We're going to look at an attribute of God that quite frankly, it's one of the most widely

believed and yet most often doubted about who got it, the fact that God is loving and more specifically

that he's a loving father. And those two words right there, loving father can create some

challenges inside a lot of us because the truth is, we all have dads and you might have a good

dad, you might have not such a good dad or you had an absent dad. And as a pastor, one of the

things that I see most common, anytime people are walking through problems in their lives,

one of the most common things I see is that there is an unhealthy connection to an earthly father.

Now if you don't believe you, you're like, I don't know about that pastor, sound like my dad was

pretty good. That it's true. There are good dads, okay? But the truth of the matter is, is that just

back in 1995 and all the way up to now, every year there's been over 15 million children on average

who live in a single mother home. So that's a lot of people. That's a lot of us. That's a lot of us

who have daddy issues. And we do. We've got daddy issues and we're going to talk about that today.

So here's what I want you to realize that whether you had a good dad or not a good dad, you still

have got an issue because our earthly relationships can impact the way we see our heavenly father.

Here's where we are. Our main scripture is found in 1 John chapter 3 verse 1. It says this,

see what great love the father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God. And

that is what we are. I need you to do me a favor. Turn to the person next to you and tell him, I am

a child of God. Okay now this time turn to the other person and tell him even louder like you believe it.

Say I am a child of God. Those of you joining us online put it in the chat right now. I am a child

of God. Here's the thing. This verse is so interesting to me because it does create some issues

because there's two different types of people that read this verse in two different types of way.

You've got the shouters and the doubters. Okay? You got the shouters. These are the people that are like,

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