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. of Teen Podcast Our passage of the day is Psalm 30, 11 through 12 and says,

You have turned for me my morning into dancing.

You have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.

O 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 may look different from the world, 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 life. In your presence

there is fullness of joy, and your eye hand are pleasures forevermore. The fullness of fun

is found with God because He alone guides us to the path of true life. He alone frees us, heals us, loves us, rejoices over us,

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