Love That Will Not Let Me Go

LOVE THAT WILL NOT LET ME GO
A FRESH LOOK AT GENESIS
M.M.NINAN
“Your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”
(Matthew 6:4)
“Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.” (Matthew 6:8)
“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in
barns, and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much
more valuable than they?” (Matthew 6:26)
“If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to
your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who
ask him!” (Matthew 7:11)
“Your Father in heaven is not willing that any one of these little ones should be
lost.” (Matthew 18:14)
“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for
him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him… But the father said to his
servants, `Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals
on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. For this son
of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’” (Luke 15:20b, 22-24)
“Jesus answered, `I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except
through me…. Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.” (John 14:6,9)
“And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor [or Comforter] to be with you
forever – the Spirit of Truth.” (John 14:16)
“The Father will give you whatever you ask in [Jesus’] name.” (John 15:16)
“For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the
Spirit of son-ship. And by him we cry, `Abba, Father.’” (Romans 8:15)
“I will be a Father to you and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.” (2
Corinthians 6:18 & 2 Samuel 7:14)
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the
heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us…. In love he
predestined us to be adopted as his [children].” (Ephesians 1:3-5)
“Through [Christ] we… have access to the Father by one Spirit.” (Ephesians 2:18)
“[God is] the Father from whom all fatherhood derives its name.” (Ephesians 3:15)
“Now to [the Father] who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine,
according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ
Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” (Ephesians 3:20-21)
“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us that we should be called children of God!”
(1 John 3:1)
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