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You received the Spirit of sonship, and by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” (Rm 8:15) You are my Father, my Daddy, my Papa. You love me and care for me.  You make yourself known and call me to commune with you. Grant to me a continual and abiding intimacy with you. Deepen our relationship and let it be said in heaven and on earth that here is one who knows God. Can you know a computer? How about a factory? Or a theory? Or a process? Of course, the answer is yes. We can know all sorts of things, but…

from everlasting to everlasting, you are God. (Ps 90:2) his understanding has no limit. (Ps 147:5) I am God Almighty. (Gen 17:1) God of all, we acknowledge the immensity of our limitations in comprehending the infinity of who you are. Help us to quietly adore and to allow you to be who you are. In high school I worked a couple summers in the mountains of Colorado. I will never forget those summers and the powerful beauty of the Rockies. One night, the guys in my cabin decided it would be fun to sleep on the roof.  We took our…

The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty … (Ex 6-7a)  O Lord, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O Lord do I fear … in wrath remember mercy. (Hab 3:2)  Lord, your judgment, your wrath, your mercy and your grace go together. Praise you, for though I do not fully understand, I know enough to worship and to be grateful. I was teaching American…

Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt. (Ps 123:3) Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.  (Ps 51:1) Lord, hear our prayers.  We come to You broken and hurting.  Heal our wounds.  Apart from Christ, we have sin on our heads.  Forgive our sin.  Thank you for the Cross that heals and brings forgiveness.  And thank you for a mercy that is infinite. Have you ever seen suffering? Maybe a woman dying from cancer or…

God is love. (I Jn 4:8) His love endures forever…His love endures forever…His love endures forever.   (Ps 136) Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.   (Mic 7:18) God on high, can the angels in heaven comprehend your love? Is there any end to it? How can I, full of sin and rebellion against you, quick to ignore your voice and heed my own inclinations ¾ how can I possibly know your love? Yet you love me! Oh…