You Are God's Child | Guided Prayers

There are many voices in this world that try to tell us who we are: our past, our mistakes, our accomplishments, our fears.

The scripture tells us a better story.

Romans 8 15 says, For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear.

Instead, you received the spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, Abba, Father.

Adoption means belonging.

It means being chosen and welcomed.

It means you are not on the outside looking in.

Through Jesus, you are brought near.

You are not a servant trying to earn approval.

You are a son.

You are a daughter.

Today, we remember that we have been invited into the very family of God.

Take a moment to thank God that you are no longer bound by fear.

Thank Him that He calls you His child, fully known and fully loved.

Striving, hiding, or afraid?

Bring these to your Father now.

Ask him to replace fear with the security and striving with rest.

Ask God to help you relate to Him not as a distant authority, but as a loving Father who delights in you.

Thank you for calling me your child.

Amen.