Tag: #GoodGoodFather

Father / My Father

Greetings, Precious Family. May the Peace of the Lord be with you.

Family, today’s devotional is surrounding an Aramaic word that is very close to my heart. You have read several times when I start my prayers I still call God Abba.

I love the Lord and I have so much reverence for Him, I call Him Abba because he has been the most amazing Father. He makes me feel whole, loved, and seen. I know who I am through his eyes.

Abba is used three times in the Bible.

Mark 14:36
New International Version

36 “Abba,[a] Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”

Romans 8:15
New International Version

15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.[a] And by him we cry, “Abba,[b] Father.”

Galatians 4:6
New International Version

6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba,[a] Father.”

What stands out to me about the word Abba is that it is not distant. It is not formal. It is not reserved for perfection. It is intimate, close, and spoken from the place of trust.

Jesus used this word in His most vulnerable moment in the garden of Gethsemane. In His distress, He did not turn away from the Father, He turned toward Him. Even while asking if the cup could pass, He still said, “Abba, Father…” That tells me something powerful: intimacy with God is not the absence of struggle. It is the presence of trust in the middle of it.

And in Romans and Galatians, we are reminded that this same Abba is not only the Father of Christ, but through Him, He becomes our Father too. We are not outsiders trying to earn access. We are adopted. We are welcomed. We are given the Spirit who teaches our hearts to recognize God as Father, not in fear, but in love.

So on this Father’s Day, I offer this thought:

Even if earthly fatherhood has been complicated, absent, or painful for some of us, there is still a Father who does not reflect those wounds.

There is an Abba who does not abandon, who does not withdraw love, and who does not misunderstand our hearts.

He sees fully. He stays fully. He loves fully.
And maybe today, the invitation is simple:

To let the heart learn again how to say, “Abba, Father,” not as a concept, but as a refuge.

Let Us Pray

Abba, Father,

Thank You for being near when life feels heavy and for being steady when everything else shifts. Thank You for adopting us into Your family and calling us Your own.

Teach our hearts to trust You more deeply. Heal what has been broken in our understanding of fatherhood. Replace fear with peace, and distance with intimacy.

Abba, for those who struggle today, those who miss a father, those who never had one, or those whose wounds are still tender, meet them gently and clearly.
Remind us that we are seen, known, and loved by You.

We rest in You today, Abba. In Jesus name, Amen, Amen, and Amen.

Worship Video of the Day

Rev. Marcia Davis, BA, MA

Covington, GA (USA)