In the heart of our week on being the child of God, we're going to take time today

to look at how we can position ourselves to receive the wealth of fatherly affections that God has for us.

God's love changes everything. Wherever you need a sense of his love, wherever you have need, I pray that the

Father gives you a profound revelation of his love there today. Welcome to the first of team podcast. Our worship today comes from Psalm 36, verse 5.

Scripture says, your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.

Being the child of God gives us an open invitation into the endless affections our Heavenly Father has for us.

There is no end to the wealth of God's love.

There's no limit to how deeply and tangibly

we can experience his heart.

Through the sacrifice of Jesus,

we can live our lives

totally and completely experiencing the love

of the creator and sustainer of all.

Psalm 365 says,

Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.

When you look across the horizon, as far as your eye can see,

picture the arms of your Heavenly Father stretching even

farther than the faintest speck of blue sky. When you see the clouds in their immensity and wonder,

picture the enormity of your God's faithful love toward you. So great is the wealth of

affections your Heavenly Father has toward you, that he would

send his pure, blameless son as payment for the sins that have kept you from experiencing

his love. So great was his desire for you to know his heart, that Jesus gave his life, creating a bridge across the

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