.  You are more secure in that love than you feel.  Come away from ‘’far country” of a self-centered life and surrender afresh to His Christ-centered life of joy!  Come to Jesus in these 40 days, take only His yoke upon you, and learn from Him.  Come receiving His expanding heart of love for the whole world, one person at a time, including you.  What vigilant love!!  Let’s get the party started!


Richard Speight, Come Rest Ministries