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Father's Love Letter

THE FATHER’S LOVE LETTER
The words you are about to experience are true.
They will change your life if you let them.
For they come from the very heart of God... He loves you...
and He is the Father you have been looking for all your life.
This is His love letter to you...

You may not know me, but I know everything about you. Psalm 139:1

I know when you sit down and when you rise up. Psalm 139:2

I am familiar with all your ways. Psalm 139:3

Even the very hairs on your head are numbered. Matthew 10:29-31

For you were made in my image. Genesis 1:27

In me you live and move and have your being. Acts 17:28

For you are my offspring. Acts 17:28

I knew you even before you were conceived. Jeremiah 1:4-5

I chose you when I planned creation. Ephesians 1:11-12

You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book. Psalm 139:15-16

I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live. Acts 17:26

You are fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14

I knit you together in your mother's womb. Psalm 139:13

And brought you forth on the day you were born. Psalm 71:6

I have been misrepresented by those who don't know me. John 8:41-44

I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love. 1 John 4:16

And it is my desire to lavish my love on you. 1 John 3:1

Simply because you are my child and I am your Father. 1 John 3:1

I offer you more than your earthly father ever could. Matthew 7:11

For I am the perfect father. Matthew 5:48

Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand. James 1:17

For I am your provider and I meet all your needs. Matthew 6:31-33

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope. Jeremiah 29:11

Because I love you with an everlasting love. Jeremiah 31:3

My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore. Psalms 139:17-18

And I rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17

I will never stop doing good to you. Jeremiah 32:40

For you are my treasured possession. Exodus 19:5

I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul. Jeremiah 32:41

And I want to show you great and marvelous things. Jeremiah 33:3

If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me. Deuteronomy 4:29

Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4

For it is I who gave you those desires. Philippians 2:13

I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine. Ephesians 3:20

For I am your greatest encourager. 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you. Psalm 34:18

As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart. Isaiah 40:11

One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes. Revelation 21:3-4

And I'll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth. Revelation 21:3-4

I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus. John 17:23

For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed. John 17:26

He is the exact representation of my being. Hebrews 1:3

He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you. Romans 8:31

And to tell you that I am not counting your sins. 2 Corinthians 5:18-19

Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled. 2 Corinthians 5:18-19

His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you. 1 John 4:10

I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love. Romans 8:31-32

If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me. 1 John 2:23

And nothing will ever separate you from my love again. Romans 8:38-39

Come home and I'll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen. Luke 15:7

I have always been Father, and will always be Father. Ephesians 3:14-15

My question is…Will you be my child? John 1:12-13

I am waiting for you. Luke 15:11-32


Love,

Your Dad
Almighty God


'Father's Love Letter used by permission Father Heart Communications Copyright 1999-2006 www.FathersLoveLetter.com'

Ang Sulat ng Mahal na Ama

Aking Anak…

Siguro hindi mo Ako kilala, pero alam ko ang lahat tungkol sa iyo
...Awit 139:1

Alam ko kapag ika'y nakaupo at kapag ika'y nakatayo...Awit 139:2

Alam ko ang lahat ng gawain mo...Awit 139:3

Maging ang mga buhok sa iyong ulo ay nabibilang...Mateo 10:29-31

Pagkat ika'y nilikha sa aking wangis...Genesis 1:27

Sa akin ika'y buhay, nakakakilos at ganap...Gawa 17:28

Pagkat ika'y nagbuhat sa akin...Gawa 17:28

Kilala na kita bago ka pa ipinaglihi...Jeremias 1:4-5

Hinirang kita nang balakin ko ang paglikha...Efeso 1:11-12

Hindi ka isang pagkakamali, sapagkat lahat ng araw mo'y nakasulat
sa aking aklat...Awit 139:15-16

Aking itinakda ang panahon ng 'yong pagsilang at saan ka maninirahan
...Gawa 17:26

Buong ingat at kamangha-mangha kang nilikha...Awit 139:14

Aking kang hinugis sa sinapupunan ng iyong ina...Awit 139:13

At iniluwal ka sa araw ng iyong pagsilang...Awit 71:6

Ako'y di wastong pinakilala ng mga hindi nakakikilala sa akin
...Juan 8:41-44

Hindi Ako malayo ni galit, sa halip Ako'y ganap na kapahayagan ng pag-ibig
...1 Juan 4:16

At nasa 'kong puspusin kita ng aking pag-ibig...1 Juan 3:1

Dahil ikaw ay aking anak at Ako ang iyong ama...1 Juan 3:1

Aking ihahandog sa iyo ang higit pa sa maaaring ibigay ng iyong ama sa lupa
...Mateo 7:11

Dahil Ako ang ganap na ama...Mateo 5:48

Lahat ng mabuting kaloob na iyong tinatanggap ay galing sa aking kamay
...Santiago 1:17

Pagkat Ako ang nagkakaloob at nagbibigay ng lahat ng iyong pangangailangan
...Mateo 6:31-33

Aking plano para sa iyong kinabukasan ay laging puspos ng pag-asa
...Jeremias 29:11

Dahil minamahal kita ng pag-ibig na walang hanggan...Jeremias 31:3

Ang aking isipan patungkol sa iyo ay sindami ng buhangin sa dalampasigan
...Awit 139:17-18

At Ako'y masayang aawit sa iyo ng may kagalakan...Sofonias 3:17

Hindi Ako titigil sa paggawa ng mabuti sa'yo...Jeremias 32:40

Dahil ikaw ang aking pinakamamahal na kayamanan...Exodo 19:5

Aking nais na patatagin ka ng buong puso't kaluluwa ko...Jeremias 32:41

At nais kong ipahayag sa iyo ang mga dakila't mahihiwagang bagay
...Jeremias 33:3

Kung Ako'y buong puso mong hahanapin, Ako'y iyong masusumpungan
...Deuteronomio 4:29

Hanapin mo sa akin ang iyong kaligahayan at aking ibibigay ang
mga naisin ng iyong puso...Awit 37:4

Pagkat Ako ang nagbigay ng iyong mga naisin...Filipos 2:13

Ako'y makagagawa ng higit sa iyong iniisip...Efeso 3:20

Dahil Ako ang iyong dakilang mang-aaliw...2 Tesalonica 2:16-17

Ako din ang Ama na aaliw sa iyo sa lahat ng kapighatian...2 Corinto 1:3-4

Kapag ika'y bigo, Ako'y malapit sa iyo...Awit 34:18

Tulad ng pagkanlong ng pastol sa isang tupa, Kinanlong kita sa aking puso
...Isaias 40:11

Isang araw papahirin ko ang bawat luha sa iyong mga mata
...Pahayag 21:3-4

At aking papawiin ang lahat ng hirap na iyong dinanas sa mundong ito
...Pahayag 21:3-4

Ako ang iyong Ama, at iniibig kita gaya ng aking pag-ibig sa aking anak
na si Jesus...Juan 17:23

Pagkat kay Jesus, ang pag-ibig ko sa iyo ay nahayag...Juan 17:26

Siya ang ganap na sinag ng aking pagka Diyos...Hebreo 1:3

Siya ay dumating upang ipakita na Ako ay panig sa iyo, at hindi
laban sa iyo...Roma 8:31

At upang sabihin sa iyo na hindi ko binibilang ang iyong mga kasalanan
...2 Corinto 5:18-19

Si Jesus ay namatay upang ikaw at Ako ay magkasundo...2 Corinto 5:18-19

Ang kanyang kamatayan ay naging ganap na kapahayagan ng
aking pag-ibig sa iyo...1 Juan 4:10

Aking isinuko ang lahat ng aking iniibig upang makamit ang iyong pag-ibig
...Roma 8:31-32

Kung iyong tatanggapin ang kaloob ng aking anak na si Jesus,
tinanggap mo rin Ako...1 Juan 2:23

At wala nang makapaghihiwalay sa iyo sa aking pag-ibig...Roma 8:38-39

Umuwi ka na sa akin at Ako'y magbibigay ng pinakamalaking handaan
na makikita sa langit...Lucas 15:7

Ako ang Ama sa pasimula pa, at mananatiling Ama...Efeso 3:14-15

Ang tanong ko ay…Maaari ba kitang maging anak?...Juan 1:12-13

Ako ay naghihintay sa iyo...Lucas 15:11-32

Nagmamahal,

Iyong Tatay.
Makapangyarihang Diyos

"Father's Love Letter Used By Permission Father Heart Communications
Copyright 1999-2003 Translated by Luther Jeremiah G. Oconer

Take Me Out of the Dark

Take Me Out of the Dark by Jay Arzobal






Just what is it in me?
Sometimes I just don't know
What keeps me in Your love,
Why you never let me go

And though you're in me now,
I fall and hurt you still
My Lord, please show me how
To know just how you feel

You have forgiven me
Too many times it seems
I feel I'm not what you might call
A worthy Christian after all

And though I love You so
Temptation finds its way to me

Teach me to trust in You
With all my heart
To lean not on my own understanding
I just forget
You won't give me what I can't bear

Take me out of the dark, my Lord
I don't wanna be there

You've never left my side
You gave Your hand to me to hold
Oh Jesus, I'm no longer in the cold

And yet, I leave You there
When I feel satisfied
I'd like to thank You every day
Not only when I feel that way

I've never known a Man
Who'd give His life for sinners like me
And yet, because He loves us so
He's promised us eternity
And we can have that promise
And be His if we have faith
And just believe

Teach us to trust in you
With all my heart
To lean not on my own understanding
We just forget
You won't give us what we can't bear

Take us out of the dark, My Lord
'Cause we don't want to be alone
Take me out of the dark, My Lord
We don't wanna be there, My Lord

Trust in You with all my heart
Lean not on my own understanding
I just forget
You won't give me what I can't bear

Take me out of the dark, My Lord
Cause we don't want to be alone
Take me out of the dark, My Lord
I don't want to be there

Victory Over Loss and Anger

It had been the worst year in her life -- a year since Kathy's husband had suddenly died in an automobile accident leaving her full of grief, anger, bitterness, turmoil. At first she couldn't believe her husband had died. Then when she did accept it, she felt angry -- angry at the drunken truck driver who had caused David's death, angry at God for letting it happen. Then she had felt guilty. "Why wasn't I more loving toward David when he was alive?" she accused herself.

Grieving set in, and for some reason she couldn't cry. She would just get the children off to school and sit there like a zombie, staring off into space. "God," she exclaimed angrily one day, "how could you have let this happen? David was such a good man, a good father! Now my children are fatherless and I'm alone. It's not fair!"

Kathy went on with the routine of living, but the anger, bitterness, and depression sat like a heavy burden on her. She resigned her position as Sunday school teacher and dropped out of church completely.

Her pastor came to see her, but she was almost rude to him. Seeing he couldn't talk to her, he finally said, "Well, Kathy, we miss you, and we'll be praying for you." Christian friends called and she brushed them off in similar fashion.

Kathy was troubled by the drop in her children's report card marks. They didn't seem very happy either. She began to realize she would have to pull herself together for their sakes.

Then one day, Kathy went out for lunch with a Christian co-worker. As they talked, she shared with Anne what she had been suffering. "I went through all that, too," Anne said, "when my husband left me for another woman. But I finally got tired of feeling sorry for myself and being full of turmoil. I finally decided to 'let go and let God' -- to really trust him with my life and realize that he could work all things together for my good! I forgave Jerry. I forgave myself. And for the first time in a long time, I experienced real peace!"

When Kathy got home that day, she fell to her knees and followed Anne's example -- and she too found peace and meaning for her life. It wasn't easy. It was a commitment she had to make again and again, but turning things over to God, really trusting him with her life, was more than just a slogan; it was the way back to life again.

***

Quite often when we feel that we have dealt with our grief over loss -- that we have turned it over the Lord -- we can be hit by reoccurrences that get us down. After all, we are all only human, and it is easy to backslide into feeling depressed and very sorry for ourselves because of our losses. We quite making that daily commitment to trust God and focus on the future. So how do we climb out of the pit again? Here are some suggestions.

All those old feelings coming back make you feel sorry for yourself again. This in turn depresses you -- may even make you angry again too. The Bible tells us not to fret -- to sit around and worry and stew and make ourselves anxious (Psalm 37:1). Why? Because fretting brings us back to square one -- doubting God and making ourselves miserable. Stop looking inward, and go back to looking upward!

Go back to the source of your first victory over grief and anger -- the Lord. He is still there for you. He loves you. He hasn't left you -- you have left Him! Jesus said, "Come to me, all you who are weary and heavily laden, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28). When you bring that burden to Him, leave it with Him! It works for me every time I really do that!

Those old feelings revive something else in us -- remorse about our own shortcomings, blaming others and God, too. So we must forgive ourselves and others, and trust in God again.

Rejoice in the Lord. Rejoicing in the Lord lifts our spirits, draws us back to Him by thankfulness, reminds us of how much better it is to look forward than backward (Philippians 4:4-9). Again, look up!

-Muriel Larson.

http://www.heartlight.org/articles/200705/20070503_victoryoverloss.html

(c) 1996-2006, Heartlight, Inc.

Let God

In a small, neglected garden,

Where flowers used to grow,

A weather beaten birdhouse

Shelters sparrows from the snow.

They greet the sun at dawning

With sprightliness and song,

Cheerful, uncomplaining

As the day is long.

In time of tribulation,

Whatever our lot might be,

Let God lift up the burden,

From heartache set you free;

And like the little sparrow

Find solace and release,

With song and prayer at dawning,

Enfolded in God's peace.

-Elsie Natalie Brady

Letting Go

Letting Go as performed by Jay Arzobal

I used to feel the emptiness inside me
I was not supposed to feel that way
I had everything I needed
But nothing ever made me
What I longed to be
The wealth, the name
The lights, the fame
Were everything to me

And then one night
Out of the blue
I heard His name (Jesus)
And so I took that step of faith
And walked into His domain
I believe that's what He wants
Every heart to do

When hard may seem the task
One step is all He asks of you

Letting go to know the truth
Is not so hard to do
It's the heart that's got the will
To open up for Him to fill
And trusting and believing Him
Is all we've got to do
It's just the heart that's got to move
For Him to show His love that's been there
Even when we never cared
Take hold of His hand
Let go and you'll understand

Why be afraid
For God knows what you're feeling
But even He can't do a thing
If He sees the heart's not willing
And so we ask what's going on
We want what's right and still do wrong

When hard may seem the task
One step is all He asks of you

I guess by now you'd realize
You can't be on your own
And all your cares
And all your burdens
Should be cast upon His throne
Letting go, just let go

Letting go to know the truth
Is not so hard to do
It's the heart that's got the will
To open up for Him to fill
And trusting and believing Him
Is all we've got to do
It's just the heart that's got to move
For Him to show His love that's been there
Even when we never cared
Take hold of His hand
Let go and you'll understand

Let go and you'll understand
Just let go and you'll understand