God our Father
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🗓️ 4 April 2020
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Summary
In the third day of this week-long series where we’ve been taking time every day to stir up our affections for God, today we’re going to look at all it means for him to be our Father. Out of all of the metaphors used for our relationship with this eternal, transcendent God, the concept of him being a Father today has been most meaningful. May he draw us closer as he reveals what a good Father he is to us.
Our Scripture for today comes from 1 John 3:1, and today's worship is Good Good Father by Housefires.
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| 0:00.0 | In the third day of this week-long series, taking time every day to stir up our affections for God. |
| 0:10.0 | Today we're going to look at all it means for him to be our father. |
| 0:15.0 | Out of all of the metaphors used for our relationship with this eternal transcendent God, |
| 0:20.0 | the concept of him being a father today has been the most meaningful. |
| 0:25.0 | May he draw us closer as he reveals what a good father he is to us. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to the First of Team Podcast. Our verse for today comes from 1st John 3, verse 1. |
| 0:50.7 | Scripture says, see what kind of love the father has given to us, that we should be called |
| 0:56.8 | children of God, and so we are. |
| 1:02.3 | As a follower of Jesus, you have been brought into the family of God. |
| 1:07.0 | Take a moment to let that truth sink in. |
| 1:10.0 | Think about what it means to have God, the creator of the universe, the embodiment of perfect love as your father. |
| 1:20.0 | So often we lose sight of the fact that God is our father and view him through perspectives not aligned with scripture |
| 1:28.8 | We view God through lenses the world and unfortunate experiences have given us, |
| 1:34.4 | rather than a revelation of him as a good father |
| 1:37.8 | given to us by the revolutionary teaching of Jesus. |
| 1:48.6 | In Matthew 7, 9 through 11, Jesus teaches us which one of you if his son asks him for bread will give him a stone or if he asks for a fish will give him a serpent. |
| 1:56.4 | If you then who are evil know how to get good gifts to your children, how much more will |
| 2:01.9 | your father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him? |
| 2:07.0 | You have a father who loves to give you good gifts. |
| 2:12.0 | So often we think of God as a harsh disciplinarian who never lets his |
| 2:16.8 | kids enjoy life. We assume he will say no to anything that gives us pleasure, |
| 2:22.8 | as if he only wanted us to go to church more, |
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