God loves to exceed our expectations and break our boxes and today's topic does just that.

As we end our week, today we're exploring God's attributes that make him a fun, joyful

father.

Let's allow God to reshape our notion of him and free our hearts up to enjoy just how good he really is. He's

better than anyone we've ever known and it's my hope today that we can see that

with clear eyes. Welcome to the First of Team Podcast. Our passage of the day is some 30, 11 through 12, and says,

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing. You have loosed my mourning into dancing.

You have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness.

That my glory may sing your prayers and not be silent.

Oh Lord, my God, I will give thanks to you forever.

There's a terrible misconception in the church today that our father is not a fun God. For most Christians

what they know of God comes through worship services rather than direct encounters

with the living God. As the body of Christ, we have not cultivated a

culture of restored relationship well. But regardless of faults in the church today,

God longs to give you a revelation of how incredibly fun it is to have him as your father.

He longs to guide you into a lifestyle of abundant joy as you grow in your relationship with him.

While God's fun mailing different from the worlds,

every form of fun apart from his is a cheap imitation.

We see countless examples in scripture of God's children experiencing a depth of joy,

unattainable apart from God.

David writes in Psalm 1611, you make known to me the path of light.

In your presence there's fullness of joy.

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