{"id":4602,"date":"2024-06-01T07:52:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T07:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/?p=4602"},"modified":"2024-12-27T14:07:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T14:07:11","slug":"the-fathers-love-and-provision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/the-fathers-love-and-provision\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fathers Love And Provision."},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4602-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Fathers-Love-And-Provision.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Fathers-Love-And-Provision.mp3\">https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Fathers-Love-And-Provision.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<h4>The Father Knows Our Needs.<\/h4>\n<p>Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor yet for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap nor gather into barns; yet your Heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than them?\u00a0Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?\u00a0 And why take you thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.<\/p>\n<p>Wherefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? Or, What shall we drink? Or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?\u00a0For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:\u00a0 for your <strong>Heavenly Father knows<\/strong> that you have need of all these things. But seek you first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.\u00a0Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. <strong>Matthew 6;25-33.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Provider Of Good Things.<\/h4>\n<p>Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:\u00a0 For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him, that knocks it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your <strong>Father which is in heaven give good things<\/strong> to them that ask Him?\u00a0<strong> Matthew 7: 7-11<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>The Father\u2019s Goodness.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father knowing. But the <strong>very hairs of your head<\/strong> are all numbered. Fear you not; therefore, you are of more value than many sparrows. <strong>Matthew 10: 29-31<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>The Father\u2019s Will Is No One Perish.<\/h4>\n<p>For the Son of Man is come to save that which was lost. How think you? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, does he not leave the ninety and nine, and goes into the mountains, and seek that which is gone astray? And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoices more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray. Even so, <strong>it is not the will of your Father<\/strong> which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. <strong>Matthew 18: 11-14<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For God so loved the world<\/strong> that he gave his one and only Son, that <strong>whoever believes in him shall not perish<\/strong> 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. <strong>John 3;16-17.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>The Father The Rewarder.<\/h4>\n<p>Give to every man that asks of you, and of him, that takes away your goods ask them not again. And as you would that men should do to you, do you also to them likewise. For if you love them which love you, what thank have you? For sinners also love those that love them. And if you do good to them which do good to you, what thank have you? For sinners also do even the same. And if you lend to them of whom you hope to receive, what thank have you? For sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love you your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and <strong>your reward shall be great,<\/strong> and you shall be the children of the Highest: for He is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. Be you, therefore, merciful, as your Father also is merciful. <strong>Luke 6 v 30-36<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>The Father And The Holy Spirit<\/h4>\n<p>And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asks receives and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your <strong>Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit<\/strong> to them that ask Him? <strong>Luke 11 v 9-13<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Father Knows Our Needs. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor yet for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"The Fathers Love And Provision. - Disciples of Christ","description":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Fathers-Love-And-Provision.mp3 The Father Knows Our Needs. 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