{"id":14704,"date":"2016-06-22T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T12:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=14704"},"modified":"2026-07-12T12:17:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T16:17:32","slug":"god-our-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/god-our-father.htm","title":{"rendered":"God as Our Father"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have an <a href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/god-eternal.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Everlasting Father<\/a> <span class=\"class2\">(Isa. 9:6)<\/span> who always did and always will work on behalf of His children. The qualities within Him that make Him Father are unchanging. It&#8217;s who He is that causes Him to go from A to Z for us.<\/p>\n<h2>ABC&#8217;s of God as Our\u00a0Father<\/h2>\n<p>God acts on our behalf as <a href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/responding-to-god-our-father.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our Father<\/a> in many ways. Here are the beginning letters of the alphabet providing just a sampling of how the Bible describes God as our Father.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"class2\">\n<li style=\"padding-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>A<\/strong>dopted us to sonship, making us His children, giving us a place of belonging (Rom. 8:15, 23; 2 Cor. 6:17-18; Gal. 4:4-5; Eph. 1:4-5)<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>B<\/strong>efriends us, building a relationship with us in which we can feel secure (Rom. 8:14-16; Gal. 4:5-7)<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>C<\/strong>omforts us, caring for us and extending mercy in our distress (2 Cor. 1:3-4)<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>D<\/strong>isciplines us, correcting us so we become better (Prov. 3:11-12; Heb. 12:7-10)<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>E<\/strong>ncourages us, spurring us on to that which is good and right (2 Thess. 2:16-17)<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>F<\/strong>orgives us, not holding our sin against us (Ps. 103:11-14; Lk. 15:11-32)<\/li>\n<li><strong>G<\/strong>ives us an inheritance, making us His heirs (Lk. 12:32; Rom. 8:17; Col. 1:12)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mintools-store.com\/products\/our-great-god-from-a-to-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-31304 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/God-from-A-Z-sm-samples-2.jpg\" alt=\"Our Great God as Our Father from A to Z\" width=\"165\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Get the remainder of the alphabetical listing in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mintools-store.com\/products\/our-great-god-from-a-to-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Our Great God from A to Z Discipleship Tool Download<\/a><\/strong>. It also reflects on how our earthly father may affect our view of our Heavenly Father. In addition this resource includes an alphabetical listing of how God the Son and God the Spirit works on our behalf. The members of the Godhead share the same attributes and so another alphabet with God&#8217;s attributes adds even more understanding.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have an Everlasting Father (Isa. 9:6) who always did and always will work on behalf of His children. The qualities within Him that make Him Father are unchanging. 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