Father's Day

"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!" -  1 John 3:1

Hello Reader! So since its Father Day, I've put together a short list of things I've learned from my Father.

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A father......

Protects

A father never leaves or forsakes his child.

A father never gives up on his child.

Sometimes a father has to be hard on his child and discipline them; but this only shows how much he loves them.

A father wants his child happy, truly happy, he never wants to see them hurt.

A father loves to give good gifts.

A father teaches and guides. 

A father rejoices over his child and will always lead them down the right path.

A father never stops loving. 

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 "I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."

 - 2 Corinthians 6:18

Chosen

 

 

So today was the first 'official' day for the Chosen Girl's Group to start up (Two weeks ago was the soft launch). Girl's came- which made me very happy just to see them there. It was pretty relaxed this first time, and we didn't get to finish all of the discussion since we started late. But.......people came! That in itself makes me crazy happy. We'll continue on with this and I pray God takes it and does his will.

On the bright side I'm not so nervous anymore. 

Oh, and I graduated yesterday! : )

 

Chosen 1st discussion outline.

Chosen

What does it mean to be God's chosen?

"For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will-- to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.” - Eph 1:4-6

“Many are called but few are chosen” Matthew 22:14

Creation is not some afterthought of God. You are not an accident.
Your life is not random.
From the beginning God has had a plan for your life.
Even from the very beginning, when Adam and Eve rebelled against God and entered into sinfulness, God had a plan for our salvation.

In Matthew 22:14 Jesus told the parable of the Wedding Feast.
The King sent out many invites to many people. Most people were too busy with worldly purists to come. But a few people dropped all they were doing to come to the feast.

God invites us…he calls us in many ways, but only a few accept the invite of salvation and are saved; therefore becoming chosen.
We aren’t chosen because of good behavior, church attendance or good looks; because it’s not about us; we are chosen in Christ because of Christ.
Long before we were thinking of God, God was thinking of us,
He chose to love us
He chose to provide a way to Him through Jesus Christ our savior.