Greetings,
What a wonderful, peaceful evening we had tonight. There really wasn't a call from the Lord to pray and intercede for anyone else; just mainly a time for each of us to crawl up into "Daddy's" lap and enjoy His Presence and let Him enjoy ours.

Remember what it was like when you were a little kid and NO ONE was greater than your dad. Your dad could do anything, fix anything, and he knew EVERYTHING. There was such a trust relationship there; you didn't worry about anything as long as daddy was near. Then, as we became teenagers, our dad didn't seem to be as smart. After all, we could think of answers and know how to do things as good or even better than "the old man". We still loved our dad but we were preparing to become "independent", on our own. This is fine to a point, except when our "independence" turns into "arrogance". Pride does bring about a fall and one of the main reasons why the Body of Christ is so powerless (by and large) is because there is so much pride- "why should we need any help?"

"Daddy" called us into His Presence this evening to remind us, once again, that His Love is still as it's always been. He is CRAZY about us. He also is encouraging us to become (and remain) like little children so that we will still believe that He can do anything.

This world needs to know of God's love, grace, mercy, power, etc. They will "taste and see that the Lord is good" by hanging around people who know what their Daddy is really like. Father is desiring that His children not be ashamed to invite their friends over to the Father's house to meet their "Daddy". We won't be ashamed or afraid if we know He has the same love and care for them as He does for us. Also, when we're out in the market place, and our Daddy is with us (I will never leave you nor forsake you) we won't try and walk away from Him when our friends come around. Why in the world would we be embarrassed with a Father like we have?

Come on, get into the Presence of Almighty God and see the smile on His face as you snuggle in. Feel the mighty hand and gentle touch as He says to you, "it's so good to see you", and "I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters".

Remember this: don't try and live your life without Daddy's Presence. None of us can really live apart from Him. Really now, why would we even want to?

Your Father knows what things you have need of before you even ask... have you thought about how He could do such a thing? One reason comes to my mind: HE IS ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT YOU!

May your life be blessed as you find yourself becoming as a little child before your Heavenly Father,

Pastor Jan