God Stories Radio | Episode [#382]: Abba, Father

For many people, the word "father" carries a lot of weight. Some think of protection and love. Others think of wounds, distance, or someone who was never there. Whatever your story, Scripture shows a Father who never leaves, never fails, and never stops pursuing His children.

In this episode we look at what the Bible says about God as Father:

• A Father to the fatherless (Psalm 68:5, Psalm 27:10): When earthly parents fall short or walk away, "the LORD will take me in."
• A Father full of compassion (Psalm 103:13, Luke 15:20): Like the father of the prodigal son, God sees us from a long way off and runs to bring us home.
• A Father who adopts (Romans 8:15, Galatians 4:6–7): Through Christ we are no longer slaves but sons and daughters, and heirs, crying out, "Abba! Father!"
• A Father who provides (Matthew 6:8, Matthew 7:11, James 1:17): He knows what we need before we ask, and every good and perfect gift comes from Him.
• A Father who disciplines in love (Proverbs 3:11–12, Hebrews 12:7): His correction is proof that we belong to Him, not that He has rejected us.
• A Father who carries us (Deuteronomy 1:31, Hosea 11:3–4, Isaiah 64:8): He forms us like clay, teaches us to walk, and carries us "all the way that you went."

Jesus opened the way for us to know Him this way: "No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). Because of that, every one of us can pray with confidence, "Our Father in heaven" (Matthew 6:9).

Whether you grew up with a great dad, a broken one, or none at all, this episode is an invitation to meet the Father who has loved you all along.

Scripture focus: Psalm 68:5, Psalm 103:13, Luke 15:20, Romans 8:15, Galatians 4:6–7, Matthew 7:11, 1 John 3:1

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God Stories Radio | Episode 381: Faithful Instruction

At the end of his first letter to the church in Thessalonica, Paul doesn't write a long theology lecture. He gives the church a list of direct, practical instructions for living ready, awake, and full of hope while they wait for the Lord's return.

In this episode we walk through 1 Thessalonians 5 and how its instructions apply to ordinary life today:

• Living as children of the light (vv. 4–8): staying alert and sober-minded, with faith and love as a breastplate and the hope of salvation as a helmet.
• Building each other up (vv. 11–15): encouraging the fainthearted, helping the weak, being patient with everyone, and not repaying evil for evil.
• The will of God for you (vv. 16–18): "Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."
• Holding fast to what is good (vv. 19–22): not quenching the Spirit, testing everything, and staying away from every form of evil.

None of this rests on our own strength. Paul ends the instruction with a promise: "He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it" (v. 24). The God who gives the instruction is the same God who makes us able to follow it.

Whether you're in a season of joy or barely hanging on, this episode is an invitation to take His instruction seriously, and to trust the One who stays faithful even when we aren't.

📖 Scripture focus: 1 Thessalonians 5

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You can know every verse, sit through every sermon and still feel like something is missing. In "Information to Revelation," God Stories Radio looks at the journey from knowing facts about God to meeting Him for yourself.

Information fills the mind, but revelation changes the heart. Job said it best: "My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You" (Job 42:5). When Peter declared that Jesus was the Christ, Jesus told him, "Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven" (Matthew 16:17).

This conversation is honest about the seasons when faith felt like head knowledge only, and about the moments that broke through: a word that came alive, a prayer answered in a way only God could, a truth you'd heard a hundred times that suddenly became yours.

If you've ever wondered whether there's more to faith than what you've been taught, this episode is for you.

In this episode:

• The difference between knowing about God and knowing God

• Why information alone doesn't change a life

• How revelation often comes through struggle, surrender and stillness

• Moving from second-hand faith to first-hand encounter

God Stories Radio shares real stories of faith, struggle and hope, because every life has a God story.

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