Something I received the end of last week from Anne Graham Lotz, as I receive her daily inspirational thoughts emails. I really liked being able to 'crawl up into daddy's lap.:

Call Him 'Abba'

"You received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, 'Abba,' Father.'

~ Romans 8:15 NIV

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"What make you and me think we can do without a personal prayer life? It's through prayer that we come into a personal, intimate relationship with our heavenly Father.

"Do you long to have a closer relationship with God, but you don't feel worthy? Are you convinced you are a nobody and therefore would never be accepted, much less welcomed, into His presence?

"Praise God! Our entrance into His presence is not based on our own worthiness, but on the worthiness of Jesus Christ! When we enter God's presence in Jesus' name, we are as accepted by God as Jesus is, because God counts us as His own dear children!

"Jesus invites you and me, in His name, to come into His Father's presence through prayer, crawl up into His lap by faith, put our head on His shoulder of strength, feel His loving arms of protection around us, call Him 'Abba' Daddy, and pour out our hearts to Him."

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