MY DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER LOVES ME, PART 2

Confess this today:  MY DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER LOVES ME.  I AM THE APPLE OF HIS EYE.  I AM HIS DELIGHTFUL CHILD.  HE LOVES ME DEARLY.

Now, let’s look at some scriptures on God’s love.

John 17:22-26 New Living Translation

I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are—-I in them and you in me, all being perfected into one.  Then the world will know that you sent me and will understand that you love them as much as you love me.  Father, I want these whom you’ve given me to be with me, so they can see my glory.  You gave me the glory because you loved me even before the world began!  O righteous Father, the world doesn’t know you, but I do; and these disciples know you sent me.  And I have revealed you to them and will keep on revealing you.  I will do this so that your love for me may be in them and I in them.

From these scriptures, let’s make another declaration or confession.

THANK YOU, JESUS, FOR GIVING ME THE GLORY THE FATHER GAVE YOU SO THAT WE COULD BE ONE.  O DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME AS MUCH AS YOU LOVE JESUS.  JESUS, THANK YOU FOR REVEALING THE FATHER TO ME SO THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND HIS LOVE IN ME BECAUSE YOU ARE IN ME.

We have a God who cares for us beyond anything we can ever imagine or dream or think possible.  Our every need has been taken care of.  Our every desire has been fulfilled.  All that we need He has provided.  And He goes beyond need.  He loves to lavish gifts upon us because He is a God of abundance, multiplication, increase.

Make the decision today that you will receive all that He has provided for you.  If you have trouble receiving, practice saying to Him you believe you receive whatever it is in His word that you read, which He has given to you.  It may not always look like it is yours in the natural, earthly realm but look only at the Word of what you have been given.  Believe the Word of God.  Accept the Word of God.  Receive what He has for you.  Give Him the pleasure, the enjoyment of providing for you this day and every day.  He loves to give to His kids.

MY DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER LOVES ME, PART 1

Before we even start the Pearls of Wisdom today, let’s confess together the following at least three times:

MY DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER LOVES ME.  MY LORD JESUS CHRIST WHO IS MY SAVIOR LOVES ME.  THE HOLY SPIRIT LOVES ME.

Today I am reminded of just how much God Almighty loves me and each person on this earth, whether they have accepted Him or not and whether they love Him or not.  I stand in awe of that kind of love.  Let’s read and confess some of the scriptures that talk about His love.

In Romans 5:5, NEW LIVING TRANSLATION  we read this:

…For we know how dearly God loves us, because He has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.

What a powerful statement.  God Almighty has given me His Holy Spirit, His Spirit, to fill my heart, overflow my heart, pour forth into my heart His love.  I haven’t done anything to deserve it.  I can’t do anything to earn it.  He has simply given me His love as His gift to me.  He has given me Himself.  And what is my part?  I have only one thing to do.  I receive, I accept His love.  And then it is mine.  This is not something complicated or difficult.  Accept.  Receive.

People have a hard time accepting anything for which they have not worked or earned.  There is this concept, particularly in the western world, that everything we get must be earned or gotten as a result of our own efforts.  That is the reason it is so hard for us to simply receive what God has given to us.  Say this after me:

I BELIEVE I RECEIVE ALL THAT JESUS HAS PROVIDED FOR ME.

I BELIEVE I RECEIVE HIS WORD.

I BELIEVE I RECEIVE HIS HEALING.

I BELIEVE I RECEIVE HIS PROSPERITY.

I BELIEVE I RECEIVE HIS HEALTH.

I BELIEVE I RECEIVE HIS WEALTH.

I BELIEVE I RECEIVE ALL HIS GIFTS TO ME.

THEY ARE MINE.  I TAKE HOLD OF THEM AND SAY, THANK YOU, LORD.  I AM SO GRATEFUL.  I HAVE A HEART OF GRATITUDE FOR WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME.

STRENGTHENED

Colossians 1:11

Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

In this verse people shy away from the word patience.  What patience means is that we remain steadfast, unmoving, unchanging when we encounter a difficult situation.  Why can we remain

steadfast?  We have confidence in the Word of God working for us personally.  We have confidence in the blood of Jesus speaking life into that situation.  We know that God’s life is bringing life into the deadness of the situation.  His Light is exposing the darkness of those things that are hidden to us in the midst of the difficulty.  His Love is flushing out all fear that satan may be trying to produce in the earthly encounter with a temporal (temporary) difficulty.  His name gives us the authority to stand in His place and speak to the situation to be removed and cast into the sea (Mark 11:23).

We are told in the first verse listed in this Pearls of Wisdom that we are strengthened with all of God’s might (which is His ability or possibility power) according to His glorious vigor, strength, power.  Therefore, we can rest steadfastly and confidently in God and His finished work on our behalf.  We can do it with joyfulness.  Yes!

Philippians 4:13, Amplified Bible

I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency].

Ephesians 6:10, Amplified Bible

In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [be empowered through your union with Him]; draw your strength from Him [that strength which His boundless might provides].

This is God’s grace which is sufficient for me in any situation because it is His power expressed as strength in me and for me to come through victoriously and walk on successfully.