Wednesday, October 14, 2009

The Ultimate Parent

My Child,

I know everything about you Psalm 139:1

I know when you sit and when you rise 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 5:28

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 plans for your future have 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 will 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 Thess 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 carried a lamb I have carried you close to my heart Isaiah 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 21:3-4

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 Cor 5:18

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 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 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

P.S. All the above is 100% true. However, having said all this, I want to add a postscript:

I do forgive all your iniquities Psalm 103:3

I do heal all your diseases Psalm 103:3

However, you have a responsibility in your own healing Deuteronomy 28

It is not that I cannot heal; it is that I cannot without denying Matthew 5:22-24

My own holiness and giving you a leavened gospel that 2 Corinthians 7:1

Would say you can keep your sin and receive My blessings 2 Timothy 2:24-26

One of My Son’s missions on the earth was to heal the sick Acts 10:38

And destroy the works of the devil 1 John 3:8

And you are commissioned to do the same in My Son’s name Isaiah 58:6-12

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