For You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us
And Israel does not recognize us.
You, O Lord, are our Father,
Our Redeemer from of old is Your name.

“With weeping they will come,
And by supplication I will lead them;
I will make them walk by streams of waters,
On a straight path in which they will not stumble;
For I am a father to Israel,
And Ephraim is My firstborn.”

“‘A son honors his father, and a servant his master. Then if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My respect?’ says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests who despise My name. But you say, ‘How have we despised Your name?’

so that your giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

For all these things the nations of the world eagerly seek; but your Father knows that you need these things.

Jesus *said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’”

“And I will be a father to you,
And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,”
Says the Lord Almighty.

To the

saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

See

how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

And our lord

concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh,

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace,

Our way

Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a safe journey for us, our little ones, and all our possessions.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart

And do not lean on your own understanding.

The voice of one crying in the wilderness,

‘Make ready the way of the Lord,
Make His paths straight.’”