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To all . . . who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father (Romans 1:7).
To those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father: Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance (Jude 1:1).
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created (James 1:17-18).
. . . your Father in heaven is not willing that any . . . should be lost (Matthew 18:14).
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11).
“I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,” says the Lord Almighty (2 Corinthians 6:18).
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! (1 John 3:1)
For he chose us in Jesus before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ . . . (Ephesians 1:4-5).

Jesus said:

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day. Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me . . . no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled him (John 6:44, 65).
All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away (John 6:37).
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand (John 10:27-29).
I have shown you many great miracles from the Father (John 10:32).
. . . the Father is greater than I (John 14:28).
In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am (John 14:2-3).
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May God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word (2 Thessalonians 2:16-17).
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ (Ephesians 1:3).
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows (James 1:17).
“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” (Jesus speaking; Matthew 6:26).
“If you, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!” (Jesus speaking; Matthew 7:11).
. . . it is . . .  the Father who gives you the true bread from heaven (John 6:32).
“Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom” (Jesus speaking; Luke 12:32).
The Father will honor the one who serves [Jesus] (Jesus speaking; John 12:26).
And the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father (Jesus speaking; Matthew 13:43).
May you know the hope to which the Father has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come (Ephesians 1:18-21).
. . . your Father is merciful (Jesus speaking; Luke 6:36).
He is the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles (2 Corinthians 1:3).
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. If you make the Most High your dwelling-- even the Lord, who is my refuge--then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. “Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation” (Psalm 91:1-16).
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows (James 1:17).
“. . . if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by the Father in heaven” (Jesus speaking; Matthew 18:19).
. . . everything is possible for [the Father] (Jesus speaking; Mark 14:36).

Jesus said:

“And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever 
- the Spirit of truth . . . But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you” (John 14:16-17).

“If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and the Father and I will come to him and make our home with him” (John 14:23).
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For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father” (Romans 8:15).
God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us (Romans 5:5).
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love (1 John 4:16).
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11).
“I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,” says the Lord Almighty (2 Corinthians 6:18).

 

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