Objective: To help readers know that God is not only a loving God to us, but also, a loving Father who is willing to give His all for His children. He is a Father who cares for each individual.
In your grade school days, have you ever asked your Dad and Mom to buy you a notebook or pencil because it was needed in a certain class in your school? Of course, because you asked for it and you needed it, they provided.
Nung tinanong mo ba sila, nahiya ka ba? Dahil magulang mo sila, hindi, diba? Alangan namang humingi ka sa kapitbahay nyo. Yun yung nakakahiya. ^-^
Bilang panganay na anak ni Tatay at Nanay, nakita ko talaga ang pagsusumikap nila para matugonan lahat ng pangangailangan ko simula pagkabata. They have given up so many things just for me and I'm so grateful for that. At kahit yung tipong naging pasaway ako o kaya naman kahit anung itsura ko sa bahay, gusgusin o itsurang katanggap-tanggap sa lipunan, tanggap nila ako. At yun ang pagmamahal ng magulang.
Just yesterday, I decided again to have my prayer journal. So I started to list all prayer items during my quiet time with Him. And guess what? Sobrang dami ng naisulat ko simula sa ministry, family hanggang personal prayer items. Then I asked God this weird question, "Lord, how can you handle all the prayers of your people? Kung yung sa akin palang ang dami-dami na, siksikan pa sa isang page, then what more when thousands of people in this planet pray to You?
Well, because He is Almighty God, He can do anything (Ephesians 3:20) and He knows EVERYTHING, even the number of our hair (Matthew 3:20). It just amazes me that He knows every single detail of all the people in this world including me. That is precisely cool and awesome. And when every time I think about it, my mind can't contain it. Another thing that blows my mind is the TRUTH that He is my Father and He answers my prayers.
The question is, "How on earth did I became God's daughter?" It was when I believed and accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Saviour. John 1:12 says, "But to all who believed and accepted him, he gave the right to become the children of God."
Got Questions says, Abba is an Aramaic word that would closely be translated as "Daddy". It signifies the close, intimate relationship of a father to his child, as well as the childlike trust that a youth child puts in his "daddy".
Understanding that not all people are children of God and that becoming a child of God only happens when you are adopted by God through faith inChrist Jesus(Galatians 3:26) is important for understanding how and why God deals with people differently. If we are born again (John 1:12,3:1-8), we have been adopted into the family of God, redeemed from the curse of sin and are “joint-heirs with Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:17; alsoGalatians 4:7). Part of thatnew relationshipis that God now deals with us differently, which includes His chastisement when we sin (Hebrews 12:3-11). Because of that new relationship, Christians may sin, but they cannot be comfortable or content living a life of habitual, ongoing sin. If people are living a life enslaved to sin and are comfortable in that sin and without the chastisement of God upon them, then we know they are “illegitimate and not sons” (Hebrews 12:8). In other words, they are unbelievers.
Read more:http://www.gotquestions.org/Abba-Father.html#ixzz2uboHUhij
