1. The Father

2. Good Good Father Song by Chris Tomlin Verse 1: Oh, I've heard a thousand stories of what they think you're like But I've heard the tender whisper of love in the dead of night And you tell me that you're pleased And that I'm never alone Chorus: You're a Good, Good Father It's who you are, it's who you are, it's who you are And I'm loved by you It's who I am, it's who I am, it's who I am Verse 2: Oh, and I've seen many searching for answers far and wide But I know we're all searching For answers only you provide Cause you know just what we need Before we say a word Chorus Vamp: Cause you are perfect in all of your ways You are perfect in all of your ways You are perfect in all of your ways to us Verse 3: Oh, it's love so undeniable I, I can hardly speak Peace so unexplainable I, I can hardly think As you call me deeper still [x3] Into love, love, love

3. The Father Who is The Father? What does that mean to You? In what ways, if any, does your knowledge of The Father affect your daily life?

4. The Father – Defined (Natural) Father (noun) A man who has begotten a child capitalized (1) God (2) the first person of the Trinity One who originates or institutes Source: Merriam-Webster.com A man who provides care and protection Source: Oxford Dictionaries.com

5. The Father - Defined (Spiritual) Deuteronomy 32:1-6. Moses song to the people of Israel 1.Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2.My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distill as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: 3.Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4.He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. 5.They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. 6.Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not he they father that hath bought thee? Hath he not made thee and established thee?

6. The Father – The Father’s Children 2 Corinthians 6:11-18 Paul’s Words to the Corinthians 11.O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. 12.Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. 13.Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged. 14.Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? 15.And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16.And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17.Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 18.And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

7. The Father – The Father’s Children Romans 8:14-17 Paul’s Words to the Romans 14.For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15.For yet have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba Father. 16.The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17.And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. Abba (noun) Aramaic word meaning father.

8. The Father - Knows and Values his Children Jeremiah 1:4-5 4.Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 5.Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Matthew 10:29-30 29.Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. 30.But the very hairs on your head are all numbered. 31.Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

9. The Father – Provides Instruction for his Children St. John 3:16 God’s Gift to the World 16.For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. St. John 8:19 14.Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if you had known me, ye should have known my Father also. St. John 8:42 42.Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. St. John 16:27 27.For the Father himself loveth you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

10. St. John 14:23 – 26 23.Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. 24.He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me. 25.These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. 26.But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. The Father – Requires Obedience and Trust

11. St. John 14:15 15.If ye love me, keep my commandments. St. John 14:21 21.He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him. Proverbs 3:5-6 5.Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6.In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. The Father – Requires Obedience and Trust

12. The Father Psalms 18:1-3 1.I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. 2.The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 3.I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

13. The Father Who is The Father? What does that mean to You? In what ways, if any, does your knowledge of The Father affect your daily life?