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Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.07,0:00:05.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did I get here?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.70,0:00:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The young man took a long look at his life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.50,0:00:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was penniless, homeless, filthy, and starving.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.10,0:00:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You would never know that he had once lived under the loving care of his wealthy father.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.79,0:00:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he had left home, cut off his relationship with his father, squandered his inheritance
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.05,0:00:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a life of sin, and ended up in this pitiful state.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.58,0:00:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He finally came to his senses, and a deep feeling welled up in him:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.40,0:00:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to go back to my father.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.10,0:00:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he was so ashamed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.14,0:00:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all he had done, he wondered whether his father would even want him as a son anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.30,0:00:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In desperation, he decided he would return home and ask to be a servant.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.50,0:00:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was unaware of the depth of his father's love.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.70,0:00:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Little did he know that his father had been longing for him,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.00,0:01:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting and watching for the day he would return.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.60,0:01:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the young man made his way home, his father spotted him,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.30,0:01:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when he was still a long way off,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.70,0:01:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ran to him, embraced him, and kissed him affectionately.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.00,0:01:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Filthy and ragged, the repentant young man confessed to his father his sinful life,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.60,0:01:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,telling him that he was no longer worthy to be his  son.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.90,0:01:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But his father responded by first clothing him with the best robe
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.60,0:01:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then sacrificing the fattened calf to feed him.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.10,0:01:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With rejoicing, he called for a feast for all to celebrate the return of his son,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.10,0:01:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whom he declared had been dead and now lived again,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.80,0:01:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had been lost and was now found.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.30,0:01:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like the son in this parable, each of us will eventually come to the realization
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.40,0:01:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are lost and need to be found by God, our real Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.30,0:01:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We may feel too ashamed to come to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.34,0:02:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Bible reveals His unchanging and infinite love for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.91,0:02:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He longs for every prodigal to come back to Himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.00,0:02:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In God's eyes, to be lost is actually to be dead in sins,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.10,0:02:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to be found is to be saved and made alive in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.60,0:02:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we return to God and repent of our sins, we will be cleansed
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.20,0:02:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Christ will cover us like a robe of righteousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.30,0:02:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only so, like the fattened calf, Christ who was sacrificed for us
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.30,0:02:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will also fill and satisfy us inwardly,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.50,0:02:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becoming a rich feast for us to enjoy as sons in the household of our Father God.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.60,0:02:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our loving and forgiving Father is waiting for us to come to Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.70,0:02:50.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can do this by praying this simple prayer:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.30,0:02:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Dear Father, I'm lost and need to be found!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.30,0:02:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am dead in my sins!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.00,0:03:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come into my spirit and make me alive in Christ as a son of God!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.40,0:03:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord Jesus, thank You for dying for me so that You could cleanse me, cover me,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.30,0:03:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,satisfy my hunger, and qualify me to feast with the Father in His house.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.00,0:03:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amen."