There is no better father than Creator God. He formed us and knows us. He provides for us,

loves us unconditionally, and longs for a real life-giving relationship with us. He runs out to meet us in our sin,

clothes us with a new identity,

and restores to us the abundant life he has always planned for us.

As we spend time looking at the Father's heart,

may a fresh revelation of his love for you guide you into greater

depths of relationship with your Heavenly Father. Welcome to the First 15 podcast. I'm I'm I'm

The Our scripture for today comes from 1 John 3 verse 1.

Scripture says,

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God.

And so we are.

In Brennan Manning's book, Abba's Child, the cry of the heart for intimate belonging, he writes,

But we cannot assume that God feels about us the way we feel about ourselves,

unless we love ourselves compassionately, intensely, and freely.

In human form, Jesus revealed to us what God is like. He exposed our projections for the

idolatry that they are and gave us the way to become free of them. It takes a profound conversion

to accept that God is relentlessly tender and compassionate toward us,

just as we are. Not in spite of our sins and faults, that would not be total acceptance,

but with them, though God does not condone or sanction evil, he does not withhold his love because there is evil in us.

May we experience the freedom that comes with a true revelation of God's unceasing love for us. God loves you with unconditional love. To know God is to

know love in its truest form because he is love. Love isn't just something he gives. It isn't just something that he feels. It is who he is.

God's love for you is limitless and has the power to set you free from every wound, thought, sin, and broken relationship that causes

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