THE FATHER'S LOVE
Ephesians 3:14-19 NLT, “When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.”
Jesus said, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. and Love your neighbor as yourself." Deuteronomy 6:4
1 John 4:19, "We love because he first loved us."
The Father’s Love:
- Is A Love Beyond All Reason
The Father’s Love:
- Is A Love That Delights in Us
Zephaniah 3:17, “The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.”
Isaiah 62:5, “As man rejoices over his new wife, so the Lord rejoices over you.”
Psalm 17:7-8 "Show the wonder of your great love...Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings."
The Father’s Love:
- Is A Love That is For Us
Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to proper you, and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Ephesians 2:10 "For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago."
Romans 8:31,32, “What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?”
Hebrews 12:6, “The Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son."
The Father’s Love:
- Is A Love That Pays Attention
Numbers 6:24-26, “The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; The Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”
The Father’s Love:
- Is A Love That Constantly Pursues Us
Ephesians 1:4-12, “Long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had you in mind, had settled on you as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt you into his family through Jesus Christ. He wanted you to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son. He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting you in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth. It's in Christ that you find out who you are and what you are living for. Long before you first heard of Christ and got your hopes up, he had his eye on you, had designs on you for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.”
Ephesians 3:14-17, “May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love; and may you be able to feel and understand as all God's children should, how long, how wide, how deep, and how high his love really is; and to experience this love for yourselves.”
The Father’s Love:
- Is A Love Beyond All Reason
- Is A Love That Delights in Us
- Is A Love That Is For Us
- Is A Love That Pays Attention
- Is A Love That Constantly Pursues Us
Challenge:
Draw spiritual nourishment from the Father's love through daily Bible reading and constant contact with the Father in prayer.
