Does the word 'father' evoke a smile, a pause, a groan, or tears from you?

PEOPLE JUST LIKE US

Abba, Father

So that we would know for sure that we are His true children, God released the Spirit of Sonship into our hearts—moving us to cry out intimately, “Abba, Father! You’re our true Father!” Galatians 4:6 (TPT)

A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society. — Billy Graham

God the Father is Our Provider

Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask Him! Matthew 7:9–11 (NIV)

Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence. Hebrews 4:16 (NIV)

This same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from His glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19 (NLT)

God is more ready to bestow his blessings on us than we are to receive them. — St. Augustine

God the Father is Our Protector

Whoever fears the Lord has a secure fortress, and for their children it will be a refuge. Proverbs 14:26 (NIV)

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Psalms 91:1–2 (NIV)

They are protected from the Destroyer for good. No one can steal them from out of my hand. The Father who put them under My care is so much greater than the Destroyer and Thief. No one could ever get them away from Him. John 10:28–29 (MSG)

God Our Father is Loving

He does not punish us for all our sins; He does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve. For His unfailing love toward those who fear (reverence) Him is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth. He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west. The Lord is like a father to His children, tender and compassionate to those who fear Him. For He knows how weak we are; He remembers we are only dust.Psalm 103:10–14 (NLT)

A Word Picture of the Cross: His unfailing love… is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth. He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west. 

For this reason I kneel before the Father… And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love (to settle down and feel at home), may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:14, 17–19 (NIV)

I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. In Jesus’ name, Amen. Eph 3:14, 17–19 (NIV)