HAPPY HEAVENLY FATHER'S DAY We Have A Father! - Ministry Videos

Very much emphasis is currently placed on knowing God’s proper name. Would it be appropriate that we use this form of address with our Father? When has it ever been proper for sons and daughters to speak to their natural fathers by using their formal names? Is there any culture in which this is acceptable? Is it not considered disrespectful? As sons and daughters, even adult sons and daughters, the address most often used is Father or Dad or variations of those titles. This too, is the example of Jesus who spoke to his Father using the “name” Father, or Abba, dear Father. The beautiful “Our Father” as the beginning to the Lord’s Prayer gives the example for all time of how to address our Father. The three Scriptures which give us this unique word are: 1) Mark 14:36 -When facing the greatest trial anyone could ever face, Jesus used the term Abba Father; 2) We are advised to act as God’s own children, calling him Father, dear Father (Rom. 8:15); and 3) Gal. 4:6 points out that a change has taken place. Only since becoming His children are we able to call God our dear Father. What an astonishing privilege to be the sons and daughters of the Most High God, the Sustainer of all that is, the only uncreated Being in the universe – that He would offer us this invitation to become His true children and invite us to call Him Father. This is truly awesome! There is power in a name. There is very great power in this one!