Father, Forgive Them...

“Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His clothes by casting lots.

There was a written notice above Him, which read: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
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~ Luke‬ ‭23:34, 38

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“It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When He had said this, He breathed his last. The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.””
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~ Luke‬ ‭23:44-47

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For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
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~ John‬ ‭3:16-17

Train Up a Child...

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
‭‭~ Proverbs‬ ‭22:6

Whatever You Do...

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. ~ Colossians 3:17 (NIV)

A Wise Son Brings Joy

The proverbs of Solomon:

A wise son brings joy to his father,
    but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. (NIV)

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish and self-confident son is the grief of his mother. (Amplified)

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. (KJV)

~ Proverbs 10:1

Chosen...

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. ~ ‭‭John‬ ‭15:16‬ ‭(NIV)‬‬

Compassion

As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
~ Psalm 103:13 (NIV)

Correction...

For whom the LORD loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom he delights.
~ Proverbs 3:12 (NKJV)

He Has Compassion...

13 As a father has compassion on his children,

so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him; 14 for He knows how we are formed,

He remembers that we are dust.

15 The life of mortals is like grass,

they flourish like a flower of the field;

16 the wind blows over it and it is gone,

and its place remembers it no more.

~ Psalm 103:13-16 (NIV)

Discipline...

Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? ~ Hebrews 12:7 (NIV)

He Holds Me...

Even if my father and mother abandon me,
    the Lord will hold me close.

~ Psalm 27:10 (NLT)

Go...

19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” 
~ Matthew 28:19-20 (NASB)

Family Relationships

1 Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord,for this is the right thing to do.2 “Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise: 3 If you honor your father and mother, “things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth.”

4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.

~ Ephesians 6:1-4 (NLT)

Living Hope

3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, ~ 1 Peter 1:3-4 (NIV)

18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” ~ Matthew 28:18-20 (NIV)

Pray Like This...

9 Pray, therefore, like this: Our Father Who is in heaven, hallowed (kept holy) be Your name.

10 Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

~ Matthew 6:9-10 (AMPC)

A Wise Son...

A wise son makes a glad father, but a self-confident and foolish man despises his mother and puts her to shame. ~ Proverbs 15:20 (AMPC)

Listen...

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction
    and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

~ Proverbs 1:8 (NIV)

Peace?

“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn “‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’ ~ Matthew 10:34-36 (NIV)

Remain in His Love

9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in His love. ~ John 15:9-10 (NIV)

Way, Truth, and the Life

6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. ~ John 14:6