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Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Alphabet Of The Father Heart of God
It is exciting to get to know the One who fathered us before we were born (Psa. 139:13-16). With an open Bible, meditate on your awesome Father. This is the ultimate revelation of His heart. Let the One who is Holy Love re-parent you in His love, so that you see all that He does in your life through the filter of His love (1 John 4:16). This is greatly abbreviated from Prayer Portions. Your Father wants you to know Him, love Him, and enjoy Him!
A
My Father is my Abba, Papa-God. I am His beloved child. (Rom. 8:15, Gal. 4:4-7, John 1:12, Jam. 1:18)
B
My Father blesses me with every heavenly gift. (Eph. 1:3)
C
My Father gathers me in His arms and carries me all my life. (Isa. 40:11, 46:3-4; Deu. 1:31).
My Father chose me from the foundation of the world. (Eph. 1:4-6)
D
My Father disciplines me with love and justice. (Heb. 12:6-11, Deu. 32:4, John 5:30)
E
My Father exults over me with joy. (Zeph. 3:17)
F
My Father is father of the fatherless (Psa. 68:5).
G
My Father has given me an inheritance, making me a fellow heir with His Son. (Rom. 8:16-17, Gal. 3:29, Eph. 1:11-14, Col. 1:12-14)
H
My Father knows all my needs (Mat. 6:8).
L
My Father loves me with the same intensity that He loves His Son. (John 17:23, Eph. 2:4-5).
He lavishes me with His grace. (Eph. 1:7-8)
M
My Father meets all of my needs according to His riches in Christ. (Psa. 23, 36:8; Phil. 4:19, Pro. 3:9-10)
N
My Father will not abandon me. He will never, no never, leave me nor forsake me. (Heb. 13:5, Deu. 4:31, 31:6, 8; Jos. 1:5)
No one can pluck me out of my Father's hand. (John 10:27-29)
P
I am precious in My Father's sight. (Isa. 43:3)
My Father was pleased to make me His own. (1 Sam. 12:22)
R
He redeems my life from all my past (Isa. 63:16).
My Father rejoices over me with singing (Zeph. 3:17).
S
My Father is absolutely stable. He never changes (Mal. 3:6, Jam. 1:17)
T
When I am afraid, I can trust my Father (Psa. 56:3-4, 11).
My Father is absolutely trustworthy. (Psa. 9:10, 30:20-22; Isa. 12:2, Jer. 17:5-8, Mat. 12:17-21
V
My Father will vindicate me (Deu. 32:36, Psa. 7:8).
W
My Father only wants the highest good for me. (Rom. 2:4, 2 Thess. 1:11)
My Father is always with me (Mat. 18:20, 1 Chron. 28:20)
My Abba is a GRACIOUS AND LOVING Father!
Exo. 22:27, Psa. 103:11-14, Isa. 9:6, 1 Cor. 6:16-18.
Taken from "Alphabet Of The Father Heart Of God," Prayer Portions, ©1991, 1992, 1995 by Sylvia Gunter, page 48-50.
Available at www.thefathersbusiness.com.
An archive of past devotionals is available on the website.
A
My Father is my Abba, Papa-God. I am His beloved child. (Rom. 8:15, Gal. 4:4-7, John 1:12, Jam. 1:18)
B
My Father blesses me with every heavenly gift. (Eph. 1:3)
C
My Father gathers me in His arms and carries me all my life. (Isa. 40:11, 46:3-4; Deu. 1:31).
My Father chose me from the foundation of the world. (Eph. 1:4-6)
D
My Father disciplines me with love and justice. (Heb. 12:6-11, Deu. 32:4, John 5:30)
E
My Father exults over me with joy. (Zeph. 3:17)
F
My Father is father of the fatherless (Psa. 68:5).
G
My Father has given me an inheritance, making me a fellow heir with His Son. (Rom. 8:16-17, Gal. 3:29, Eph. 1:11-14, Col. 1:12-14)
H
My Father knows all my needs (Mat. 6:8).
L
My Father loves me with the same intensity that He loves His Son. (John 17:23, Eph. 2:4-5).
He lavishes me with His grace. (Eph. 1:7-8)
M
My Father meets all of my needs according to His riches in Christ. (Psa. 23, 36:8; Phil. 4:19, Pro. 3:9-10)
N
My Father will not abandon me. He will never, no never, leave me nor forsake me. (Heb. 13:5, Deu. 4:31, 31:6, 8; Jos. 1:5)
No one can pluck me out of my Father's hand. (John 10:27-29)
P
I am precious in My Father's sight. (Isa. 43:3)
My Father was pleased to make me His own. (1 Sam. 12:22)
R
He redeems my life from all my past (Isa. 63:16).
My Father rejoices over me with singing (Zeph. 3:17).
S
My Father is absolutely stable. He never changes (Mal. 3:6, Jam. 1:17)
T
When I am afraid, I can trust my Father (Psa. 56:3-4, 11).
My Father is absolutely trustworthy. (Psa. 9:10, 30:20-22; Isa. 12:2, Jer. 17:5-8, Mat. 12:17-21
V
My Father will vindicate me (Deu. 32:36, Psa. 7:8).
W
My Father only wants the highest good for me. (Rom. 2:4, 2 Thess. 1:11)
My Father is always with me (Mat. 18:20, 1 Chron. 28:20)
My Abba is a GRACIOUS AND LOVING Father!
Exo. 22:27, Psa. 103:11-14, Isa. 9:6, 1 Cor. 6:16-18.
Taken from "Alphabet Of The Father Heart Of God," Prayer Portions, ©1991, 1992, 1995 by Sylvia Gunter, page 48-50.
Available at www.thefathersbusiness.com.
An archive of past devotionals is available on the website.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Why Know The Father's Heart
We have a crisis of fathering in this country. Millions of unfathered people will go to the polls to vote for unfathered men and women to lead our country. They will follow the one who promises "bread" without responsibility, as the crowds that followed Jesus for the bread in the early days.
A hundred years ago Teddy Roosevelt said, "What we need in our public officials is not genius, not even brilliancy, so much as the exercise of the ordinary, rather commonplace qualities of honesty, courage, and common sense -- the qualities that make a man a good husband, a good father, a good neighbor." Our crisis in good fathering is ultimately more serious than any economic or political crisis. Very few people have been fathered in spirit and soul. We need to receive from Father God his reparenting us as true sons and daughters. The good news is that God wants to be our Father. Jesus came to show us His Father and ours.
Receiving the Father nature of God is essential if we are to love Him and be assured of His love, trust Him, be secure in Him, pray to Him, yield to Him, live holy before Him, receive His guidance, serve Him, be like Him, and much more. Spend time with your Father in His word, His love letter to you. Receive His Father love for you.
1. He is our Father by right of the blood of Jesus (John 1:12).
2. Our basis of eternal security is being in the Father's hand (John 10:28-29).
3. We pray to the Father in Jesus' name (Mat. 6:9).
4. God's Father love for us is our highest motivation to holiness (1 John 3:1-3)
.
5. His Fatherhood is the basis of understanding His guiding hand (John 5:20, 10:3-4, 27).
6. Every family derives its name from the Father, so God the Father is the model for headship in our families (Eph. 3:14-15, Psa. 68:5-6).
7. Our Father wants us to yield to His gentle parental authority (Hos. 11:1, 3-4, Eph. 6:4).
8. The basis of trusting Him is seeing Him as our totally able and faithful Father (Mat. 18:19-20, Heb. 13:5, 2 Tim. 2:13).
9. When we know Him as Father, we will trust His parental generosity (Mat. 6:32-33, Jam. 1:17, Psa. 37:3-5).
10. Knowing Him as Father is the basis of receiving His parental affection (John 17:23, Hos.
11:4, Jer. 31:3, Deu. 33:12).11. His Father-heart is the basis for His parental attentiveness (Mat. 6:25-26, 31; 1 Pet. 5:7).
12. When we rightly knowing Him as Father, we are secure in his acceptance and rest securely in Him (Gal. 4:5-7, Rom. 8:15-16, 32-33; Zeph. 3:17).
13. His relationship to us as Father is the legal basis of receiving all our inheritance in Christ (Eph. 1:13-14, Col. 1:12, 1 Pet. 1:3-4).
14. The Father is seeking worshipers. When we understand His Father heart, we will worship Him in spirit and in truth (John 4:23-24).
Knowing Him as loving Father is the foundation for intimate relationship with Him. First Corinthians 13:4-7 is a picture of the Father's love. Personalize it, and receive it for yourself. My Father who loves me is patient with me, kind to me.... My Father's love is not rude, nor self-seeking, not easily angered, and keeps no record of wrongs. My Father's love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. My Father's love always protects me, always trusts me, always hopes [believes the best about me], always perseveres and never gives up on me. My Father's love for me never fails.
Based on "Why Know The Father's Heart," Prayer Portions, page 47, © 1991 by Sylvia Gunter. There are two other pieces on the Father Heart of God, p 45-50. Available at www.thefathersbusiness.com. See also "Prayer For Healing A Fatherless Generation," Prayer Essentials For Living In His Presence, p. 226-228, @2000 by Sylvia Gunter.
A hundred years ago Teddy Roosevelt said, "What we need in our public officials is not genius, not even brilliancy, so much as the exercise of the ordinary, rather commonplace qualities of honesty, courage, and common sense -- the qualities that make a man a good husband, a good father, a good neighbor." Our crisis in good fathering is ultimately more serious than any economic or political crisis. Very few people have been fathered in spirit and soul. We need to receive from Father God his reparenting us as true sons and daughters. The good news is that God wants to be our Father. Jesus came to show us His Father and ours.
Receiving the Father nature of God is essential if we are to love Him and be assured of His love, trust Him, be secure in Him, pray to Him, yield to Him, live holy before Him, receive His guidance, serve Him, be like Him, and much more. Spend time with your Father in His word, His love letter to you. Receive His Father love for you.
1. He is our Father by right of the blood of Jesus (John 1:12).
2. Our basis of eternal security is being in the Father's hand (John 10:28-29).
3. We pray to the Father in Jesus' name (Mat. 6:9).
4. God's Father love for us is our highest motivation to holiness (1 John 3:1-3)
.
5. His Fatherhood is the basis of understanding His guiding hand (John 5:20, 10:3-4, 27).
6. Every family derives its name from the Father, so God the Father is the model for headship in our families (Eph. 3:14-15, Psa. 68:5-6).
7. Our Father wants us to yield to His gentle parental authority (Hos. 11:1, 3-4, Eph. 6:4).
8. The basis of trusting Him is seeing Him as our totally able and faithful Father (Mat. 18:19-20, Heb. 13:5, 2 Tim. 2:13).
9. When we know Him as Father, we will trust His parental generosity (Mat. 6:32-33, Jam. 1:17, Psa. 37:3-5).
10. Knowing Him as Father is the basis of receiving His parental affection (John 17:23, Hos.
11:4, Jer. 31:3, Deu. 33:12).11. His Father-heart is the basis for His parental attentiveness (Mat. 6:25-26, 31; 1 Pet. 5:7).
12. When we rightly knowing Him as Father, we are secure in his acceptance and rest securely in Him (Gal. 4:5-7, Rom. 8:15-16, 32-33; Zeph. 3:17).
13. His relationship to us as Father is the legal basis of receiving all our inheritance in Christ (Eph. 1:13-14, Col. 1:12, 1 Pet. 1:3-4).
14. The Father is seeking worshipers. When we understand His Father heart, we will worship Him in spirit and in truth (John 4:23-24).
Knowing Him as loving Father is the foundation for intimate relationship with Him. First Corinthians 13:4-7 is a picture of the Father's love. Personalize it, and receive it for yourself. My Father who loves me is patient with me, kind to me.... My Father's love is not rude, nor self-seeking, not easily angered, and keeps no record of wrongs. My Father's love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. My Father's love always protects me, always trusts me, always hopes [believes the best about me], always perseveres and never gives up on me. My Father's love for me never fails.
Based on "Why Know The Father's Heart," Prayer Portions, page 47, © 1991 by Sylvia Gunter. There are two other pieces on the Father Heart of God, p 45-50. Available at www.thefathersbusiness.com. See also "Prayer For Healing A Fatherless Generation," Prayer Essentials For Living In His Presence, p. 226-228, @2000 by Sylvia Gunter.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Women In America Must Take A Stand In This Election!
I am not Catholic but this video is exactly what I believe, as my friend Patty Maier says "it is time for the Esther's of our generation to take a stand and pray and vote and protect the future for our children and grandchildren, our neices and nephews. Pray much that God will forgive us and let us have one more chance at getting this right. America has got to turn around and go back to her roots. Pray! Pray! Pray!
Saturday, October 25, 2008
The Bridge - a fathers love
A cinematic story of a Father's love... faced with
an unfathomable circumstance and decision.
This brings home to us a little of what it cost God to give up Jesus for us!
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