IT TOOK RAGS, POVERTY AND BANKRUPTCY TO BRING THE PRODIGAL TO GOD A. He wasted his substance (Luke 15:13) B. He began to be in want (Luke 15:14). C. He came to himself (Luke 15:17). VII. IT TOOK THE BITTER CUP OF SORROW TO BRING DAVID TO GOD A. The death of the child and David’s grief (II Sam. 12:19). B. Amnon forced Tamar to lay with him (II Sam. 13:14).