Main Thought

Every family has its challenges. Many times, children aren’t fully aware of those challenges. That’s because their parents do their best to cover them. That’s one of the benefits of being a child! Children trust that they will be taken care of. As a child of God, we benefit in a similar way. We can begin to experience these benefits when we focus on our spiritual “home.” The right home for our hearts is not in our success or the approval of others, but in the approval of our Heavenly Father. His love is unlimited and unconditional. He has never lost his focus on us.

Main Passages

18 I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.”’ 20 And he arose and came to his father.
- Luke 15:18-20 

But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
- Luke 15:20b 

But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.
- John 1:12

Discussion Questions

1. When you lose focus on God, where does your mind typically go? Why?

2. Would you say that you’re generally focused on God in this season of your life, or on something else?

3. What’s one thing you can do practically to fix your focus on God?

Family Question

1. What’s one thing your Mom, Dad, or another loved one does for you? What do you think God does for us?