My Father

My Father...

Loves me

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

 Cares for me

 

Matthew 6:26 “Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?”

 

Forgives me

Psalm 103:12 “as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”

Is compassionate 

Psalm 103:4-5 “who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s”

Is giving

Romans 8:32 “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?”

Is understanding 

Psalm 139:1-2 “You have searched me, LORD,
and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.”

Is accepting
 

Psalm 139:1-6 “You have searched me, LORD,
and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue
you, LORD, know it completely.
You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.”

Satisfies

Psalm 107:9 “for He satisfies the thirsty
and fills the hungry with good things.”

Persistently pursues me

Luke 19:10 “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Is reason 

Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,”
says the LORD.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.”

Pardons 

Psalm 103:3 “who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases, “

Heals 

Isaiah 53:5 “But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed

Redeems 

Job 19:25 “I know that my redeemer lives,
and that in the end he will stand on the earth.”

Is loving-kindness 

Psalm 86:15 “But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.”

Renews 

Isaiah 40:31 “but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.”

Is righteous 

Jeremiah 9:23-24 “This is what the LORD says:

  “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom
or the strong boast of their strength
or the rich boast of their riches,
but let the one who boasts boast about this:
that they have the understanding to know me,
that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness,
justice and righteousness on earth,
for in these I delight,”
declares the LORD.”

Is gracious 

Ephesians 1:7-8 “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, “

Is sovereign

Psalm 103:19 “The LORD has established his throne in heaven,
and his kingdom rules over all.”