The relationship we have with God often parallels the relationship we have or had with our dad.

We cannot experience the freedom our faith was meant to bring if we choose to be held captive by our past. To tell ourselves that we will never live life to the full because of the brokenness of our past is putting limits on a God who specializes in fixing broken things.

 

There is a difference between being affected by our past and being defined by it.

Healing from our past can only be found in one place: in relationship with our Heavenly Father.

 

4 characteristics of the Father’s love:
1. It is sacrificial.

2. It is eternal.

3. It is personal.
• God is a Daddy who goes to great lengths to affirm His love for His kids.

4. It is unconditional.

 

If you don’t trust God, then you don’t know Him!

The relationship we have with God often parallels the relationship we have or had with our dads. For some, that is a beautiful thing. If we experienced our earthly father as kind, loving, and encouraging it is easy to view our Heavenly Father the same way.

 

But for far too many in our world today the concept of a Heavenly Father has been poisoned by earthly fathers who could best be described as angry, abusive, or absent.

For us to experience “life to the full” as our Heavenly Father desires for His children, we must see God for who He is—a Father whose love for His kids is sacrificial, eternal, personal, and unconditional. God is a Daddy who goes to great lengths to affirm His love to us.

 

~ Dan Kuiper is an author, speaker, and founder of Father Love Inc., a not-for-profit ministry that offers hope and healing to those who have been wounded by difficult life circumstances. One reader calls Dan’s book, When Father is a Bad Word, “A wonderful book about broken relationships, forgiveness and how to put your heart into a condition which is capable of accepting God’s love.” Dan offers Finding Father’s Love seminars and retreats across the country, helping participants to experience the love and grace of a Father who thinks the world of His kids. Dan can be contacted through his website, dankuiper.com