From Hog Pen to Home: The gospel gift He wants you to possess

What If God Wants to Take You Somewhere New This Year? | Luke 15:11-31Guest preacher Sean Nolan (author of The Way He Walked) joins us in a sermon gap week to share a life-changing moment: sitting in a Sydney restaurant with three of Billy Graham's crusade directors, listening to impossible-sounding stories of stadiums filled with 80,000 people and radical salvations. Driving home, he thought: "Their God is powerful. My God is not that." Then he realised: same God, two very different ways of walking.The Coffee Token Gospel: Sean pulls out a White Horse coffee token. It IS a coffee—but it's also NOT a coffee until you possess it. Same with the gospel. It's a free gift, but you have to possess it by walking in it. Joshua 3:5 reveals the paradox: God says "I'm giving you this land" but also "you've got to possess it." It's both.Hog Pen to Home: The Prodigal Son didn't go from hog pen to another hog pen (the older brother's millstone forgiveness). He went from hog pen to loving provision, reinstated as a son. The father ran toward him. God runs toward His children when they turn to Him.The Gift of Death: God allows us to be in need so we'll come to Him. He can gift you the death of an old thing: old sins, old habits, old pain. Sean shares his story of losing 25 kilos after God said, "You can't deal with your hunger. Ask me to deal with it." God can also heal trauma, Sean cared for his abusive father for 15 years while he was dying, but through the gospel, the Lord took away the pain.37 Years of Light: The star Arcturus is releasing light right now that will take 37 years to reach Earth. Billy Graham said his powerful ministry came from one thing: "I never miss a day in the Word." What if you used that star as a marker, 37 years of walking with the Lord?300 Years of Legacy: The star Canopus, its light takes 300 years to reach us. What legacy are you building for your grandchildren and great-grandchildren? Sean wears his grandfather's signet ring. 30-40 grandkids and great-grandkids walking with the Lord because of his example.The Story of Phoebe: A single woman under 30 was given the original manuscript of Romans to carry to the church in Rome. She had no idea what she'd been given. Bible colleges, institutions, and societies were built off that one letter. What ordinary thing has God given you?The Basics: If we want God to do fruitful and fantastic things, we need to get the basics right: Walk with His Word, prayer, spiritual community. Men—read your Bible in front of your children. Model that for them.Speaker: Sean Nolan Scripture: Luke 15:11-31 (The Prodigal Son)