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I recognize my valuing of God, in the role of Father,
has increased to fill my need
is a father to orphans..."
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You may not know me, but I know everything about you.(Psalm 139:1) I know when you sit down and when you rise up.(Psalm 139:2) I am familiar with all your ways.(Psalm 139:3) Even the very hairs on your head are numbered.(Matthew 10:29-31) For you were made in my image (Genesis 1:27) In me you live and move and have your being. (Acts 17:28) For you are my offspring.[Acts 17.28] I knew you even before you were concived.(Jeremiah 1:4-5) I chose you when I planned creation.(Ephesians 1:11-12) You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book.(Psalm 139:15-16) I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live.(Acts 17:26) You are fearfully and wonderfully made.(Psalm 139:14) I knit you together in your mother's womb.(Psalm 139:13) And brought you forth on the day you were born.(Psalm 71:6) I have been misrepresented by those who do not know me (John 8.41-44) I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love.(1 John 4:16) And it is my desire to lavish my love on you.(1 John 3:1) Simply because you are my child and I am your Father.(1 John 3:1) I offer you more than your earthly father ever could.(Matthew 7:11) For I am the perfect father.(Matthew 5:48) Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand.(James 1:17) For I am your provider and I meet all your needs (Matthew 6.31-33) My plan for your future has always been filled with hope.(Jeremiah 29:11) Because I love you with an everlasting love.(Jeremiah 31:3) My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore.(Psalms 139:17-18) And I rejoice over you with singing.(Zephaniah 3:17) I will never stop doing good to you.(Jeremiah 32:40) For you are my treasured possession (Exodus 19:5) I desire to you establish you with all my heart and all my soul.(Jeremiah 33:3) And I want to show you great and marvelous things.(Jeremiah 33:3) If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me.(Deuteronomy 4:29) Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart.(Psalm 37:4) For it is I who gave you those desires.(Philippians 2:13) I am able to do more for you than you possibly imagine.(Ephesians 3:20) For I am your greatest encourager (2 Thessalonians 2:16-17) I am also the father who comforts you in all your troubles. (2 Corinthians 1:3-4) When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you (Psalm 34:18) As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart.(Isaiah 40:11) One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes.(Revelation 21:3-4) And I will take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth.(Revelation 21:3-4) I am your father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus. (John 17:23) For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed.(John 17:26) He is the exact representation of my being. (Hebrews 1:3) He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you.(Romans 8:31) And to tell you that I am not counting your sins.(2 Corinthians 5. 18-19) Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled. (2 Corinthians 5.18-19) His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you.(1 John 4:10) I gave up everthing I loved that I might gain your love.(Romans 8:31-32) If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me.(1 John 2:23) And nothing will ever separate you from my love again.(Romans 8.38-39) Come home and I will throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen.(Luke 15:7) I have always been father, and will always be father.(Ephesians 3.14-15) My question is will you be my child? (John 1.12-13)
I am waiting for you.(Luke 15.11-32)
Your Dad ,
