The document discusses Jesus' parables about God inviting people to his banquet. It provides 4 key points: 1. God invites all people to his banquet, but many make excuses not to attend, focused on wealth, possessions or relationships. 2. Common reasons people don't connect with God as their Father are prioritizing property, possessions or busyness over the relationship. 3. God prefers spending time with those in need rather than those who think highly of themselves. 4. People are encouraged to accept God's invitation to the eternal banquet in heaven by finding hope, joy, love and victory in him.

1. FATHER HEART OF GOD
The Invitation

2. The Parable of the Great Banquet (Lk 14:16-24)
The Parable of the Lost Sheep (Lk 15: 1-7
The Parable of the Lost Coin (Lk 15: 8-10
The Parable of the Lost (Prodigal) Son. (Lk 15: 11-32)

3. Luke 14:16-24 (NIV)
16 Jesus replied: "A certain man was preparing a great banquet and
invited many guests.17 At the time of the banquet he sent his
servant to tell those who had been invited, 'Come, for everything is
now ready.' 18 "But they all alike began to make excuses. The first
said, 'I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please
excuse me.' 19 "Another said, 'I have just bought five yoke of oxen,
and I'm on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.' 20 "Still
another said, 'I just got married, so I can't come.' 21 "The servant
came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the
house became angry and ordered his servant, 'Go out quickly into
the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the
crippled, the blind and the lame.' 22 "'Sir,' the servant said, 'what
you ordered has been done, but there is still room.' 23 "Then the
master told his servant, 'Go out to the roads and country lanes and
make them come in, so that my house will be full. 24 I tell you, not
one of those men who were invited will get a taste of my
banquet.'"

4. 1. You’re invited
16 Jesus replied: "A certain man was preparing a great
banquet and invited many guests. 17 At the time of the
banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had
been invited, 'Come, for everything is now ready.‘

5. Creator
Acts 17:28 (NIV)
28 'For in him we live and move and have our being.'
As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his
offspring.'

6. Provider
Matthew 7:11 (NIV)
11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give
good gifts to your children, how much more will your
Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

7. Friend and Counsellor
Isaiah 9:6 (NIV)
6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the
government will be on his shoulders. And he will be
called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting
Father, Prince of Peace.
Jeremiah 3:4 (NIV)
4 Have you not just called to me: 'My Father, my friend
from my youth,

8. Corrector
Heb 12:5f

9. Redeemer
Psalm 103:8 (NIV)
8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to
anger, abounding in love.
Psalm 103:12-13 (NIV)
12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he
removed our transgressions from us. 13 As a father has
compassion on his children, so the Lord has
compassion on those who fear him;

10. Comforter
2 Corinthians 1:3 (NIV)
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all
comfort,

11. Defender and Deliverer
Psalm 91:1-3 (NIV)
1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will
rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the
Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in
whom I trust." 3 Surely he will save you from the
fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.

12. Father
2 Corinthians 6:18 (NIV)
18 "I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons
and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."

13. Father of the fatherless
Psalm 68:5-6 (NIV)
5 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is
God in his holy dwelling.6 God sets the lonely in
families, he leads forth the prisoners with singing; but
the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

14. Father of love
John 16:27 (NIV)
27 No, the Father himself loves you because you have
loved me and have believed that I came from God.

15. MORE
Patient – Ps 78:35-39
Considerate – John 2:1-11
Holy – John 2:13-22
Discerning – John 2:23-25
Compassionate – Luke 19:1-10
Sensitive – Luke 8:40-48
Caring – Matt 9:35-38
Tender – John 12:1-8
Gracious – John 4:7-27
Forgiving – John 8:1-11
Just – Deut 32;4-5
Loving and Kind – Ex 34:6-7
Merciful – Lam 3:23
Thoughtful – Luke 18:15-17
Generous – Matt 14:13-21
Powerful – Matt 17:14-21
Wise – Matt 17:24-27
Mighty – Mark 4:35-41
Loving – Luke 6:27-36

17. 2. Three reasons we don’t connect to
God as our Father
18 "But they all alike began to make excuses. The first
said, 'I have just bought a field, and I must go and see
it. Please excuse me.' 19 "Another said, 'I have just
bought five yoke of oxen, and I'm on my way to try
them out. Please excuse me.' 20 "Still another said, 'I
just got married, so I can't come.'

18. “I have just bought a field”
property, income, our careers
“I have just bought 5 yoke of oxen”
our possessions. our toys
“I have just go married”
our busyness, relationships

19. Then the owner of the house became angry

20. 3. God prefers the pit to the pedestal
and ordered his servant, 'Go out quickly into the
streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor,
the crippled, the blind and the lame.' 22 "'Sir,' the
servant said, 'what you ordered has been done, but
there is still room.' 23 "Then the master told his
servant, 'Go out to the roads and country lanes and
make them come in, so that my house will be full.

21. 4. Join the feast in heaven

22. 1. There is nothing you can do!
2. If you are struggling, look for the excuse
3. God prefers the pit to the pedestal
4. Feast on joy, victory, hope & love of heaven

23. How God will reach this world