Passion for Praise: 'The Great Love of Our Father'

Saturday, January 10, 2026

See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are!
— 1 John 3:1a

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1 John 3:1
Devo: Today's Verse
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Illustration of 1 John 3:1a
Illustration of 1 John 3:1a -- See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are!
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Illustration of 1 John 3:1
Inspirational illustration of 1 John 3:1 -- 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! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
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Illustration of 1 John 3:1a — See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are!

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Passion for Praise is a daily devotional consisting of a passage of Scripture that emphasizes praise to our God.

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