{"id":1296,"date":"2016-05-27T17:24:59","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T22:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/?p=1296"},"modified":"2019-01-22T21:23:38","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T03:23:38","slug":"fathers-love-letter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2016\/05\/27\/fathers-love-letter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Father’s Love Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"the<\/a>I am sharing something different today. \u00a0It is a powerful and personal message of God\u2019s love called The Father\u2019s Love Letter<\/strong>\u00a0written by Barry Adams. \u00a0The Father’s Love Letter<\/strong>\u00a0started outas a simple sermon illustration, but has reached many lives in the past 15 years. \u00a0It has been translated into over 100 languages.\u00a0 (Check out their website\u00a0 FathersLoveLetter.com<\/a> to learn more.)<\/h4>\n

Hope this blesses you as much as it continues to bless me!<\/p>\n

-Lydia Floren<\/em><\/p>\n

The Father’s Love Letter<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I determined the exact time of your birth
\nand where you would live. <\/span>
\nActs 17:26<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

I am not distant and angry,
\nbut am the complete expression of love. <\/span>
\n1 John 4:16<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

And it is my desire to lavish my love on you. <\/span>
\n1 John 3:1<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Simply because you are my child
\nand I am your Father. <\/span>
\n1 John 3:1<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I desire to establish you
\nwith all my heart and all my soul. <\/span>
\nJeremiah 32:41<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Delight in me and I will give you
\nthe desires of your heart. <\/span>
\nPsalm 37:4<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

I am able to do more for you
\nthan you could possibly imagine. <\/span>
\nEphesians 3:20<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

For I am your greatest encourager. <\/span>
\n2 Thessalonians 2:16-17<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

I am also the Father who comforts you
\nin all your troubles. <\/span>
\n2 Corinthians 1:3-4<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

When you are brokenhearted,
\nI am close to you. <\/span>
\nPsalm 34:18<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

As a shepherd carries a lamb,
\nI have carried you close to my heart. <\/span>
\nIsaiah 40:11<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

One day I will wipe away
\nevery tear from your eyes. <\/span>
\nRevelation 21:3-4<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

I am your Father, and I love you
\neven as I love my son, Jesus.<\/span>
\nJohn 17:23<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

He came to demonstrate that I am for you,
\nnot against you. <\/span>
\nRomans 8:31<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

And to tell you that I am not counting your sins.<\/span>
\n2 Corinthians 5:18-19<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled. <\/span>
\n2 Corinthians 5:18-19<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

His death was the ultimate expression
\nof my love for you. <\/span>
\n1 John 4:10<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

I gave up everything I loved
\nthat I might gain your love. <\/span>
\nRomans 8:31-32<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

If you receive the gift of my son Jesus,
\nyou receive me. <\/span>
\n1 John 2:23<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

And nothing will ever separate you
\nfrom my love again.<\/span>
\nRomans 8:38-39<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

I have always been Father,
\nand will always be Father.<\/span>
\nEphesians 3:14-15<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

My question is\u2026
\nWill you be my child? <\/span>
\nJohn 1:12-13<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

I am waiting for you. <\/span>
\nLuke 15:11-32<\/a><\/span>
\n
\nLove, Your Dad
\n<\/span><\/b><\/span>Almighty God<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Father’s Love Letter used by permission
\nFather Heart Communications \u00a9<\/strong><\/em>1999 FathersLoveLetter.com<\/p>\n

Share with Us: \u00a0How have you experienced God’s love recently?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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