{"id":4993,"date":"2021-11-06T12:20:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T16:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/?p=4993"},"modified":"2021-11-06T12:20:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T16:20:29","slug":"love-of-the-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/love-of-the-father\/","title":{"rendered":"LOVE OF THE FATHER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>See what an incredible quality of love the Father has shown to us, that we would [be permitted to] be named and called and counted the Children of God! And so, WE ARE! For this reason, the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u00a0<strong><sup>2\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Beloved, we are [even here and] now Children of God, and it is not yet made clear what we will be [after His coming]. We know that when He comes\u00a0and\u00a0is revealed, we will [as His children] be like Him because we will see Him just as He is [in all His glory].<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u00a0<strong><sup>3\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>And everyone who has this hope [confidently placed] in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure (holy, undefiled, guiltless).<\/em> <strong>I John 3:1-3 (Amplified)<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>My birthday is next week and\u00a0I have been reflecting on the love of my Father; the overwhelming loving Father who lives <em>within me<\/em>. As we fellowshipped together, these four words took my breath away,<strong> \u201cHe First Loved Me.\u201d<\/strong> Growing up I never knew what love really was until July 26, 1979, the Holy Spirit drew me to the heart of my Lord, Jesus Christ. Over the years, Jesus revealed my grace-filled Heavenly Father <em>within<\/em> me. I am now experiencing a love at one time was foreign to me. It is the kind of love my heart and soul have always longed for. \u00a0I am mesmerized by His <strong>MAGNIFICENT, INFINITE, PURE, AND AWESTRUCK AFFECTION FOR ME<\/strong>\u2026 I can hardly breathe! When I \u00a0meditate on these scriptures\u2026 I am in awe!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u201cHerein is Love, not that I loved God, but that He loved me, and sent His Son to be the propitiation (the one who turned away the wrath of God towards me) for my sins.\u201d <\/em><strong>I John 4:10 (AMP)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c<\/em><em>We love Him because He FIRST loved us.\u201d<\/em> <strong>I John 4:19 (KJV)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>After reading the scriptures, I asked my Beloved Father this question, \u201cWhen was the <strong>FIRST<\/strong> time you loved me, Papa?\u201d He answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em>\u201cI formed your inward parts, my daughter; <u>I knitted you together in your mother&#8217;s womb.<\/u> You are fearfully and wonderfully made by My hands; My works are Wonderful! Your frame was not hidden from Me, when you were being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. My eyes saw your unformed substance; in MY BOOK were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for you, when there was none of them.\u201d <\/em><strong>Psalm 139:13-16<\/strong> <strong>(Paraphrased)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=4994\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4994\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4994\" src=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/I-Am-Your-Creator.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"739\" height=\"597\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAccording as I have chosen you in Christ\u00a0<u>before\u00a0the\u00a0foundation\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0world,<\/u> that you should be holy and without blame before Him Me Love.\u201d <\/em><strong>Ephesians 1:4 (AMP Paraphrased)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFor by Christ my Son, ALL things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities\u2014ALL things were created through Him and for Him, especially you.\u201d <\/em><strong>Colossians 1:16 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am so grateful that our Father has chosen to love me\/us and to reveal His love <em>within<\/em>\u00a0 us. We were all created to know and experience the depths of His eternal and infinite love and life forever.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>LOVE OF THE FATHER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2005 by Tresca S. Grannum<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=4996\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4996\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4996\" src=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/People-Worshipping-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/People-Worshipping-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/People-Worshipping-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/People-Worshipping-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/People-Worshipping-1-270x270.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Great is Your love my Father, so great is Your love.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Such love gracing each of us, we are members of Your body.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We have been cleansed, sanctified by Jesus Christ Your Son.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We have been brought back Home into Union; we are One.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I honor you my sister and I honor you, my brother.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We were born from one Father, though nurtured by many mothers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our Father\u2019s love has redeemed us, graced us, and seated us above.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We can now live, breathe, and walk in the purposes of His love.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There are no Jews, Gentiles, are second best at Your table.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">No Baptists, Methodists, Catholics, or any such labels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We all came through Your womb, washed in the blood flowing from Christ\u2019s cross.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We are born of His body, recreated, holy, righteous, blood-bought.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So, I honor you my sister and I honor you, my brother.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We were born from one Father, though nurtured by many mothers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our Father\u2019s love has redeemed us, graced us, and seated us above.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We can now live, breathe, and walk in the purposes of His love.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Enjoy Christ, Enjoy Life!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_4993\"  data-site_id=\"5ac717e5fa8fdf9c02f8d759\"  data-ef_voting=\"push\"  data-white_label=\"true\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/love-of-the-father\/\"  data-item_title=\"LOVE OF THE FATHER\"  data-item_date=\"2021-11-06T12:20:29-04:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 See what an incredible quality of love the Father has shown to us, that we would [be permitted to] be named and called and counted the Children of God! 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