1. Thank you for coming to Samsbiblestories.com and for taking a look at the lessons I have added. These lessons are the result of years of teaching Sunday school at an Elementary level. God has richly blessed me in being able to share His Word with thousands of young people. It is now my privilege to share them with you. Please feel free to use them with your class, wherever God has planted you. The only think I ask is that you drop me a line and let me know who you are and how the lessons are working for you. Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated. samueldselby@gmail God Bless you, Sam God Bless

2. What if the person never apologizes? Forgive anyway. What if the person does it again? Forgive again. What if the person never changes? Keep on forgiving. The Power of Forgiveness…

3. By controlling how you respond, and making a choice to forgive, you can delete the impact of what that person did to you.

4. Luke 15:11-20 Bible Story: I Will Always Love You A story of a love, almost lost. Volunteers needed One Father One Younger son One Older son One Pig farmer Some pigs :

5. Luke 15:11-20 Bible Story: I Will Always Love You A story of a love, almost lost. 11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons : We do not know the names of these people, and it is not important to the story. We do know a few things about them however. 1.We know that they were farmers. 2.We know that the father loved his two sons very much 3.We know that the youngest son was bored with his life and did not want to be a farmer any longer.

6. Luke 15:11-20 Bible Story: I Will Always Love You A story of a love, almost lost. One day the younger son hatched a daring plan: You see, in the Bible days, families would not wait for the parents to die before passing on their possessions to their children. Because these possessions were usually primarily farms and animals they could choose to hand them down when the parents became elderly or the children could request their inheritance early. 12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.

7. Luke 15:11-20 Bible Story: I Will Always Love You A story of a love, almost lost. Now the father and the older son were not very happy with this development as they knew the character of the younger son, and knew that, as soon as he got his money, he would leave the farm and squander his inheritance.

8. Luke 15:11-20 Bible Story: I Will Always Love You A story of a love, almost lost. 13 “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there… squandered his wealth in wild living. Do you think the term “Wild living” is best represented by picture A or B? A. B.

9. Luke 15:11-20 Bible Story: I Will Always Love You A story of a love, almost lost. 14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything 17 “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!

10. Luke 15:11-20 Bible Story: I Will Always Love You A story of a love, almost lost. 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ 20 So he got up and went to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

11. Luke 15:11-20 Bible Story: I Will Always Love You A story of a love, almost lost. 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ 20 So he got up and went to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

12. But that is not the end of the story… Another time, we will see how the actions of the younger son, impacted the rest of his family…