Greetings to you on this sunny Saturday morning here in D.F. I just finished listening to a sermon, the second in a series of three on how to pray like Jesus, from Mars Hill Church in Seattle. A guy named Mark Driscoll is the senior pastor there and I would highly recommend subscribing to his podcast if you haven't already. God is definitely using him to do some awesome things for the kingdom, not only in Seattle, but on a national level as well. So, yea. Check his podcast out.
Anyway, one of his points throughout this series has been that God truly is our dad, and that we should pray to him accordingly. It's so wonderful to be reminded that our father is not distant, he's close. Not judging, but compassionate. Not cruel, but loving. Not foolish, but wise (though most of the time I think I know better). Desiring not just his own glory, but our joy as well, simultaneously!
This afternoon, we're going to hang out with a group of kids who call the streets their home. It's heart-breaking to imagine how most of them probably view their earthly fathers. In fact, will talking with them about their heavenly Father only conjure up memories of being abused or abandoned? How can we show them the love of the Father when so many of their earthly fathers did such a poor job of pointing to Him? All we can do is love them like the Father in the power of Spirit, right? Jesus came to bind up the broken-hearted, didn't He? I pray that Jesus would show them that He died to save them, as He did for all people. Even if they have never known love before, that, by God's grace, they would meet Love Himself today. I pray that the kingdom of God would grow a little bigger today. Paz y alegria en Cristo a todos uds.
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