A great sequence of scriptures that show God's love.

This was a great production done by http://www.fathersloveletter.com/text.html. 

Here is a link to their video and text of the scriptures they compiled is below

My Child,

You may not know me,
but I know everything about you. 
Psalm 139:1

I know when you sit down and when you rise up. 
Psalm 139:2

I am familiar with all your ways. 
Psalm 139:3

Even the very hairs on your head are numbered. 
Matthew 10:29-31

For you were made in my image. 
Genesis 1:27

In me you live and move and have your being.
Acts 17:28

For you are my offspring. 
Acts 17:28

I knew you even before you were conceived. 
Jeremiah 1:4-5

I chose you when I planned creation. 
Ephesians 1:11-12

You were not a mistake,
for all your days are written in my book. 
Psalm 139:15-16

I determined the exact time of your birth
and where you would live. 
Acts 17:26

You are fearfully and wonderfully made. 
Psalm 139:14

I knit you together in your mother's womb. 
Psalm 139:13

And brought you forth on the day you were born. 
Psalm 71:6

I have been misrepresented
by those who don't know me.
John 8:41-44

I am not distant and angry,
but am the complete expression of love. 
1 John 4:16

And it is my desire to lavish my love on you. 
1 John 3:1

Simply because you are my child
and I am your Father. 
1 John 3:1

I offer you more than your earthly father ever could. 
Matthew 7:11

For I am the perfect father. 
Matthew 5:48

Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand. 
James 1:17

For I am your provider and I meet all your needs. 
Matthew 6:31-33

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope. 
Jeremiah 29:11

Because I love you with an everlasting love. 
Jeremiah 31:3

My thoughts toward you are countless
as the sand on the seashore.
Psalms 139:17-18

And I rejoice over you with singing. 
Zephaniah 3:17

I will never stop doing good to you. 
Jeremiah 32:40

For you are my treasured possession. 
Exodus 19:5

I desire to establish you
with all my heart and all my soul. 
Jeremiah 32:41

And I want to show you great and marvelous things. 
Jeremiah 33:3

If you seek me with all your heart,
you will find me. 
Deuteronomy 4:29

Delight in me and I will give you
the desires of your heart. 
Psalm 37:4

For it is I who gave you those desires. 
Philippians 2:13

I am able to do more for you
than you could possibly imagine. 
Ephesians 3:20

For I am your greatest encourager. 
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

I am also the Father who comforts you
in all your troubles. 
2 Corinthians 1:3-4

When you are brokenhearted,
I am close to you. 
Psalm 34:18

As a shepherd carries a lamb,
I have carried you close to my heart. 
Isaiah 40:11

One day I will wipe away
every tear from your eyes. 
Revelation 21:3-4

And I'll take away all the pain
you have suffered on this earth.
Revelation 21:3-4

I am your Father, and I love you
even as I love my son, Jesus.
John 17:23

For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed. 
John 17:26

He is the exact representation of my being. 
Hebrews 1:3

He came to demonstrate that I am for you,
not against you. 
Romans 8:31

And to tell you that I am not counting your sins.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19

Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled. 
2 Corinthians 5:18-19

His death was the ultimate expression
of my love for you. 
1 John 4:10

I gave up everything I loved
that I might gain your love. 
Romans 8:31-32

If you receive the gift of my son Jesus,
you receive me. 
1 John 2:23

And nothing will ever separate you
from my love again.
Romans 8:38-39

Come home and I'll throw the biggest party
heaven has ever seen.
Luke 15:7

I have always been Father,
and will always be Father.
Ephesians 3:14-15

My question is…
Will you be my child? 
John 1:12-13

I am waiting for you. 
Luke 15:11-32

Love, Your DadAlmighty God

Prayer, it really works!

This morning I woke up at 4:45 A.M. to take my wife's mother to the airport. She is a wonderful woman. On my way home, I was thinking and a few memories came back quite forcefully. I remembered two instances right away and the third came back to me after I pondered upon the first two.

The first memory was about one summer when I attended scout camp. The scout camp was up in the mountains for a week. The camp was great and it was a great time for learning how to survive. This was a large gathering of many scout groups. Our group was rather rambunctious. My father, as he was through my whole scouting career, was my scoutmaster. One night I lay in my tent, I sat there and said my nightly prayer. During my prayer I remembered that the next day we were suppose to go to a shooting contest. I thought about how cool it would be if I were to win the shooting contest. In my head, I asked the Lord if I could win.

 The next day, a close friend of mine and I went to the contest. I had only shot a gun once before. He was an expert for his age. He gave me a few pointers. After we had finished, we went back to our camp and I didn't think much of it. We enjoyed the rest of the day playing and having fun. The next morning, like all mornings on scout camp, we woke up to a big gathering of all the scout groups surrounding a flag. The scout camp leadership lead us in the national anthem and our group shouts. Towards the end, they named off the three winners of the shooting contest. I was halfway asleep when they called out the winner. I was stunned that it was me. I walked up and received a necklace. It was pretty awesome necklace, it was a lether string with  feathers and whole in a quarter shot out my an expert marksmen. On our way back to camp, I bragged about how great a shot I was. I totally forgot that I had prayed the night before for that exact thing to happen. Not long after, I returned again to the shooting range to prove how great a shot I was to the scouts in my group. To my suprise, I did very poorly. My good friend looked at me and said with a reassuring nudge, "you'll do better next time." 

  There were only two times in my life that I excelled in sports: my last year on my Pony league baseball team and my sophomore year of football. My sophomore year of football I had made a promise with God that if I could start that I would keep the commandments the best I could. For the most part, I kept the promise and so did he. I started as an outside linebacker and I was called to be a Captain of the football team. I was pretty good. I enjoyed that year. I never made that same promise with God the next two years and each year was filled with disappointment. I never started again even though I had the ability to be a good football player.

 My last year of Pony league was probably the first time I thought about using prayer as a means to improve my ability at sports. A friend, who was a year older than me, would always say a prayer everytime he went to bat. I decided to use the same technique. I went from a .200 bating average to a .600 bating average. I was actually one of the best in the league. 

As I drove home and these memories fooled back. I realized I had not prayed for help in my current situation. I was amazed to remember these events and how unimportant they are to me know. Even though, in the grand scheme of things, these were unimportant things. The Lord answered my prayers. I know our Heavenly Father will answer our prayers even when they are for unimportant things, like winning a shooting contest. 

This morning experience remind me of a scripture Christ said, "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost...he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance..." - John 14:26

Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? - Matt. 6:25

    I know that serving your fellow man is worth more than all the riches of this world. While I was studying for the bar, I would wake up early in order to study and get in the right frame of mind. Each morning I notice a woman walking the streets outside local civic center. She was about sixty years old. I watched her every morning make her daily walk to the library. I don't know where she came from but she seemed to have a pattern. I began to study this woman as I would read my scriptures in my car. During the time, I was intently studying the words of Christ. His compassion for the poor seemed to draw my attention. 

    One morning as I read my scriptures, I saw this woman walking and I felt I needed to give her some money. I told myself that if she would walk closer to my car I would give her some money. I didn't want to walk across a parking lot and scare her. My thoughts were turned to Christ and how he never put conditions on his giving. In a moment, I felt as if I understood the message of Christ. He was teaching us to be proactive and to not only give but to go out of our way to find opportunities to serve. I opened the door to my car, got out, and walked across the parking lot. She turned to me and smiled. I gave her the change from my car. 

    Within the same week, I was driving to my class to study for the bar. I had a feeling to stop at McDonalds. I did and I took my scriptures in with me. I sat and read my scriptures. After a few minutes an African American man walked into the store, he was looking for money. He approached me and asked if I had any money. Before I could respond, he looked down at my Bible and asked me for some spiritual guidance. He shared with me his struggles of not being able to stop drinking and doing drugs. He talked about going to prison and how he was back on the path to going back soon. I listened and shared the gospel with him. With tears in his eyes he said that he was 40 years old and had nothing to show for his life. Under the guidance of our Heavenly Father, I told him that his life was only half over and he had another half to fill with good things. His face light up. Hope was restored to him. 

    I don't know if the money I gave to that woman changed her or the words I spoke to that African American man continued to give him hope. In all honesty, I nearly doubt it did much to change the course of their lives. It did teach me something. It taught me the true way to live. The true way to live is in the service of others.