THE REAL MESSAGE FOR FATHER'S DAY
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My Child, you may not know me, but I know everything about you (Ps 119:1). I know when you sit down and when you rise up (Ps 119:2). I am familiar with all your ways (Ps 139:3). Even the very hairs on your head are numbered (Matt. 10:29-31). For your were made in my image (Gen. 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 (Jer. 1:4-5). I chose you
when I planned creation (Eph. 1:11-12). You were not a mistake (Ps 139:15-16). For all
your days are written in my book (Ps 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 (Ps 139:14).
I knit you together in your mother’s womb (Ps 139:13). And brought you forth on the
day you were born (Ps. 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 (Matt. &:11). For I am the perfect Father (Matt. 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
(Matt. 6:31-33). My plan for your future has always been filled with hope (Jer. 29:11).
Because I love you with an everlasting love (Jer. 31:3). My thoughts toward you are
countless as the sand on the seashore (Ps 139:17-18). And I rejoice over you with singing
(Zeph. 3:17).
I will never stop doing good to you (Jer. 32:40). For you are my
treasured possession (Ex. 19:5). I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my
soul (Jer. 32:41). And I want to show you great and marvelous things (Jer. 33:3). If you
seek me with all your heart, you will find me (Deut. 4:29). Delight in me and I will give
you the desires of your heart (Ps 37:4). For it is I who gave you those desires (Phil.
2:13).
I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine (Eph.
3:20). For I am your greatest encourager (2 Thes. 2:16-17). I am also the Father who
comforts you in all your troubles (2 Cor. 1:3-4). When you are brokenhearted, I am close
to you (Ps 34:18). As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart
(Isa. 40:11). One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes (Rev. 21:3-4). And
I’ll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth (Rev. 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 (Heb. 1:3). And He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not
against you (Rom. 8:31). And to tell you that I am not counting your sins (2 Cor.
5:18-19). Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled (2 Cor. 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 (Rom. 8:32). 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 (Rom.
8:38-39).
Come home and I’ll throw the biggest party ever seen (Luke 15:7).
I have always been Father and will always be Father (Eph. 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