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Finding Hope and Strength in the Father’s Heart

sitting in the Father's love represented by sunrays breaking through clouds

When life leaves you feeling discouraged or a problem seems hopeless, remember this: God the Father has not stopped loving you. St. Paul speaks of this in 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17. It’s a prayer, written in the Bible, for you! May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting encouragement and good hope through his grace, encourage your hearts and strengthen them in every good deed and word. That means your hope is not based on circumstances. It is based on the Father’s heart. As I wrote in The Father’s Heart: Meet the Real Abba Father: We long for the fullness of God’s love because we instinctively know that we’re supposed to have it. “I have loved you with an everlasting love” (Jeremiah 31:3 NIV). He designed us to know and receive his love. He created us because he has been loving […] Read More

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Identifying False Images of God: The Catholic Bookworm Interview

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Published on WCAT TV, Kiki Latimer, host of The Catholic Bookworm, interviews me to discuss: How can you move from a false image of God to the real Abba Father? Do you really know what God the Father is like? How did your human father shape your image of God? Watch this to learn how you can experience God more profoundly as your Loving Father.

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Walking Through the Garden of Life with Abba

walking past a garden of azalea flowers

God and Garden Have you noticed that in a garden it is easier to experience God than nearly anywhere else? Praying while sitting in or working in a garden is a direct connection to our Creator. Why is that? Because it’s a return to the Garden of Paradise, the Garden of Eden. The close relationship that God intended to have with all of his human creations was first brought into reality here. He wants to restore for us the closeness that our first parents, Adam and Eve, lost. Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so…. And God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:11-13 NIV) One of my favorite chores is mowing the lawn. It’s good therapy. In the summertime, it gives me a weekly opportunity […] Read More