Message from Daddy

God is so amazing.
Have been pretty low lately for a number of reasons. Really questioning my belief and relationship with God. I believed that I was saved but didn't believe that God loved me. I believed that I had *just* made it into heaven but that was as far as I was going. I didn't believe that I shared in the love that other people were lavished with by God.
Low self esteem, self hatred and self rejection were all things that I was battling with and seemed to sream so much louder than Gods love did.
Anyway I was away for the weekend back in May in a place called Cefn Lea which is a Christian conference place where you can stay in log cabins or caravans in Mid-Wales, a beauitful part of the country. When we arrived the ladies who had organised this women's weekend away had left an A4 piece of paper on our beds. It was a 'letter' from God telling us the way God sees us based on scripture. I didn't get a chance to read it over that weekend and just took it home with me to read later. Anyway I put it somewhere and forgot about it.
This weekend I'd been particularly low. Sunday evening came and I knew I had to tidy my bedroom as I have 2 friends coming to stay this weekend so had to make it look like I don't live in a bomb site! I came across the letter and decided to read it before bed. I read through it and know that it is based on scripture which is the absolute truth but found it difficult to shrug off 26 years of wrong thinking about myself and believe these words of Gods.
He knew I didn't believe them and I needed to hear them again because when I came into work the next morning Jon had sent me an e-mail. What was contained in the e-mail.....Oh just the exact same letter from God! He had been trying to get a copy for 6 months for me to read but had only just managed to get a copy on e-mail and so forwarded it to me. If that isn't Gods timing! Awesome.
Anyway here is a copy of the letter below.
May you be blessed by it and know the truth.....I'm getting there!
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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...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

Facedown - Matt Redman

Welcomed in to the courts of the king
Ive been ushered into your presence
Lord I stand on your merciful ground
Yet with every step tread reverence

And i'll fall face down
As Your Glory shines around
Yes, i'll fall face down
As your glory shines around

There is none in the heavens like you
And on the earth, who's your equal
You are far above,
Your the highest of heights

And i'll fall face down
As Your Glory shines around
Yes, i'll fall face down
As your glory shines around

Lord Let your glory shine around
Let your glory shine around
King of glory here be found
King of glory

Try and get a copy of this song if you haven't heard this song as it is awesome. Will take you into the presence of God