The Abba Difference
The Abba Difference
"You did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, 'Abba! Father!'” Romans 8:15
To call God Abba is an extraordinary privilege. Don't take it lightly.
Abba is the first word that many infants say around the world. Hebrew children. Arabic children. Etheopian children. The first word out of their mouth is ABBA.
Just think about it. If you open your mouth and make a sound it is aaahhhh. If you open your mouth, make a sound, and quickly close your lips, it becomes ahhh-baaa.
Parents coach their children to say the word ABBA. Say ABBA. They cheer for ABBA. They celebrate the child's first word, ABBA.
When you are born again, Father teaches you to call him ABBA. He cheers for ABBA. He celebrates ABBA. And this goes on and on forever.
The scripture says by whom we cry ABBA Father. Cry is in the present tense, not the past tense. You don't just cry ABBA when you are first born again as newborn babies. You continue to cry ABBA into your adolescence and adulthood. In fact, the longer you follower Christ, the more you love using his name, ABBA.
The kingdom of God actually reverses the aging process. The older you get as a follower of Christ, the more childlike you become. Don't misunderstand. I am not saying childish.
Childishness has no place in the kingdom. But childlikeness is the essence of the kingdom. The more mature you get, the more childlike you become.
Childish Childlike
Immature Mature
Pouting Playful
Easily bored Easily pleased
The more mature you become as a Christian, the more playful you get. It's the ABBA difference.
Abba is his name.
Loving Father, ABBA Father, reparent me now in Jesus name.
YEAR ON FIRE
© Fred A. Hartley, III
All rights reserved
The English Standard Bible (ESV) is normally used, unless otherwise indicated.
This daily Christ-encountering, fire-starter is not intended to replace your daily Bible reading and prayer time, but rather to motivate you to spend extended time in His presence.
"You did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, 'Abba! Father!'” Romans 8:15
To call God Abba is an extraordinary privilege. Don't take it lightly.
Abba is the first word that many infants say around the world. Hebrew children. Arabic children. Etheopian children. The first word out of their mouth is ABBA.
Just think about it. If you open your mouth and make a sound it is aaahhhh. If you open your mouth, make a sound, and quickly close your lips, it becomes ahhh-baaa.
Parents coach their children to say the word ABBA. Say ABBA. They cheer for ABBA. They celebrate the child's first word, ABBA.
When you are born again, Father teaches you to call him ABBA. He cheers for ABBA. He celebrates ABBA. And this goes on and on forever.
The scripture says by whom we cry ABBA Father. Cry is in the present tense, not the past tense. You don't just cry ABBA when you are first born again as newborn babies. You continue to cry ABBA into your adolescence and adulthood. In fact, the longer you follower Christ, the more you love using his name, ABBA.
The kingdom of God actually reverses the aging process. The older you get as a follower of Christ, the more childlike you become. Don't misunderstand. I am not saying childish.
Childishness has no place in the kingdom. But childlikeness is the essence of the kingdom. The more mature you get, the more childlike you become.
Childish Childlike
Immature Mature
Pouting Playful
Easily bored Easily pleased
The more mature you become as a Christian, the more playful you get. It's the ABBA difference.
Abba is his name.
Loving Father, ABBA Father, reparent me now in Jesus name.
YEAR ON FIRE
© Fred A. Hartley, III
All rights reserved
The English Standard Bible (ESV) is normally used, unless otherwise indicated.
This daily Christ-encountering, fire-starter is not intended to replace your daily Bible reading and prayer time, but rather to motivate you to spend extended time in His presence.
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