SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES
(Psalm 68:5-6) (5) “A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation." (6) "God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land."
(Isaiah 63:16) “For you are our father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us; you, O Lord, are our father; our Redeemer from of old is your name.”
(Galatians 4:6) "And because you are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts crying Abba Father"
(1 Corinthians 8:6) “Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom all things are and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things are and through whom we exist.”
(Luke 6:35) "But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil."
(James 1:17) “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."
(Luke 12:32) “Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”
(2 Corinthians 6:16-18) (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."
(Isaiah 64:7) “Yet, Lord, you are our father; we are the clay and you our potter: we are all the work of your hand.”
(1 John 3:1) “See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.”
PREFACE SUMMARY
Dear reader, did you know that God desires for us to maintain a family relationship with Him and even though He already knows our needs, He wants us to come to Him trusting and believing that He is able to meet and desires to meet everyone of them?
Beloved, because we are members of His family, God desires for us to ask Him for what He already longs to give us, and Saints, our prayer life prepares and enables us to enter into His presence that we may receive instruction and blessings.
Beloved, sometimes we just need to come to God our father and unburden ourselves and know that He will always make time for us his children.
Beloved reader, this message will open our eyes and understanding that how we approach God and what we are willing to ask Him for, will reflect how we view Him as the model father we can all approach for our needs.
THE FATHER HEART OF GOD
Beloved reader, this message is about getting to know the God of the universe that created all things both seen and unseen as Father and praying that he may reveal his heart unto us that he is not only a wonderful master planner before the world was formed, but he loved to be referred to as the Father of creation.
Dear reader, God is Holy in his character, his deed and is not bound by space and time. Beloved, this is what distinguishes and separates Him from all other created things.
Beloved, God has granted us the gift of prayer to enter his divine presence and discover that not only is he seated on his throne in Heaven with his Angelic host, but His Spirit is here on earth with us.
Dear reader, this revelation awakens something like a deep voice within saying this world is not our true home and we are just passing through, yes beloved, our treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue where a loving heavenly Father is looking down with love that chose us in him before the foundation of the world for he stated in (Isaiah 49:16) that he has us engraved on the palms of his hands.
Beloved, prayer causes us to realize that there are more around us than we can see and because of circumstances involved, it may take some time before we see physical results.
Beloved, we need to receive revelation that God knows all, sees all and is looking at people around us when answering our prayers because beloved, He is observing what affect our answered prayers will have on them.
Dear reader, prayer is the means to satisfy our desire to know Him who delivered us from sin, giving us a deeper desire to be in His presence and commune with him.
THE MODEL PRAYER
(Matthew 6:9-13) (9) "After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name." (10) "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven." (11) "Give us this day our daily bread." (12) "And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." (13) "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen."
Dear reader, in the above verses found in the book of Matthew, we find the Lord instructing His disciples concerning the proper way to pray and approach God, and most people love to refer to this passage of scriptures as "The Lord's Prayer."
Beloved, here we find the preacher of all preachers standing overlooking the Sea of Galilee instructing His disciples concerning the right way to pray and approach God.
Beloved Saints, the Lord made a special emphasis in these scriptures to instruct His disciples to take their prayer life seriously and not exploit themselves like the heathens who love to pray in public and be known for their educated words.
Saints, the Lord instructed his disciples to enter into their closet and pray in secret assuring them that their Father who sees in secret would reward them openly.
Dear reader, the Lord began His prayer by addressing God as our Father and it was not uncommon for Kings in the Middle East to be addressed or called the Father of their people.
Beloved, did you know that history reveals that many times George Washington was called the Father of America?
Dear reader, did you know that when we address God as our Father, we are identifying ourselves as being the children of the King and in so doing we are confessing that He is our sovereign, Lord?
Beloved, this is a Kingdom prayer and did you know that in this prayer, we are not only praying for a time He has set in the future when His Son will sit on His throne here on earth and reign in righteousness, but we are making a statement that we acknowledge His right to rule over all people including us?
Beloved, please understand that God has a Kingdom, and that Kingdom is an established Kingdom where Satan has been defeated and Jesus has been seated above all where He rules as the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
Beloved Saints, we find in (Luke 22:29) "And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;"
Saints, Jesus delegated the same authority given unto Him by the Father to His church which is His body, and we as His children need to realize this same authority has been delegated unto us and when we pray to our father which is in Heaven, we need to direct our prayers asking God to mold us to become one unified body doing His will even as it is already being done in Heaven.
Beloved, when we pray the words “Hallowed Be Thy Name” we enter a new level of respect for God and reverence for His person.
Beloved, can we pause in this study for a moment and thank him for not giving up on us, even when we were not so good, therefore Lord, we give you praise for who you are and what you have done for us.
Saints, when we give him praise for who he is and what he had done in our lives by placing Him on the throne of our heart even as He sits on His throne in Heaven, we are willfully giving into to His will and call upon our lives acknowledging his supreme power to rule over us.
Beloved, did you know that when we approach God this way, we are expressing unto Him that we have a burning desire for our lives to reveal His love and His character to a lost and hurting world?
Dear reader, did you not know when we practice this in our everyday lives, both in private and in public, we are demonstrating to a hurting world that we have something that they need, and it does not take long for those around us to know if we believe in what we are presenting as something they need?
THE PERFECT FATHER
Saints, did you know that God expresses in Psalms 68 of his Holy word that He is a Father to the Fatherless?
Beloved reader, the world is filled with hurting people who bear the memory of a rough childhood with an abusive father who showed very little love toward His family.
Dear reader, I never got to hear the words "Son, I am proud of You."
Beloved, my Father was always telling me "You will never amount to nothing" and acted as if he were in competition with me."
Dear reader, did you know that unlike an earthly father, our Heavenly Father desires to develop a loving relationship with us for he clearly, shows us throughout His word, the true characteristics of a model father?
Beloved, the word states in (Matthew 23:9) for us to call no man on earth father but beloved the writer expresses that in the Greek language, the word instructs us to not refer to any man on earth as the model father because beloved, only God can fulfill that position.
Saints, to better understand this, we can study the life of the Apostle Paul and find in (1 Corinthians 4:15) where Paul refers to himself as being the father of the gospel to the people God entrusted to his care.
Beloved, if we desire to see a true model father, then we need to look no further than God's Holy word for it plainly declares that God's possesses a Father’s Heart, a Father’s Love, a Father’s Strength and a Father’s Concern for His people.
Yes beloved, we can rejoice in discovering that we have a father that will never change or lose his power.
(Isaiah 9:6) For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Beloved, this scripture reveals to us the attributes of God our father, and here we might make the comment that something is wonderful, but God says let me show you wonderful as you view the risen glorified Christ that has been made both lord and Christ who is mediating and representing you before the courts of Heaven.
Dear reader, listen as God through the prophet Isaiah gives us a picture of the awesome mighty power of God that is available to us that is able to save and deliver us from all temptation and bad habits.
Yes beloved reader, observe the prophet Isaiah as he shows us an Everlasting Father that will never change how he feels about us and will never die off or lose his power.
Look beloved, as he comforts our hearts in knowing that because we have been adopted into his royal family, we not only have peace with him like the world does but we have peace with him being recognized as Sons and Daughters in his royal family and that my friend is the Love of A Real Father.
Beloved reader, did you know that we were predestined to become His sons and daughters at the cross?
Dear Saints, God approaches us with the preaching of the cross which encourages us to accept Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, and our accepting Jesus is the first step in His plan that was predestined for us before the foundation of the world.
Dear reader, as I am writing this message, I would like to ask you a very important question which could change your view of Father God and your view of your fellow man, do you view God as one that works on a merit system that requires you to satisfy some demand to gain His favor like other religions, or do you approach Him as a loving Father that loves His children?
Saints, did you know that sometimes, we tend to make our requests in accordance with what we understand about His character and that beloved could and will affect the way we approach him for our needs?
Dear reader, may I ask you to think a moment and think about how would a child that has an abusive father approach their father?
1. What will they ask for and how will they approach them?
2. Will they be fearful that he may burst into an emotional uproar?
Now beloved reader, may we ask ourselves a very important question that could have a great impact on our life, our family, and our ministry including those we may come in contact within our everyday life, are we as God's children approaching Him with fear having the mindset that He is waiting for us to fail, or can we approach Him as the model Father that is full of compassion and love who is determined to bring us to a good end?
Beloved, may I ask you a very important question, if God were to give you a blank check how would you fill it out?
Dear reader, would you use it to better yourself or would you use it to help others and advance the Kingdom of God?
Beloved, did you know that the one important thing we must recognize in our petitions to the throne of God is understanding that timing is everything in the Kingdom of God?
Beloved, if we desire for our prayers to be answered, we must not be praying a one-sided prayer, and we must stay in His presence allowing Him time to place His burden in our heart. understanding that he is looking at everything that will be affected by our prayers and how they will affect those around us.
Saints, the truth is that we need fresh bread which will produce daily strength to continue this journey and what we had yesterday is not sufficient to face what we may encounter today, and when we come before Him to express our needs, we need to recognize that He instructs us throughout his word to ask because He is concerned about the needs of his children.
Beloved, because we know him as Father, we can stand with confidence knowing that our God is able and has a sincere desire to answer our prayers fulfilling our needs that he may leave his signature through us to a hurting world that is looking for answers and a reason to live.
Dear reader, have you noticed that the Lord linked the word “and” in the phrase between asking for daily bread and asking for daily forgiveness?
(Matthew 6:11-12) "(11) "Give us this day our daily bread." (12) "And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors."
Saints, because we do not know what dangers we may encounter, we need God's hand of protection to cover and protect us, therefore we are instructed to pray in the lord's prayer the words, "Deliver us from evil."
Beloved, did you know that we, as God's children, need to discover in His word that all temptations must have His approval before they can be sent against us?
Beloved reader, we can have confidence in knowing that we have a heavenly Father that loves us with a pure, intimate, providing and unconditional love therefore may we come boldly unto him making our requests and petitions with boldness, confidence and humility.
Dear Saints, may we give thanks' to God our Father for extending His grace unto us that we can come boldly unto Him with praise and thanksgiving for we are His adopted children that he has engraved on the palm of his hands.
MY CONCLUSION
Beloved reader, did you know that we were predestined to become God's Sons and Daughters at the cross of Jesus Christ, and Father God approaches us with the preaching of the cross which encourages us to accept Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord?
Beloved, our accepting Jesus is the first step in God's plan that was predestined for us before the foundation of the world, and every year there is a special Sunday set aside that recognizes the fatherhood of dads called "Fathers Day."
Yes beloved, many of us no longer have our earthly fathers with us but we that know God as our father, have learned to trust and fall upon his Fatherhood.
Beloved reader, I am finding it hard to cease writing on a love that has been there for me when I never knew or experienced love until I was sixty one years old.
Beloved, all I knew and experienced most of my life since early childhood was being used and abused by those that I thought loved me only to discover that it was a one sided love with strings attached and it is interesting that now I am a Board Certified Mental Health Coach through the American Christian Councilors Association.
Dear reader, I have discovered in life that all our lifes heart aches and disappointment were used by God to develop character in us to harden and mature me to preach in other nations for the glory of the King who chose and called me at a young age.
Saints, we can study the life of the Prodigal Son and see the heart of God that is full of love and forgiveness.
Beloved reader, I awakened this morning around 2: 30AM hearing the song in my spirit "He Lifts me Up to Stand on Mountains" and beloved let me tell you that our God is there to lift us up when we fall, he is there when we cry and we can rest assured that he will be there to comfort and lift us up when we are broken.
Dear reader, I am reminded of the poem "Two Sets of Foot Prints" which when the man questioned God why at some points in his life, he only noticed one set of prints to which the lord replied "Son, that is when I was carrying you."
Beloved, in closing, I hear that O song, "I've wandered far away from God, Lord I'm coming home," Yes beloved, it does not matter what you have done or how far you have strayed, just like the father of the prodigal son that was watching for his wayward boy to come home,
Dear reader and fellow Saints, God wants the lonely to know that they do not have to be lonely, he wants the widows and widowers to know that they do not have to suffer loneliness for they too can become a part of his royal family.
Beloved, there is hope for the lonely mothers that may have a son or daughter on death row to find comfort in a True Loving Heavenly Father that wants nothing but the best for them and their family.
(1 Corinthians 8:3) "But if any man love God, the same is known of him."
(Romans 8:37) “Who can separate us from the love of Christ, shall trouble, hardship, persecution, hunger, poverty, danger, or death, “Nay in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.” A-Men
International Evangelist
Jerry W. Hulse Ph.D.
Miracle Life Church International
