LOVE! Bible Study - A Father's Love

I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving kindness. – Jeremiah 31:3

Is there a little girl still alive inside of you? 

When I ask my “Wise Ones”, women friends over sixty-five years old, if they can still relate to who they were as a young child, without hesitation, they acknowledge she’s still right there living in their hearts.  She’s still dreaming.  She’s still playful.  She’s still longing for a father’s unconditional love.

In a nation where half of the children growing up today are living apart from their biological fathers, it’s no wonder so many women can only dream of having a fairy tale father daughter relationship. If you did have a loving and kind father, stop and thank God right now.  If you did not, God is extending His everlasting love and kindness to you.  Could you look to him for fatherly love?

Do you wish you could go back and rewrite some of your childhood stories?  Would you add more loving kindness to your memories and delete all the hurt and bad habits, all the abuse and abandonment, all the conflicts and crisis? 

Thankfully our Father in Heaven lavishes us with a great love and calls us His children.  And that is truly who we are! (1John 3:1)

When you accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior and received the Holy Spirit, you were adopted into God’s family.  You are now heirs to all of God’s inheritance. You can now call God, “Abba Father” just like a little girl says, “Daddy, I love you.” (Romans 8:15 -17)

No matter how you were loved by your earthly father, you know now that you are God’s daughter.  He is the King of Kings so that makes you a divine princess.  An earthly father’s love will never come close to God’s great love.

David was known as “having a heart like God’s.”  David’s father, Jessie, didn’t even think David worthy of consideration when Samuel, the prophet came to anoint one of his sons to be the next king of Israel.  Jessie lined all seven of his sons up in front of Samuel, but left David out in the field with the sheep. 

David found his true worth and value not from his father, but from God instead.  We can too.  David wrote many Psalms in the Bible proclaiming his deep love for God.  Rejoice in the Lord for His love is lavished upon you, His beloved daughter.

I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. – Psalm 13:5

Engage With God - Read and Reflect

DAY 3 – A Father’s Love

I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving kindness. – Jeremiah 31:3

Daily Reminder: 

Your father in heaven lavishes you with His love.  He calls you His child.  You are the daughter of the King!  Thank God today for loving you with an everlasting love and drawing you closer to Him with loving kindness.

Real Life Reflection Questions:

1.          Is there a little girl still living inside of you?  What does she long for? 

2.         Make a short list of childhood memories you treasure and/or ones you’d like to delete and rewrite.

3.          How do you see your heavenly father’s love being poured down into your life?

QUICK PRAYER –

Lord God,

Thank you for adopting me as your daughter.  Thank you that as your child, I receive your rich inheritance of lavish love.  Crack my heart wide open so your love can fill all the spaces.  Shine your light and love so all the dark and painful memories of my childhood will be removed and replaced with your incredible love.

Amen

RECORD TODAY’S THOUGHTS – I Am God’s Daughter!

Personal Bible Study- Read, record, and reflect on these scriptures. Let them seep into your soul.

1 John 3:1 –

Psalm 18:1 -