Our FatherVictory Tabernacle A Family Worship CenterJune 19, 2011

We Have a Heavenly Father

We are created with a family resemblance to God! We look like God! (Genesis 1:26-27)

He Is A Personal God

God loves us and desires to be close to us! (Genesis 2:7)

We Look Like God!Genesis 1:26-27New King James Version (NKJV)26 Then God said, “Let Us make man

in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

God Wants To Be Close To Us!Genesis 2:7New King James Version (NKJV)7 And the LORD God formed man of

the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

God actually came down and breathed His life into us. Everything else He spoke into existence.

Redemption=AdoptionGalatians 4:4-6New King James Version (NKJV)4 But when the fullness of the time had

come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”

Your Heavenly Father Is CRAZY About YOU!

Your Heavenly Father is the example of UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.

Romans 5:8New King James Version (NKJV)

8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

God Thinks You & I Are The Greatest!

Zephaniah 3:17New King James Version (NKJV)17 The LORD your God in your midst,

     The Mighty One, will save;      He will rejoice over you with gladness,      He will quiet you with His love,      He will rejoice over you with singing.”

God Loves It When You Succeed!

Psalm 35:27New King James Version (NKJV)27 Let them shout for joy and be glad,

Who favor my righteous cause; And let them say continually,          “Let the LORD be magnified, Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.”

God Takes Us Into His ArmsJesus Gave an Example of this…Mark 10:13-16New King James Version (NKJV)13 Then they brought little children to Him, that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them. 14 But when Jesus saw it, He was greatly displeased and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. 15 Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.” 16 And He took them up in His arms, laid His hands on them, and blessed them.

Father God is the Perfect Counselor & “Life Coach”Jeremiah 29:11New King James Version (NKJV)11 For I know the thoughts that I

think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

God’s Plans are PERFECTGod’s plan for you is perfect because

He created you with His plan in mind. God not only has a plan for your life,

but HE stands ready to help and enable you to accomplish that planPhilippians 4:13New King James Version (NKJV)13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

God’s Love For YOU Is EXTREME!

We have all sinned and deserve to dieSin has a price and justice demands

that the price will be paid in blood (the life is in the blood)

Hebrews 9:2222 And according to the law almost all

things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.

He Sent His Son To Pay The Price For Our Sin

John 3:16-1716 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

God’s Love Is ETERNALJohn 14:1-3The Way, the Truth, and the Life 1 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.