Jehovah, Our Father, Loves Us Dearly - JEHOVAH IS A LOVING AND CARING FATHER

Do you find it difficult to think of God as your Father?  Some may feel small and insignificant in comparison to Jehovah.  They doubt that the Almighty God cares about them as individuals.  Yet, our loving Father does not want us to feel that way.  He gave us life and wants us to have a relationship with him. After starting this truth, the apostle Paul explained to his listeners in Athens that Jehovah "is not far off from each of us." (Acts 17:24-29)  God wants each of us to go to him just like a child goes to a loving and caring parent.

Others may find it hard to view Jehovah as their Father because their own human father showed them little or no love and affection.  Consider the comments of one Christians sister. "My father was very abusive," she says.  "When I first began to study the Bible, it was difficult for me to relate to a heavenly Father.  But after I cam to know Jehovah, that all changed." Do you have similar feelings?  If so, be assured that you too can come to see Jehovah as the best possible Father.

One way that Jehovah has helped us to view him as our loving Father is by having Jesus' words  and actions recorded in the Bible.  (Read Matthew 11:27.)  Jesus so perfectly reflected his Father's personality that he could say: "Whoever has seen me has seen the Father also." (John 14:9) Jesus often spoke about the role Jehovah fulfills as a Father. In the four Gospels along, Jesus used the term "Father" some 165 times in reference to Jehovah.  Why did Jesus speak so much about Jehovah?  One reason is that people might be convince that Jehovah is a loving Father. - JOHN 17:25, 26.

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