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Isaiah chapter 63, verse 16,

for you are our Father.

Though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us,

you, O Lord, are our Father.

Our Redeemer from of old is your name.

Oh, I love this verse.

I love what it means, what it represents,

and even how rare this is relatively

in the Old Testament.

So there aren't a lot of places in the Old Testament.

Certainly not near as many as we see in the New Testament,

where God is referred to as our Father.

That's what makes Jesus teaching us about prayer

in Matthew chapter 6 so extraordinary

that he begins to teach us by praying our Father in heaven.

So let's just pause and realize what a wonder it is

that you and I through faith in Jesus

have the privilege of knowing and loving

and experiencing God as Father.

I just want to include one of my favorite quotes from J.I. Packer

from a book, Knowing God, one of my favorite books

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