{"id":25362,"date":"2015-04-17T00:25:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T04:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=25362"},"modified":"2015-04-13T19:21:22","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T23:21:22","slug":"a-letter-from-your-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/04\/17\/a-letter-from-your-father\/","title":{"rendered":"A Letter From Your Father"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many of you have gone on Spring Break or are anticipating taking a vacation this summer. \u00a0It is a time to refresh spirit, soul, and body. \u00a0Over the next couple of weeks, our faithful bloggers will be taking a \u2018spring break\u2019 from writing so that they can come back to us refreshed and freshly anointed. <\/span>
\nHowever, Girlfriends\u2019 Coffee Hour website won\u2019t \u2018go black\u2019! \u00a0We will be revisiting some of our favorite blogs and daily devotions which have blessed us in the past. \u00a0We pray that each of you, our faithful friends and readers, will continue to start your day meditating on the devotionals and songblogs, and be encouraged and blessed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s give each of our bloggers a big round of applause, a hug,
\nand the rest they so deserve. \u00a0<\/span>God bless you, ladies!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, <\/span>
\nso that you live in fear again; <\/span>
\nrather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. <\/span>
\nAnd by Him we cry, \u201cAbba, Father.\u201d<\/span>
\nRomans 8:15<\/span><\/p>\n

Adoption\u2026God has searched you out and adopted you for His own. \u00a0Before you knew you even needed Him as your Father, He had already filled out the paperwork and made you a room in His House.<\/p>\n

For God knew His people in advance,
\nand He chose them to become like His Son,
\nso that His Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
\nRomans 8:29<\/p>\n

He will never leave you fatherless in this world\u2026after all, He wrote your name in His family tree. \u00a0And He paid a huge price for you too!<\/p>\n

God sent Him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law,
\nso that He could adopt us as His very own children.
\nGalatians 4:5<\/p>\n

We didn\u2019t pay for our adoption, we only have to accept it. \u00a0The minute we do, we go from orphans with nothing to heirs with everything. \u00a0We are adopted into a new family\u2026but we are not home yet. \u00a0We know our Father\u2019s name, but we haven\u2019t seen Him face to face yet. \u00a0He has claimed us but He hasn\u2019t come for us yet. \u00a0But we know He will. \u00a0But until that day, we live as His.<\/p>\n

You are no longer wandering alone. \u00a0You are loved so much by a King! Someone actually paid for your freedom in full with His own life! \u00a0All the sins you have committed and ever will have already been erased by His blood. \u00a0You can never do anything to make Him love you any more or less. \u00a0And, though this world may be hard, He will never let you flounder alone. \u00a0He wants so much for you, His child.<\/p>\n

If God were to write you a letter, it might sound like this:<\/p>\n

Dear ______,<\/p>\n

I love you more than \u00a0you will ever understand. \u00a0I bought you and I complete you. \u00a0I will always comfort you and I will never fail you.<\/p>\n

I know all that you have done, all the regrets and shame you feel about your past. \u00a0I want you to know that My grace is sufficient for you and I have put them all behind Me. \u00a0I have the ability to actually forget them and, of course, forgive them. \u00a0You have been washed clean, like new. \u00a0Please come to Me, for I have truly set you free. \u00a0I broke the stronghold of the enemy. \u00a0You have a home with Me in Heaven and all glory. There you will have no more sorrows, no more sadness or crying and no more death and pain.<\/p>\n

I see that you are worried about so much that you cannot control. \u00a0But I can. \u00a0Please put your trust in Me and I will rescue you every time from all your trials. \u00a0Cling to me in your struggle and know that I will give you the strength you need to get through what is in front of you. \u00a0Don\u2019t ever give up. \u00a0I will give you the help you need and I will give you courage.<\/p>\n

Just trust me with all that you have. \u00a0I will never leave you. \u00a0I never sleep and I am always looking out for you. \u00a0I will go before you and make a way. \u00a0I have planned every detail of your journey here and until I come again and bring you home, I will give you what you need daily. \u00a0I love you, my precious child.<\/p>\n

Keep pressing on toward the finish line, never losing momentum. \u00a0I will see you soon!<\/p>\n

Your Father<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you know Jesus<\/em>? \u00a0He is waiting on you with open arms. \u00a0I encourage you to pray with me today and ask Him into your life, to be Lord. \u00a0Pray with me:<\/p>\n

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Dear God, I know that I am a sinner. \u00a0I need a Savior. \u00a0I believe that Jesus is Your Son and You sent Him to die in my place. \u00a0I ask that You come into my heart and be my God. \u00a0Please go with me and help me to grow in You. \u00a0Thank You for this life You have given me. \u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, amen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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