A Father's Love Letter

My Child,

You may not know me, but I know everything about you ~ Psalm 139:1
I know when you sit down and when you rise up ~ Psalm 139:2
I am familiar with all your ways ~ Psalm 139:3
Even the very hairs on your head are numbered ~ Matthew 10:29-31
For you were made in my image ~ Genesis 1:27
In me you live and move and have your being ~ Acts 17:28
For you are my offspring ~ Acts 17:28
I knew you even before you were conceived ~ Jeremiah 1:4-5
I chose you when I planned creation ~ Ephesians 1:11-12
You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book ~ Psalm 139:15-16
I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live ~ Acts 17:26
You are fearfully and wonderfully made ~ Psalm 139:14
I knit you together in your mother's womb ~ Psalm 139:13
And brought you forth on the day you were born ~ Psalm 71:6
I have been misrepresented by those who don't know me ~ John 8:41-44
I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love ~ 1 John 4:16
And it is my desire to lavish my love on you ~ 1 John 3:1
Simply because you are my child and I am your father ~ 1 John 3:1
I offer you more than your earthly father ever could ~ Matthew 7:11
For I am the perfect father ~ Matthew 5:48
Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand ~ James 1:17
For I am your provider and I meet all your needs ~ Matthew 6:31-33
My plan for your future has always been filled with hope ~ Jeremiah 29:11
Because I love you with an everlasting love ~ Jeremiah 31:3
My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore ~ Psalm 139:17-18
And I rejoice over you with singing ~ Zephaniah 3:17
I will never stop doing good to you ~ Jeremiah 32:40
For you are my treasured possession ~ Exodus 19:5
I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul ~ Jeremiah 32:41
And I want to show you great and marvelous things ~ Jeremiah 33:3
If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me ~ Deuteronomy 4:29
Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart ~ Psalm 37:4
For it is I who gave you those desires ~ Philippians 2:13
I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine ~ Ephesians 3:20
For I am your greatest encourager ~ 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles ~ 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you ~ Psalm 34:18
As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart ~ Isaiah 40:11
One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes ~ Revelation 21:3-4
And I'll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth ~ Revelation 21:3-4
I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus ~ John 17:23
For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed ~ John 17:26
He is the exact representation of my being ~ Hebrews 1:3
He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you ~ Romans 8:31
And to tell you that I am not counting your sins ~ 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled ~ 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you ~ 1 John 4:10
I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love ~ Romans 8:31-32
If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me ~ 1 John 2:23
And nothing will ever separate you from my love again ~ Romans 8:38-39
Come home and I'll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen ~ Luke 15:7
I have always been Father, and will always be Father ~ Ephesians 3:14-15
My question is ~ Will you be my child? ~ John 1:12-13
I am waiting for you ~ Luke 15:11-32
Love, Your Dad, Almighty God

God commands that we do good. He commands us to give to the poor. We give to the poor. This is a deed, isn't it? Yes and no. It is good in the sense that our outward act conforms to what God commands. In that sense we do good often. But God also look at the heart. He is concerned about our deepest motivations. For a good deed to pass the standard of God's goodness, it must flow out of a heart that loves God perfectly and loves our neighbour perfectly as well. God evaluate good deeds not from an outward vantage point.

Taken from ,The Holiness of God by RC SPROUL.


Today I want to thank God for showing me more truths from this book that I've been reading. It allows me to have checkpoints in my life to evaluate where I am and how have I performed. Many times, the bible teaches us to do good to others, help others, love my neighbour as myself and etc. After reading this book, I realised that my deepest motivation about doing these things were merely just obeying rules and regulations. Like what if I never do them, will God punish me? Hmmm, there are people looking at me. If I never do them, then maybe God won't answer my prayer. I felt like I'm obliged to do it because it was in exchange for something.

Now I see that the motivation was wrong. Our deepest motivation of doing things should be, because I love God with all my heart, soul, mind.

Like what RC SPROUL puts it, " it must flows out from a heart that loves God perfectly. "

Now at least I know that what comes from the heart is more important because God does not look from the outward vantage point. He really looks at our heart full well. And I think He is probably the only one that knows my heart full well.

Today I want to thank God for using me to impact the lives of the little ones in church. Thank God for the fruitful 2 months of exposure in GNK, it really opens my eyes to more things and also to be able to be his instrument despite being so incomplete and lacking. Thank God for the many helping hands and favour with people, my short service in GNK was really meaningful. Especially when those little children taught me the meaning of worshiping God and be hungry to memorise the memory verses.

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Today I want to thank God for speaking to me through this song, Inside out and revealing His grace and mercy to me.

"A thousand times I fail, still your mercy remains. Should I stumble again, I'm caught in your grace..."

Many times, I failed to live up to God's expectation, especially in my conduct and word choice used. I realised that I would just swept these sins under the rug of my soul by uttering 3 words, "God , forgive me". And then when I realise, the next moment, I end up quarreling with my mother over very minor things. I feel so terrible. How to influence other people with Godly values when I don't even live out the characteristics of God.

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But God let me realised that His mercy and grace remains whenever I fail. His grace and mercy are more than enough for me. God is always there to provide us a solution.

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The bible says that...

"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." 2 Cor 12: 9

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Dear spiritual sisters and brothers, just as I have received this truth, may this nugget of truth also encourage and comfort you , so that you may know this true and great God we worship.

Thank you Jesus.

Food for thought

“God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say “thank you?”

~William A. Ward