The letter from God as read in the sermons on February 2, 2014.
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,
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 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 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 21:3-4)
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 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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