OUR HEAVENLY FATHER

TEXT- EPHESIANS 1:3-6

INTRODUCTION

TODAY IS SPECIAL NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT IS SUNDAY, BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT IS A TIME THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE TO HONOR ALL OF OUR DADS AND GRADS.

IT WAS GRADUATION DAY AND A MOTHER WAS TRYING TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THEIR SON IN A CAP AND  GOWN, POSED WITH HIS FATHER. "LET'S TRY TO MAKE THIS LOOK NATURAL," SHE SAID. "JUNIOR, PUT YOUR ARM AROUND YOUR DAD'S SHOULDER."  THE FATHER ANSWERED, "IF YOU WANT IT TO LOOK NATURAL, WHY NOT HAVE HIM PUT HIS HAND IN MY POCKET?"

TODAY OUR TEXT IS FOUND IN EPHESIANS 1:3-6 AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU THIS MORNING ABOUT OUR HEAVENLY FATHER.

SOME OF YOU HAVE A HARD TIME ON FATHER’S DAY BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF YOUR FATHER.

OTHERS NO LONGER HAVE A FATHER BECAUSE THEY HAVE PASSED AWAY OR ABANDONED YOU.

BUT PAUL SHOWS US WHAT KIND OF FATHER WE HAVE IN HEAVEN.

IN DOING THIS HE MENTIONS FOUR THINGS THAT GOD HAS DONE FOR US AND WHY WE CAN CALL HIM FATHER.

YOU CAN CALL GOD YOUR FATHER ...