Friday, January 21, 2005

Father's Love Letter

My child,

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 conceived.

Jeremiah 1:4-5

I chose you when I planned creation.

Ephesians 1:11-12

You were not a mistake,

Psalm 139:15-16

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 don’t 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,

Psalm 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 establish you with all My heart and all My soul,

Jeremiah 32:41

And I want to show you great and marvellous 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 could 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’ll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth.

Revelation 21:4

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 everything 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’ll 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

Love,
Your Dad,
Almighty God


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