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Background Passages Psalms 103:1-22. Yahweh our father December 9, 2012. LifeWords Bible Studies for Life: KJV Winter 2012-2013.
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Background Passages Psalms 103:1-22 Yahweh our fatherDecember 9, 2012 LifeWords Bible Studies for Life: KJV Winter 2012-2013
What This Lesson is About: David praised God for the benefits he received as a result of God’s faithful love to His children. David compared God with a compassionate father. We see God as the loving Father He is toward His children. How This Lesson Can Impact Your Life: This lesson can help you rejoice and rely on the Father’s love. Why this lesson is important:Some of us had loving, caring fathers. Others among us had absentee fathers, dictatorial fathers, abusive fathers, or apathetic fathers. None of us had perfect fathers, yet our view of god as father is influenced by our relationships with our own fathers. This lesson is important because it helps us to appreciate and depend on god as our father. We need to discover and experience the love of god our father
Yahweh Gives Undeserved Love………………………..Psalms 103:2-6 Yahweh Displays Unequaled Love……………………Psalms 103:8-12 Yahweh Extends Unceasing Love…..…………Psalms 103:13,17-18 • Questions to Consider • Why would God so love people, creatures who have sinned against Him, and some of whom have rejected Him outright? • What are some huge displays of human love, and how do they pale in comparison to God’s love? • How does experiencing God’s compassion motivate people to respond to Him in reverence and obedience? • In what ways does your behavior influence others to have a healthy view of God as Father? • Why would God involve us in communicating truth about His character and love to future generations? • We do not deserve God’s love. We cannot earn the right to be His children. Even so, everyone can know the perfect love of our Heavenly Father by receiving His Son, Jesus, as Savior.