What Biblical Parable or Life Lesson Parable has encouraged or impacted you?

[PinkPebbles]

Ladies -

What biblical parable or life lesson parable has encouraged or had an impact on you?

Please feel free to share the meaning and lesson behind the parable.

 

[PinkPebbles]

I like to be reminded of the parable of "The Ten Virgins."

This parable reminds me that I need to be in right standing with God and prepared for the day of judgment when He calls me home.

Matthew 25:1-13
1 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
7 “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
9 “‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
10 “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.
11 “Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’
12 “But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’ 13 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

 

[sidney]

I want to go back and restudy the parables soon. Two of my favorites are the importunate neighbor and the persistent widow. It reminds me to Not just ask, but seek. And Not just seek, but knock!! God will Answer when we are desperate (but asking humbly) and dependent on him alone!

 

[PinkPebbles]

I want to go back and restudy the parables soon. Two of my favorites are the importunate neighbor and the persistent widow. It reminds me to Not just ask, but seek. And Not just seek, but knock!! God will Answer when we are desperate (but asking humbly) and dependent on him alone!

sidney can you reference the scripture about the persistent widow? I'd like to read it!

 

[loolalooh]

I'm partial to the parable about the prodigal son because it's the first one I heard (I believe) in my younger years. Since then, it's gained more meaning to me. I am thankful for such a loving God:

LUKE 15

The Parable of the Lost Son

11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.
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. 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! 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.

21 “The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. 24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.

25 “Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. 27 ‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’

28 “The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. 29 But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

31 “‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. 32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”

 

[TraciChanel]

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[PinkPebbles]

I'm partial to the parable about the prodigal son because it's the first one I heard (I believe) in my younger years. Since then, it's gained more meaning to me. I am thankful for such a loving God:

LUKE 15

loolalooh the bolded speaks volume! Indeed we have a loving God. This makes me think about the parable of the wandering sheep in Matthew 18:12-14
If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? 13 And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. 14 In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.

 

[PinkPebbles]

@sidney, you read my mind When I read the question by the OP, I immediately thought, the persistent widow. The scripture I am referring to is: Luke 18:1-8 (AMP)

ALSO [Jesus] told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not to turn coward (faint, lose heart, and give up). He said, In a certain city there was a judge who neither
reverenced and feared God nor respected or considered man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, Protect and defend and give me justice against my adversary. And for a time he would not; but later he said to himself, Though I have neither reverence or fear for God nor respect or consideration for man, Yet because this widow continues to bother me, I will defend and protect and avenge her, lest she give me intolerable annoyance and wear me out by her continual coming or at the last she come and rail on me or assault me or strangle me. Then the Lord said, Listen to what the unjust judge
says! And will not [our just] God defend and
protect and avenge His elect (His chosen ones), who cry to Him day and night? Will He defer them and delay help on their behalf? I tell you, He will defend and protect and avenge them speedily. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find [persistence in] faith on the earth?

TraciChanel thank you for sharing! This parable is very encouraging!

 

[gn1g]

excellent thread, I have so many rhema scriptures that stand out to me, I will be back to post soon.

 

[sidney]

Thanks for posting it TraciChanel! He so good, he is waiting with every we need, he is so impressed with faith and persistence. Its the only thing he marvels over.

 

[Laela]

The Parable about the Shrewd Manager is a great lesson from me concerning generosity and stewardship. It also helped "being blessed to be a blessing" make more sense:

Luke 16:1-8
Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.’
“The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m ashamed to beg— I know
what I’ll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.’
“So he called in each one of his master’s debtors. He asked the first, ‘How
much do you owe my master?’
“ ‘Eight hundred gallons of olive oil,’ he replied.
“The manager told him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four
hundred.’
“Then he asked the second, ‘And how much do you owe?’
“ ‘A thousand bushels of wheat,’ he replied.
“He told him, ‘Take your bill and make it eight hundred.’
“The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted
shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light. I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.

 

[CelineB]

@sidney, you read my mind When I read the question by the OP, I immediately thought, the persistent widow. The scripture I am referring to is: Luke 18:1-8 (AMP)

ALSO [Jesus] told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not to turn coward (faint, lose heart, and give up). He said, In a certain city there was a judge who neither
reverenced and feared God nor respected or considered man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, Protect and defend and give me justice against my adversary. And for a time he would not; but later he said to himself, Though I have neither reverence or fear for God nor respect or consideration for man, Yet because this widow continues to bother me, I will defend and protect and avenge her, lest she give me intolerable annoyance and wear me out by her continual coming or at the last she come and rail on me or assault me or strangle me. Then the Lord said, Listen to what the unjust judge
says! And will not [our just] God defend and
protect and avenge His elect (His chosen ones), who cry to Him day and night? Will He defer them and delay help on their behalf? I tell you, He will defend and protect and avenge them speedily. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find [persistence in] faith on the earth?

THIS;

I was having an issue that needed deliverance and the Holy Spirit pointed me to this parable. I prayed and still praying and I have breakthroughs.

Jesus is telling us not to give up. We need to persevere in prayers and we will overcome anything and have victory over any problems.

Persistence in faith.

 

[Galadriel]

Ok, don't laugh at me, but I found my old journals and saw this (written in May 1996, I was 15!):


The Story of Magdalene


After meditating upon the story of Magdalene, I discovered myself in there. "...she knelt behind him at his feet, weeping, with her tears falling down upon his feet." This symbolizes my repentance and contrition for my past sins. This symbolizes the expression of a lifetime of anguish and hurt--it is my mourning. But, Jesus said, "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted."

"...And she wiped them off with her hair..." symbolizes how these tears of repentance are wiped away because they were brought and shed at His feet, now they will be wiped way at His feet--they are gone. "...And kissed them..." symbolizes my love, reverence, and faith in His power to cleanse me. "And poured the perfume on them." This symbolizes my sanctity and virtues. Now they, like the expensive perfume are poured out at His feet for the Lord to see and smell of its sweetness.

The perfume also symbolizes my love for Jesus, which is poured out to Him without measure or limit "...And the house was filled with fragrance." The house is Earth, and the fragrance is my love, prayers, and sacrifices...

And Jesus says, "...Her sins--and they are many-are forgiven, for she loved me much." And "Your sins are forgiven...your faith has saved you; go in peace." Indeed it has saved me, and I was forgiven because I loved Him much. See how important love is? God is love and He judges by love.

The one who is forgiven little, shows little love--the one who is not forgiven (because they deny they are sinners and refuse it) shows no love at all; but the one who is forgiven much, shows much (and even the most) love.

 

[PinkPebbles]

Ladies - these are some really good parables! Thank you!!!