Our God is a Father

Our God is a Father
Ephesians 4:1-6

• Jesus referred to God as Abba, an Aramaic word for “father,” to speak of His own intimate relationship with God. (Mark 14:36) “Daddy”
• This is a relationship that we can enter through faith.
• The idea of God’s intimate relationship to humanity is a distinct feature of Jesus’ teaching.
• God relates to believers as a father relates to his children.
• Luke 11:1-2 - Jesus taught His disciples to pray to God as Father.

“For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” 16The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. Romans 8:15-17

“And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.” Galatians 4:6-7

Building Families
The family is the place to:

1. Establish identity and security.
2. Teach and transmit values.
3. Make and store lifetime memories.
4. Develop hidden talents and potentials.
5. Learn how to love and forgive.
6. Grow in a safe environment.
7. Learn honesty and transparency.
8. Fail without criticism or condemnation.
9. Hide during the storms of life.
10. Experience the kingdom of God in action.
11. Translate Scripture into living realities.
12. Establish a command center for safety to bring the Kingdom of God to a lost world.

The family is the foundation for Godly seed, the demonstration of Divine agreement, and is sealed by blood covenant!

7 things you can do

1. Maintain Divine Order in your home
   • God is a God of order!
   • I Corinthians 11:3 “But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.”
2. Always walk in forgiveness
   • Matthew 18:34-35
   • Hebrews 12:14-15
   • Ephesians 4:26-27
   • II Corinthians 2:10-11
3. Permit nothing unclean in your home.
   • Ephesians 4:27 “do not give the devil an opportunity.”
   • Remove addictions and obsessions
4. Fill your home with praise
   • Psalm 8:1-2 “O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens! Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, Because of Your enemies, That You may silence the enemy and the avenger.”
   • Psalm 118:15 “The voice of rejoicing and salvation Is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.”
5. Always operate according to faith!
   • I Peter 5:8-9
   • Ephesians 6:10
   • Never use the word divorce!
6. Bind the devil
   • When you sense strife – Matthew 18:18
   • Do not bind the person, but the demonic interference!
7. Pray always!
   • Ephesians 6:10-18
     1. Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
     2. Put on the whole armor of God
     3. Remember, we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, etc.
     4. Having done all, to stand. Stand therefore
     5. Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit
     6. Be watchful with all perseverance and supplication for all the saint

A father of the fatherless,
a defender of widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
God sets the solitary in families
Psalm 68:5

The family is the foundation for Godly seed, the demonstration of Divine agreement, and is sealed by blood covenant!