{"id":722,"date":"2013-02-20T12:44:17","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T18:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/?p=722"},"modified":"2013-02-20T12:44:17","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T18:44:17","slug":"fathers-love-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/2013\/02\/20\/fathers-love-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Father’s Love Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My Child,<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

My question is\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6
\nWill you be my child?
\nJohn 1:12-13<\/a><\/p>\n

I am waiting for you.
\nLuke 15:11-32<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Love, Your Dad<\/strong>
\n Almighty God<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Father’s Love Letter used by permission Father Heart Communications
\n\u00c2\u00a9 1999-2011 www.FathersLoveLetter.com<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 … <\/p>\n

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