Gathering Place Church

This message invites us into a profound exploration of God's irresistible love—a love that never changes despite our wandering. Drawing from the parable of the prodigal son, we discover a revolutionary truth: when we sin and fall away, God's disposition toward us doesn't shift from love to anger. Rather, it's our own perception that changes. We create an alternate reality where we imagine God as an angry judge waiting to condemn us, when in reality He's the loving Father running toward us with open arms. The sermon challenges us to examine 1 Corinthians 13's definition of love not as mere poetry, but as a mirror for our own lives. By inserting our names into these verses—'Does [my name] suffer long? Is [my name] kind?'—we begin the transformative work of becoming love incarnate. The call is clear: we must move beyond intellectual understanding to experiential knowledge of God's love. When we truly encounter the Holy Spirit's tangible presence, no one can reason us out of our faith because we've tasted somethi