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Happy Valentine's Day

2/14/2013

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  • On this day of love, KLOVE radio reminds us that God is the one who loves us most of all. Below is a poem they put together from various verses in The Bible. A member of the radio station read the poem along with a song from Tenth Avenue North. Beautiful and Powerful. 
  • A video of the full, original version can be found here: http://www.fathersloveletter.com/video.html

    My Child,

    You may not know me, 
    but I know everything about you. 
    Psalm 139:1

    I know when you sit down and when you rise up. 
    Psalm 139:2

    I am familiar with all your ways. 
    Psalm 139:3

    Even the very hairs on your head are numbered. 
    Matthew 10:29-31

    For you were made in my image. 
    Genesis 1:27

    In me you live and move and have your being.
    Acts 17:28

    For you are my offspring. 
    Acts 17:28

    I knew you even before you were conceived. 
    Jeremiah 1:4-5

    I chose you when I planned creation. 
    Ephesians 1:11-12

    You were not a mistake, 
    for all your days are written in my book. 
    Psalm 139:15-16

    I determined the exact time of your birth 
    and where you would live. 
    Acts 17:26

    You are fearfully and wonderfully made. 
    Psalm 139:14

    I knit you together in your mother's womb. 
    Psalm 139:13

    And brought you forth on the day you were born. 
    Psalm 71:6

    I have been misrepresented 
    by those who don't know me.
    John 8:41-44

    I am not distant and angry, 
    but am the complete expression of love. 
    1 John 4:16

    And it is my desire to lavish my love on you. 
    1 John 3:1

    Simply because you are my child 
    and I am your Father. 
    1 John 3:1

    I offer you more than your earthly father ever could. 
    Matthew 7:11

    For I am the perfect father. 
    Matthew 5:48

    Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand. 
    James 1:17

    For I am your provider and I meet all your needs. 
    Matthew 6:31-33

    My plan for your future has always been filled with hope. 
    Jeremiah 29:11

    Because I love you with an everlasting love. 
    Jeremiah 31:3

    My thoughts toward you are countless 
    as the sand on the seashore.
    Psalms 139:17-18

    And I rejoice over you with singing. 
    Zephaniah 3:17

    I will never stop doing good to you. 
    Jeremiah 32:40

    For you are my treasured possession. 
    Exodus 19:5

    I desire to establish you
    with all my heart and all my soul. 
    Jeremiah 32:41

    And I want to show you great and marvelous things. 
    Jeremiah 33:3

    If you seek me with all your heart, 
    you will find me. 
    Deuteronomy 4:29

    Delight in me and I will give you 
    the desires of your heart. 
    Psalm 37:4

    For it is I who gave you those desires. 
    Philippians 2:13

    I am able to do more for you 
    than you could possibly imagine. 
    Ephesians 3:20

    For I am your greatest encourager. 
    2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

    I am also the Father who comforts you 
    in all your troubles. 
    2 Corinthians 1:3-4

    When you are brokenhearted, 
    I am close to you. 
    Psalm 34:18

    As a shepherd carries a lamb, 
    I have carried you close to my heart. 
    Isaiah 40:11

    One day I will wipe away 
    every tear from your eyes. 
    Revelation 21:3-4

    And I'll take away all the pain 
    you have suffered on this earth.
    Revelation 21:3-4

    I am your Father, and I love you 
    even as I love my son, Jesus.
    John 17:23

    For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed. 
    John 17:26

    He is the exact representation of my being. 
    Hebrews 1:3

    He came to demonstrate that I am for you, 
    not against you. 
    Romans 8:31

    And to tell you that I am not counting your sins.
    2 Corinthians 5:18-19

    Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled. 
    2 Corinthians 5:18-19

    His death was the ultimate expression 
    of my love for you. 
    1 John 4:10

    I gave up everything I loved
    that I might gain your love. 
    Romans 8:31-32

    If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, 
    you receive me. 
    1 John 2:23

    And nothing will ever separate you 
    from my love again.
    Romans 8:38-39

    Come home and I'll throw the biggest party 
    heaven has ever seen.
    Luke 15:7

    I have always been Father, 
    and will always be Father.
    Ephesians 3:14-15

    My question is…
    Will you be my child? 
    John 1:12-13

    I am waiting for you. 
    Luke 15:11-32

    Love, Your Dad
    Almighty God





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Granma
2/14/2013 08:09:52 am

Beautiful message!

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