Not ashamed

This message, “The Prodigal Son and the Power to Overcome Shame,” unveils how shame isolates the soul but grace restores identity. Through a verse-by-verse journey of Luke 15:11–32, it reveals that the far country isn’t just geography it’s the internal distance between who we are and who the Father calls us to be. The parable becomes a mirror of our own hesitation: the son who wastes, the father who waits, and the brother who withholds. Each represents a dimension of shame personal failure, divine mercy, and religious pride. Yet the Father’s run breaks every rule of disgrace. His embrace rewrites the story before the son can finish his apology.

This teaching walks the listener from separation to restoration, from hiding to healing, showing that the Father’s house is not a place of exposure but of covering. It culminates in the truth that the cross is where God outran our shame, turned servants back into sons, and clothed the uncovered with joy.

Theme: Grace runs faster than guilt.

Central Verse: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation.” Romans 1:16.