来自天父的一封信
亲爱的孩子:
你或许不认识我,我却认识你的一切(诗139:1)
就是你的头发我都数过了(太10:29-31)
你是照着我的形象所造的(创1:27)
在你尚未成形以先,我已晓得你(耶1:4-5)
在创立世界之前,我已拣选了你(弗1:4)
我在你母腹中塑造你(诗139:13)
领你由母腹中出来(诗71:6)
你是我的孩子,我是你的父亲(约一3:1)
你所领受各样美善的恩赐,都是从我来的(雅1:17)
我所给予的,远超过地上的父亲所能给予你的(太7:11)
因为我是完全的父(太5:48)
我是你的供应者,是我供应了你的所需要的一切(太6:31-33)
我绝不停止施恩于你(耶32:40)
因你是我的最宝贵的产业(出19:5)
我全心全意栽培你于此地(耶32:41)
我要将为大奥秘的事指示你(耶33:3)
如果你一心一意寻找我,就必寻见(申4:29)
以我为乐,我就把你心里所求的赐给你(诗37:4)
我能为你成就一切,远超过你所求所想的(弗3:20)
我是你最佳的鼓励者(帖后2:16-17)
也是在一切患难中安慰你的父亲(林后1:3-4)
有一天,我要擦去你一切的眼泪,并带你脱离世上的一切苦楚(启21:3-4)
因为爱你,我差爱子耶稣到你那里去(约3:16)
耶稣所做的一切,都显明我对你的爱(约17:26)
他受死,是为你,使你可与我和好(林后5:18-19)
耶稣的死,是我爱你最极致的表达(约一4:10)
我为你舍弃了我所爱的,使我或许能得着你的爱(罗8:31-32)
你若接受耶稣为主,就是接受我为父(约一2:23)
就可以享受我为你预备的最好的宴席(路15:7)
我一直是父亲,也永远是父亲(弗3:14-15)
问题是——你愿意成为我的孩子吗(约1:12-13)
回来吧,孩子,我在等着你(路15:11-32)
爱你的父亲:上帝
摘自《天风》杂志2010年3月刊31
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 withhope.
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.
Psalms 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