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...Psalms 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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