This week, we'll start a new series making space to simply stir up our affections for God every day.

Today, we're going to look at the reality that our God loves to give us good gifts.

May God empower us to live with open hands and open hearts,

ready and willing to receive all that he longs to is his desire to give us amazing gifts.

James 117 says,

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of Lights,

with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Every good gift you receive is because God loves you.

His love for you is so great that he looked for every opportunity to give you a gift.

He desperately wants you to know that you are loved and valued by him.

He so deeply wants you to know that he is not distant from you, but rather is working in your midst to lead you to abundant joy, peace, and life.

Matthew 7.11 says, if you then, who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more

will your father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him?

I love how God has chosen to be known to us as a father.

And because God has chosen to reveal himself as a father, we can more tangibly understand

the love of God by looking to good earthly parents.

God longs to bless you the way a good father would.

And at the same time, he loves you more deeply and more powerfully than any earthly parent ever could.

Our Heavenly Father far outdoes any example an earthly father can give us.

What gift are you longing for today?

Do you long for friendship?

Do you need a greater sense of being loved?

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