Tuesday, August 19, 2008

A Love Letter from Your Father

(Please Note: The passages that are hi-lited are links to the appropriate sites or Scriptures referenced)


To my Dearly Loved Daughter,
I want you to know that I DO love you. I love you so much that even while you were still in sin, I sent my only Son, Jesus, to be a sacrifice for you to show you my love (Rom 5:8, Jn 3:16). I did not do this unwillingly or out of duty but I love you so much that it pleased me to give my Son for your life (Eph 1:4-6). When you accepted my Son, my angels in heaven rejoiced over you (Luke 15:6,10). I love you so much that I chose you to be mine even before the world began to be holy and blameless in my sight (Eph 1:4). I love you so much that I have blessed you in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ (Ephesians 1:3). I love you so much that when you accepted my Son, Jesus, I gave you my Spirit (Jn 7:39; Acts 5:32; Romans 5:5; Romans 8:11; 1 Cor 2:12; 2 Cor 5:5; 1 Thess 4:8; 1 Jn 4:13) and I want you to be filled with My Spirit (Eph 5:18). I gave you my Spirit NOT because of anything you ever did or will do; but because I love you and because you have believed and received what you have heard about my Son (Gal 3:5). I give you my Spirit of wisdom and revelation that you may know me better , so please seek to know Me more (Eph 1:17). I give you my Spirit so that you have freedom from bondage and oppression - so live in light of this freedom you are given! (2 Cor 3:17). You have been given freedom through my Son, Jesus, and so you are free indeed (Gal 2:4, Jn 8:36). You HAVE been set free; do NOT be fooled into putting on a foreign yoke of slavery and an oppressed spirit that does not belong on you (Gal 5:1)!!
You ARE my precious daughter; by my Spirit in you, you are allowed to call me Abba, Daddy! (Romans 8:15, Galatians 4:6). This means you are my child and I love you. You are also my wife and I am your husband (Isaiah 54:5; Isaiah 62:5; Ephesians 5:31-32). I love you in so many different, vast, immeasurable ways that My love for you even surpasses all knowledge (Eph 3:17-19).
I will take care of you and meet your every need if you will just trust in me (Phil 4:19) and I WANT to do this; I want to give good gifts to you (Luke 11:11-13). You know that you love your own children and would do anything for them; how much more do you think that I love you (Luke 11:13)?
My child, be careful and cautious – be on the lookout because there is the evil one in the world who does not want you to know or believe these things. He prowls about like a lion, seeking to destroy you (1 Peter 5:8-9). He wants to blind you to my Truth and make you think I do not love you (2 Cor 4:4). Your fight is not against other people in the world, but against your Enemy Satan who has deceived those people; you have to resist him and fight him with the armor I have given you (Ephesians 6:11-12). He will attack you with arguments, reasonings, theories, and through your thoughts, but you have power to throw down these arguments and take these thoughts captive (2 Cor 10:3-5). You can fight him the way my Son did in the wilderness - by speaking my Truth that I have given you and saying "It is Written" (Matt 4:3-8). You will no longer be tossed back and forth by Satan when you know the Truth and you speak the Truth (Eph 4:14-15). This is why I have given you armor to stand strong against Satan and in this armor is my Word (Eph 6:13-18). Study my Word and hide it in your heart (Psalm 119:11). Speak my Word out loud for your faith comes by hearing the message and the message is heard through the word of Christ (Romans 10:17). If you continue in my Word, you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free (Jn 8:31-36).
When you read my Word and study it, then you WILL KNOW that the Truth is that I love you. The truth is that you are my child. The truth is that any condemnation you feel is not from me, but from the enemy, for there is now NO condemnation for you, my child through Christ (Romans 8:1). Do not let Satan deceive you in this.
If there is a yoke on you right now that hurts and destroys and is making you tired and heavy-laden, it is a foreign yoke; it is not from me! Throw it off and take on MY yoke, which is easy and light! For I am gentle and humble in heart and my yoke will give you rest for your soul (Matthew 11:28-30). There are times that the enemy wants you to hate yourself and to remember all of your mistakes; but you must remember that you are no longer who you were; you are crucified in Christ and you no longer live in that flesh that the enemy wants to condemn - but now Christ, your hope of glory, lives in you and this is all that I see when I look at you as you are now clothed in Christ (Gal 2:20, Gal 3:26-28)! Your life is now hidden with Christ (Coloss 3:3) You can thus BOLDLY approach my throne with confidence, not shamed and not condemned, because of my Son (Hebrews 4:16). When I looked on my Son, I said “This is my son whom I love; with Him I am well pleased” (Matt 3:17). You are also my child, adopted through His blood and co-heir to all that I give Him and to share in His glory (Romans 8:17). With you, who are now clothed in Christ, I am well pleased.
I want you to remember that I have promised you: neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will ever be able to separate you from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus your Lord (Romans 8:38). There are times you will not believe this and that the enemy will try to blind you. That is why you must abide in my Word, for that will strengthen your faith. Then you can trust in my Word, which you know is true, and walk by faith and not by what you “see” or “feel” (2 Cor 5:7). You can NOT move forward based on sight or feelings - for faith is being SURE of what you HOPE for and CERTAIN of what you DO NOT SEE (Hebrews 11:1).
I love you, Daughter. Keep seeking me, for those who seek me find me (Deut 4:29, Jer 29:13, Matt 7:7-8, Luke 11:9-10, Acts 17:27).
Your Father.

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