The Upper Room Devotional 11th December 2023
The Upper Room Devotional 11th December 2023, Monday Message by Yuka Akama (Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)
TOPIC: God the Father
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TODAY’S READING
2 Corinthians 1:3-7
From birth I was cast on you; from my mother’s womb you have been my God. – Psalm 22:10 (NIV)
MESSAGE: For as long as I can remember, my father was not present in my life. During my childhood, I struggled and felt sad when we had homework regarding Father’s Day or when I heard from friends about how their fathers were the center of their families.
When I was in middle school, a friend invited me to church. Many of my friends and their families also attended the church. Occasionally, I was filled with longing when I saw the fathers there with their families.
In high school, I met a girl who loved God. One day she and I discussed faith. She had also been brought up by her mother, and she too had experienced the difficulties of not knowing her father. She told me that since becoming a Christian, she had come to know God as her father.
Her testimony deeply resounded in my heart, and tears streamed down my cheeks from the inferiority I felt for being without a father. She then shared with me scriptures that comforted her. That day I understood the spiritual meaning of having a heavenly Father who created me. And I was greatly comforted.
TODAY’S PRAYER
Father God, thank you for the comfort of knowing we have life in you. Help us to comfort our brothers and sisters as you have comforted us. We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
I can comfort others like my heavenly Father comforts me.
PRAYER FOCUS
One-parent families
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