Many of us can agree that what we think about someone determines how we approach them. Think about it. If you think a person is quick tempered, you will spend more time contemplating the right moment to approach them to have a discussion. If you perceive someone to be compassionate, you tend to be at ease when sharing your heart with them.
My question to you is how do you see God? Is He an angry judge waiting to sentence you to eternal damnation whenever you sin? Is He watching and waiting for you to fall so that He can pronounce a cruel punishment over you? Is He loving towards you only if you keep all of His commandments? Unfortunately, some Christians view Him in this manner.
How we see the Father matters because if effects how we communicate with Him, how we experience Him in our daily lives and how we present Him to others. Over the last 2 weeks I have been asking God to show Himself to me in a new and fresh way. I believe that if we see God for the loving Father that He is we won’t spend so much time in condemnation of ourselves whenever we miss the mark. I believe that whenever we truly are enlightened to just how much He loves us we will in turn fall deeper in love with Him. As we fall in love with Him, we will do less of the things that break His heart.
My prayer for you this month is that you will see Him all over again as if it were the first time. The Bible is God’s beautiful love letter to you. Inside of this love letter you will find just how madly in love He is with you.
Daughter,
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 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, for all your days are written in my book. (Psalm 139:15-16)
You are fearfully and wonderfully made. (Psalm 139:14)
I knit you together in your mother’s womb. (Psalm 139:13)
I have been misrepresented by those who don’t know me. (John 8:41-44)
I am not distant and angry but I 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)
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)
I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine. (Ephesians 3:20)
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)
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)
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)
With Unconditional Love,
God Your Father
Loving You Into Greater
Shindy Taylor| When Women Pray
whenwomenprayministries.com
The love letter referenced in this blog was taken (not in its entirety) from Father Heart Communications copyright 1999, Fathersloveletter.com
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