the Father's heart

How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not save? Habukkuk 1:2 God's...

She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first...

And he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him, and ran and embraced him, and kissed...

But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. Jonah 1:3 (NKJV) The book of Jonah recounts a time in the life of the...

When I was 19, I decided I’d be honest and stop saying I was a Christian.

One night as I lay in my prison cell bed, I saw something scribbled on the metal bunk above me: "If you're bored, read Jer. 29:11." So I did

God is faithful and He will forgive anyone who comes to Him with a broken and contrite heart.

"He will not abandon sinners-this is His goodness; but will reclaim them, chasten them, make them walk in his way-this is his uprightness."

Paul said he took pleasure in his weakness for "When I am weak, then I am strong." When we admit we are weak and run to God, who is strong,

Don't dismiss what He is teaching you on this faith journey. And do not, for a second, think He has not remembered you or your request!

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(Photo by Fabrizio Verrecchia on Unsplash) His mother said to the servants, "Whatever He says to you, do it." John 2:5 This morning as I...

Then Esau ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they both wept. Genesis 33:4 When Isaac was...

... because He submitted Himself to death, and was counted among the rebels; yet He bore the sin of many and interceded for the rebels....

(Photo by Dan Gold on Unsplash) Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must...

(Photo by Sean Thomas on Unsplash) Now all of us can come to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for...

(Photo by Jon Flobrant on Unsplash) For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior... Isaiah 43:3 For those of us who...

(Photo by Calvin Hanson on Unsplash) For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not...

(Photo by Jessica F on Unsplash) When he came to his senses... Luke 15:17 In my book, The Father's Heart for Prodigals, I write a prayer...

(Photo by Marcos Paixão on Unsplash) On the day Jonah entered the city, he shouted to the crowds, "Forty days from now Nineveh will be...

(Photo by Naassom Azevedo on Unsplash) For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer... 1...

And His name will be the hope of all the world Matthew 12:21 I woke up two mornings ago, and I was thinking about what our prodigals are...

(Photo by Jessica Castro on Unsplash) Give thanks in all circumstances because this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 1...

(Photo by Jesús Rodríguez on Unsplash) For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of...

(Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash) And the Lord's servant must not quarrel; instead he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not...

(Photo by Will Swann on Unsplash) The king's heart is like a stream of water directed by the Lord; he guides it wherever he pleases....

(Photo by Hudson Hintze on Unsplash) For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not...

(Photo by Denys Nevozhai on Unsplash) We mothers must take care of the possible and trust God for the impossible. We are to love, affirm,...

(Photo by Kyle Glenn on Unsplash) I will answer them before they even call to me. While they are still talking about their needs, I will...

(Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash) My Child, I see your downcast heart and your wounded soul. I know what you are thinking. "Why is this...

(Photo by Ashton Mullins on Unsplash) Beautiful One, You are My treasure; the one I paid for so many years ago. I risked it all for you...

(Photo by Adarsh Ik on Unsplash) My Beautiful One, When you feel like giving up, I remind you of the truth. Don't pass it off as...

(Photo by Matt Cannon on Unsplash) Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith... Hebrews 12:2 Don't look back!...

(Photo by Kassem Mahfouz on Unsplash) For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ. And so through him the...

(Photo by Justin Young on Unsplash) The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for...

(Photo by Melissa Askew on Unsplash) ...she said, "This time I will praise the Lord...." Genesis 29:35 (NIV) My Beautiful Child, I desire...

He is not here; He is risen! Luke 24:6 (BSB) My Beloved, What are the odds from a human perspective that I would rise from the dead? And...

Rise during the night and cry out. Pour out your hearts like water to the Lord. Lift up your hands to him in prayer, pleading for your...

The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have...

The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have...

(Photo by Joanna Kosinska on Unsplash ) If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won't he leave the...

(Photo by Margarida CSilva on Unsplash) The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. Proverbs 18:10...

(Photo by Joshua Earle on Unsplash) "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, Luke 10:41 My...

(Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash) Dear Child, You are loved! You matter! I can't make you believe it, but I can keep reminding you...

If the Lord is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us. Numbers 14:8...

(Photo by Hugues de BUYER-MIMEURE on Unsplash) Faith is the path to freedom. Remember when you first found Me? Remember when your eyes...

These (trials) have come so that your faith--of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire--may be proved...

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who...

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, Ephesians...

On Wednesday I told you that my New Year's resolution for this year was to" delight myself in the Lord" (Ps. 37:4). What was David...