Today's Verse: Romans 8:15

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."
— Romans 8:15
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Thoughts on Today's Verse...

God is so holy, so mighty, so awesome, and yet he bids us to call him "Abba Father." Abba is a term of endearment, familiarity, dependency, and love used by Jewish toddlers to address their fathers. Many Jewish families continue to call the father in the family "abba," no matter their age or their abba's age! Through the incredible gift of his Holy Spirit to us, God has given us this ultimate gift of availability, love, companionship, protection, and mighty care. The eternal and almighty God invites us to approach him as our "Abba Father." Our God, our Lord, the Sovereign ruler of heaven's armies and Creator of the universe, is also our Abba!

My Prayer...

Abba Father, thank you for being so close yet so mighty, so accessible yet so holy, so tender yet so trustworthy. Thank you, dear Abba, for allowing me to come to you as your loving child. I pray in Jesus' name and through the Holy Spirit's powerful intercession. Amen.

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