For the remaining two days we will be going through the devotional titled “What The Father Says“. In the description, there is a powerful thought that makes me excited to get to go through it and see what we can learn. It speaks to God’s love, the Father’s love towards us and how it is “more numerous than the sands of the shore“, how each of us is “His beloved child“, and how “He is pleased with you!” I’m excited to get to spend the next three days with you looking to grasp and share God as “the perfect, stunning nature of your heavenly Father.” I’m excited to get to explore with you how “in His love, there is no striving and no fear, for you are in the palm of His hand.“
Let’s check out our scriptures for today’s devotional lesson:
‘When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.” ‘
Luke 3:21-22
‘ “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. ‘
John 15:5
God’s Word provides us with knowledge and as we meditate on it and study it with the Holy Spirit we gain wisdom to be able to apply it to our lives. Let’s be the dads who apply God’s Word in our lives so that when we come to the end of our lives we will get to hear God say “well done” and that He is pleased with us. Let’s be the dads who are focused on doing the will of the Father in our and for our lives! Let’s be the dads who choose to live connected to Jesus and allow Him to flow into and through us so that we are able to produce good fruit! Let’s be the dads who choose to remain in Jesus! Let’s be the dads who in so doing produce not only much fruit but good fruit! Let’s be the dads who produce the fruit of the Spirit in our lives like: ‘love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.’ Let’s be the dads who choose to stick to and stick with Jesus because we know that in and through Him, all things are possible! Let’s be the dads who choose to stick to and stick with Jesus because we know that apart from Him, we can do nothing!
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Reading through today’s devotional, here are some takeaways for me:
(check out the devotional on your own too to see if you pick up other nuggets, and please share your findings in the comments)
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Takeaways from Today’s Devotional:
“I Am Pleased With You“
- Let’s be the dads who realize that Jesus paid for it all and made the way for us to be a joy to God and a delight to God!
- Let’s be the dads who realize that Jesus paid for it all and so we no longer need to be striving for God’s love but rather abide in God’s love!
- Let’s be the dads who realize that Jesus paid it all so we can come to God without fear and worry and abide with God and in God!
- Let’s be the dads who stay connected to God and receive the love He wants to pour into and over us!
- Let’s be the dads who cast our cares on God because we know that He cares for us!
- Let’s be the dads who allow Jesus to walk out life with us for His yoke is easy and His burden is light!
- Let’s be the dads who rest in God’s pleasure before He is pleased with us!
- Let’s be the dads who study God’s Word so we can go from knowledge to wisdom and able to apply it in our lives!
- Let’s be the dads who live our lives demonstrating God’s love and goodness to our wives, kids, and world!
- Let’s be the dads who spend time with our family rather than giving them the leftovers!
- Let’s be the dads who spend more time drawing closer to God so we can become more like Jesus!
- Today’s devotional speaks to a famous and godly man and shares:
- “The late Billy Graham once said, “Although I have much to be grateful for as I look back over my life, I also have many regrets. For one thing, I would speak less and study more, and I would spend more time with my family. I would also spend more time in spiritual nurture, seeking to grow closer to God so I could become more like Christ.”
Millions were touched by Billy Graham’s ministry, yet at the end of his life, he desired to spend less time speaking, more time with his family, and more time seeking the Lord.”
- “The late Billy Graham once said, “Although I have much to be grateful for as I look back over my life, I also have many regrets. For one thing, I would speak less and study more, and I would spend more time with my family. I would also spend more time in spiritual nurture, seeking to grow closer to God so I could become more like Christ.”
- Let’s be the dads who pause and consider for a moment our priorities and make sure we are living them properly. (God, Wife, Kids, … everything else comes after that)
- Let’s be the dads who escape from the trap of this world of being “caught up in the whirl of doing, doing, doing.“
- Let’s be the dads who escape from the deception of this world that “does it’s best to lure us into busyness and distraction.“
- Let’s be the dads who “posture of our hearts as children in the arms of our Father should be to rest, rest, rest.“
- Let’s be the dads who receive “the revelation of Abba Father’s pleasure in us breaks off self-effort and guides us out of striving into simplicity.“
- Let’s be the dads who look to God as our source, our teacher, and our guide!
- Today’s devotional closes with the following thought:
