the Father's heart

I was thinking about the prodigal son and his father and wondering if I could find this was a consistent theme, motif, paradigm throughout the Bible.

Then I realised that when God spoke again and again and again, throughout the Bible, of how He would redeem Israel from her sin and her rebellion, that was His heart. That is my Father's heart, throughout history, throughout the Bible, through Jesus and through the Holy Spirit who himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children (Romans 8:16).

Abba, Father.

A Covenant Prayer in the Wesleyan Tradition

I am no longer my own, but thine.

Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt.

Put me to doing, put me to suffering.

Let me be employed for thee or laid aside for thee,

exalted for thee or brought low for thee.

Let me be full, let me be empty.

Let me have all things, let me have nothing.

I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal.

And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,

thou art mine, and I am thine.

So be it.

And the covenant which I have made on earth,

let it be ratified in heaven.

Amen.