{"id":16326,"date":"2021-06-17T18:53:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T01:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/2021-servanthood-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-06-17T19:09:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T02:09:17","slug":"2021-fatherlove","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/2021-fatherlove\/","title":{"rendered":"Father\u2019s Love Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"

My Child,<\/strong><\/p>\n

You may not know me, but I know everything about you. \u00a0Psalm 139:1<\/a><\/p>\n

I know when you sit down and when you rise up.\u00a0 Psalm 139:2<\/a><\/p>\n

I am familiar with all your ways.\u00a0 Psalm 139:3<\/a><\/p>\n

Even the very hairs on your head are numbered.\u00a0 Matthew 10:29-31<\/a><\/p>\n

For you were made in my image.\u00a0 Genesis 1:27<\/a><\/p>\n

In me you live and move and have your being.\u00a0 Acts 17:28<\/a><\/p>\n

For you are my offspring.Acts 17:28<\/a><\/p>\n

I knew you even before you were conceived.\u00a0 Jeremiah 1:4-5<\/a><\/p>\n

I chose you when I planned creation. \u00a0\u00a0Ephesians 1:11-12<\/a><\/p>\n

You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book.\u00a0 \u00a0 Psalm 139:15-16<\/a><\/p>\n

I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live. \u00a0\u00a0Acts 17:26<\/a><\/p>\n

You are fearfully and wonderfully made. \u00a0Psalm 139:14<\/a><\/p>\n

I knit you together in your mother’s womb. \u00a0\u00a0Psalm 139:13<\/a><\/p>\n

And brought you forth on the day you were born. \u00a0\u00a0Psalm 71:6<\/a><\/p>\n

I have been misrepresented by those who don’t know me. \u00a0\u00a0 John 8:41-44<\/a><\/p>\n

I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love. \u00a0\u00a0 1 John 4:16<\/a><\/p>\n

And it is my desire to lavish my love on you. \u00a0\u00a0 1 John 3:1<\/a><\/p>\n

Simply because you are my child and I am your Father.\u00a0 \u00a0 1 John 3:1<\/a><\/p>\n

I offer you more than your earthly father ever could. \u00a0\u00a0Matthew 7:11<\/a><\/p>\n

For I am the perfect father. \u00a0\u00a0 Matthew 5:48<\/a><\/p>\n

Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand. \u00a0\u00a0 James 1:17<\/a><\/p>\n

For I am your provider and I meet all your needs. \u00a0\u00a0 Matthew 6:31-33<\/a><\/p>\n

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope. \u00a0\u00a0 Jeremiah 29:11<\/a><\/p>\n

Because I love you with an everlasting love.Jeremiah 31:3<\/a><\/p>\n

My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore.Psalm 139:17-18<\/a><\/p>\n

And I rejoice over you with singing. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Zephaniah 3:17<\/a><\/p>\n

I will never stop doing good to you. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Jeremiah 32:40<\/a><\/p>\n

For you are my treasured possession. \u00a0\u00a0Exodus 19:5<\/a><\/p>\n

I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Jeremiah 32:41<\/a><\/p>\n

And I want to show you great and marvelous things. \u00a0\u00a0 Jeremiah 33:3<\/a><\/p>\n

If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me. \u00a0\u00a0 Deuteronomy 4:29<\/a><\/p>\n

Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart. \u00a0\u00a0 Psalm 37:4<\/a><\/p>\n

For it is I who gave you those desires. \u00a0\u00a0 Philippians 2:13<\/a><\/p>\n

I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine. \u00a0\u00a0 Ephesians 3:20<\/a><\/p>\n

For I am your greatest encourager. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a02 Thessalonians 2:16-17<\/a><\/p>\n

I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a02 Corinthians 1:3-4<\/a><\/p>\n

When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you. \u00a0\u00a0 Psalm 34:18<\/a><\/p>\n

As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart. \u00a0\u00a0Isaiah 40:11<\/a><\/p>\n

One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Revelation 21:3-4<\/a><\/p>\n

And I’ll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth. \u00a0\u00a0 Revelation 21:3-4<\/a><\/p>\n

I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus. \u00a0\u00a0 John 17:23<\/a><\/p>\n

For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0John 17:26<\/a><\/p>\n

He is the exact representation of my being.\u00a0 \u00a0 Hebrews 1:3<\/a><\/p>\n

He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you. \u00a0\u00a0Romans 8:31<\/a><\/p>\n

And to tell you that I am not counting your sins. \u00a0\u00a0 2 Corinthians 5:18-19<\/a><\/p>\n

Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled. \u00a0\u00a0 2 Corinthians 5:18-19<\/a><\/p>\n

His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a01 John 4:10<\/a><\/p>\n

I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Romans 8:31-32<\/a><\/p>\n

If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a01 John 2:23<\/a><\/p>\n

And nothing will ever separate you from my love again. \u00a0\u00a0 Romans 8:38-39<\/a><\/p>\n

Come home and I’ll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Luke 15:7<\/a><\/p>\n

I have always been Father, and will always be Father. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Ephesians 3:14-15<\/a><\/p>\n

My question is\u2026Will you be my child? \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0John 1:12-13<\/a><\/p>\n

I am waiting for you. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Luke 15:11-32<\/a><\/p>\n

Love, Your Dad.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Almighty God<\/strong><\/p>\n

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