As newborn infants, we are brought into this world. We grow and change. The tendency to sin stays with us but, by baptism we die with Christ and come to new life. God wants to make a new story for us. So, we must be born again by water and Spirit. God gives us food to sustain us. He shelters us and He gives grace, bringing us into the Church, and into covenant relationship like in the Old Testament. The question is, do we accept only the gift or embrace the Giver?
We feel like we are in a dark room without the lights on when we are living from that wounded place in our hearts. Like Lazarus, we need the faith and hands of another to pull us into healing and wholeness and out of ourselves. We rest in the confidence that God the Father always hears our prayer and heals us from the father wound of a spiritual death caused by a catastrophic event or the consequence of my or my father’s sin.
God is a merciful God slow to anger and rich in kindness. In this episode, we dive into the heart of the Father to see who He is. Exodus 34 shows us seven characteristics of His heart. We take a look at belonging with this merciful God and explore some science behind self-worth in Him.
What is it about suffering that is so dreadful? It always seems like no matter what we do it comes knocking on our door. How do we deal with this?
God the Father’s Heart: Healing Father Wounds Episode One
Welcome! In this episode we explore the wonders of God the Father's loving heart and get an overview of what will happen in the whole of the first season. This is an introduction to healing heart wounds. We start at the Heart of our Heavenly Father. We wade into the shallows, getting ready to plunge into the deep