Experiencing the Father Heart of God

After the Creation, the title God uses the most to describe His relationship to man is that of Father…the following list of character traits are traits necessary to be an effective father:

For our exercise today, do the following:

Assign each of the character traits listed below a numeric rating using a scale between 1 and 10. For example, if you think God is totally trustworthy, you would write a 10…

For this exercise, be totally honest: what does your heart really think/feel versus what you believe the Bible actually says?

Trustworthy
Affectionate
Engaged
Open/Approachable
Acccepting
Faithful
Giving
Respectful
Just
Communicator
Properly Authoritative
Compassionate
Loving
Understanding
Powerful
Giving of service
Knowledgeable

When you finish, look over your results and record any insights you see. Answer the following questions:

Were there any new revelations concerning your relationship with God? If “yes”, jot them down. Is there a characteristic you sense God wants to lead you into a deeper understanding of? If so, which one(s) and what are you sensing about it?

Now, set this exercise away until next week...

If you want to get a little head start on next week’s work, use this time to cut some stone shapes out of paper (construction paper, cardstock, scrap book paper, etc). Decide what “size”, “shape”, and color accurately depicts each characteristic and create that “stone”. Write the characteristic on the front of your stone shapes or print the characteristic name out in a font of your choice, cut them out and glue the words to your stone shapes. Arrange the stones with words on piece of “background” paper (sketchbook pad or piece of construction paper or poster board) or canvas.  Don’t glue them down yet!