July 6, 2021 … Our Forever Father …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 187 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Chris Tomlin singing  … Good, Good Father … poignantly singing about how we have a forever Father in our God.  It’s Who our God is!! 

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Highlight Passage:   Matthew 6:8-9  [NLT] …  

8 Don’t be like them [the hypocrites], for your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him! 9 Pray like this:  <b>“Our Father in heaven, </b>may Your name be kept holy. …  

… Jesus appeals for His followers to pray to their - always present … always perfect …  Heavenly Father 

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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Matthew 6:5-13 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus teaches on praying, humbly and genuinely, to our perfect, … all-knowing and all-caring, … Heavenly Father.  

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Reference Passage: … Malachi 2:10 [NLT] … 

10 Are we not all children of the same Father? Are we not all created by the same God? Then why do we betray each other, violating the covenant of our ancestors? 

… God’s word, thru the Prophet, shows us that we are all children of the same God who has made a perfect and lasting covenant with His family of believers, which we, as His family, continue to violate.     

Reference Passage: … Romans 8:16 [NLT] … 

16 For His Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. 

… We, who believe in our Heavenly Father as our “Abba Father,” know that we are God’s children.

Reference Passage: … Titus 2:12-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul also shows believers how we look forward to the hope of Jesus coming for God’s family in the Person of our our Heavenly Father’s Son, … our Lord, King Jesus.  

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 5:7  [NLT] … 

7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for He cares about you.

… Peter writes that we can ALWAYS go to our Heavenly Father because He ALWAYS cares for us.    

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Albert Lee, AT THIS LINK … shows, thru the work/writing of John Sowers … in his book, ”Fatherless Generation,” … that we’re living in a generation of fatherless families where these kids don’t know a father.  And Sowers believes that many of the social ills we face these days are the result of FATHERLESSNESS in our world.   

But if my fellow Christian readers believe in the truth of what Chris Tomlin sings in the linked song, … as well as the truths of the Scriptures above, … we believe - and know - that disciples of Christ are never fatherless; and we always have a good, good … “Abba Father” … to go to anytime/anywhere, … a Heavenly Father Who ALWAYS cares for our needs.  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for being my good, GOOD Heavenly Father … ALWAYS!         

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to praise our Heavenly Father for ALWAYS being there for us.   … Amen

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