The Importance of knowing the God who Adopts us

In order to understand the depth of Adoption into the family of our Creator God, it is vital that we see the real heart of the Father. In a world that is confused about God and beguiled by distorted images of His nature, it is time to discover for yourself the amazing and compassionate love He offers.  proclamedia discusses the Father Heart of God in this video.

 

We continue with the depth of Father God’s love for us with James & Denise Jordan discussion on ‘Understanding The Role Of A Father’s Love’, updated by 100huntley

7/62 How to Develop Personal Growth as God’s child?

Marcus about to go underRemember, we are called to grow both in the natural and in the spiritual as a Jesus Follower. However, personal growth is not about being perfect – but about overcoming! …… because we will never be perfect outside of Jesus!

Refining isn’t about getting Perfect and ‘earning’ God’s love! If we could have reached perfection alone, we would not have needed Jesus.  We don’t have to scrub off every bit of dirt so that we can be more acceptable to Father God.  Healthy Biblical growth comes out of relationship with Jesus Christ.  Boiled down to simple terms, all we need to do is hear and obey.

7/60 Everyone starts with Imperfections

tithing“….but everyone will start out with problems….”

Father God knew we would start out our lives with inherited faults and problems. Because of the inherited sin from Adam and Eve, everyone would be born into a world without perfect parents. Everyone would have some experience with relations and siblings who weren’t always going to be kind and loving. Even peers would judge us and reject us based on what they thought they saw. Mixed in with the joy of a newborn would always be some fear, envy, resentment or rejection.

but Father God knew that would happen too.

What the Bible says about Adoption – YouTube

Here’s an interesting YouTube on the ‘Doctrine of Adoption’ presented by GraceChurchSunValley

If we can really allow this truths into our heart, we would see ourselves as He does – loved, honoured, son8accepted, welcomed, chosen, sent …. and the list would go on and on.

Allow yourself some time to get these truths into your heart and life … and you will never be the same again. Become the Jesus Follower He came to save and grow in Him!

Susanne Fengler, Blog Author

www.christianfoundations.jesus-treeoflife.info

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7/59 Being adopted, we Become the Children of the Living God

Recently we have received a Guest post on the topic of Adoption. Thanks to http://www.bibleversesabout.org/jesus-dadwork-of-Christ – the Lighttruth.com

“We have a new relationship with God — through believing in what Jesus Christ has done for us God the condemning Judge, who must punish every sin we have ever committed according to the just and perfect law, has instead become our loving Father who forgives us.