In Touch, the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley.

Next on In Touch, knowing God as our Father.

There are many titles about God in the Bible.

He's called many things.

Let me ask your question. When you feel

lonely and we're in tired, which one of those titles seems to be the most meaningful to you?

When you feel hurt and feel pain, which is the most reassuring to you.

When you feel fearful and maybe a little desperate, or maybe, shall we say, just inadequate to face

whatever you're facing, which one of those is the most comforting to you?

Well, when you think about all those titles in the Bible about God, I believe the one that

meets all of those needs is the title of Father.

When you think about the fact that you and I have the privilege of calling God, our Heavenly

Father, the privilege of calling God, my Father, what an awesome privilege that is. And that's what I want

to talk about in this passage of Scripture, in this message, and that is the privilege of calling,

the privilege of having, but primarily the privilege of knowing God as our Father. And I want

you to turn, if you will, to a very familiar passage in the Sermon of the Mount.

And you'll recall that Jesus is teaching his disciples how to pray here.

And so he says in verse 8 of Matthew chapter 6, therefore do not be like them talking about

the unbelievers, for your father knows what you need before

you ask him. And then he says, pray then. That is, when you pray, this is the what you can,

this is how you can pray. Our Father, who are in heaven, hallow it be thy name. Thy kingdom

come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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