God Our Father

Adoption, Chosen, Foster Care, God Our Father, God's Love, Love, Orphan, Salvation

After moving through a dozen different foster and group homes during her childhood, Tori Hope Peterson found God to be the Father she could…

Unity

Closeness, God Our Father, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus Followers, Trinity, Unity

The unity displayed by the persons of the Trinity is described as homoousios. This word was first used to describe the Trinity by the…

Music Helps Us Remember

God Our Father, Hymn, Incarnation, Jesus, Musical, The Church, Worship

Think of various commercials where a jingle gets stuck in your head. Or try to say the ABCs without singing the alphabet jingles. Music…

Universal Respect

God Our Father, Priesthood, Relationship with God, Respect

N. T. Wright shares the story of an Australian prisoner of war to illustrate Jesus’s role in this passage: “Tom Moore was in charge…

He Knows Our Frame

Children of God, Creator, Dependence, Depending On God, God Our Father, Strength, Trusting God

We all need to be reminded of our utter dependence upon God for all things. At times, we suffer because we won’t admit our…

The Homecoming

Bride of Christ, Children of God, Christmas, Father, Gifts, God Our Father, Love, Sacrifice

Earl Hamner’s novel about one Christmas from his childhood, The Homecoming, is a perfect illustration of God’s love for his bride. At the height…

Total Adoption

Adoption, Children of God, God Our Father, Identity, Love, Salvation

God chose you—he knew what you’d be like, warts and all, and he chose you out of love to be his child. 4. But…

Treated As Children of God

Children of God, Conviction, Correction, Discipline, God Our Father, Repentance

“If a parent leaves a child without training, without discipline, without checking and correction, we begin to wonder … if they have a problem…

The Attachment Cycle

Children of God, Father, God Our Father, Love, Relationship with God

Psychology and emerging neuroscience highlight the reality of this innate need for connection through the attachment cycle. This cycle demonstrates that for a growing…

Coming To The Father

Child of God, Confession, God Our Father, Mercy, Repentance

Admitting we are wrong is an incredibly hard thing to do. And when we are in the presence of someone who is powerful and…

Our Father

Care, Discipline, Father, God Our Father, Heavenly Father, Love, Maturity, Wisdom

Think of a loving, human father and his young son. There are things the son does not (and cannot) understand at this point in…

Ask Again

Asking, Children of God, God Our Father, God's Love, Persistence, Prayer, Praying, Welcome

Pastor Matt Chandler’s thoughts on prayer give us a powerful image of God’s eagerness to hear from us, His children: “[A biblical view of…

In The Nick Of Time

Fathers, God Our Father, God the Father, God's Care, God's Timing, Good Father, Perfect Timing, Timing

There are plenty of us who are surprised by God’s timing. In most cases, if we’re honest, we don’t like it. We tend to…