"Like a Child" - a four minute video presentation about the childlike heart Jesus taught us about in Matthew 18:4. We don't have to have it all 'together', Jesus taught us to change, humble ourselves and come with a childlike heart. An open heart He will not turn away. To discover more about a childlike heart look at the notes in Going Deeper or listen to the talk "Like a child".
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Audio
These are some recent audio messages to encourage you in your search for the heart of the Father. They present a Biblical basis of the Father's love and are also inspirational so that your heart can be changed by His love.
The audio files are in MP3 format and can be played through your default player. To listen online left click the picture or the message title - to download the file (broadband connection recommended) right click the message title and save to your computer.
"I will be a Father TO YOU!" - a message from the heart of the Father for each one of us.
God's Fathehood is personal, active and ongoing. Throughout the Old Testament we can see His desire for a family and that He wants a personal relationship with us.
God wants to remove the emptiness of our hearts and to fill them with His love. (34 minutes - 4Mb download)
"God has always been Father" - a biblical overview showing the theme of God's Fatherhood throughout the Bible.
This message traces the cry of a Father who has lost His family and who is desparate to find them once again. The good news of the gospel is that there is a Father waiting to welcome us home. God is not distant or angry but He is a loving Father who has promised us the best inheritance of all the nations. (45 minutes - 5.1Mb download)
"Walking with Father" - a message about the way we can walk so that He can become a Father to us.
Are we going to choose the ways of this world or are we going to come out of them so we can be with Him and allow Him to be a Father to us. Based on 2 Corinthians 6.
Our lives are not small - we can live in a wide open space with Father! (33 minutes - 3.8Mb download)
"Like a Child" - a message about the key Jesus gives us when He shows us how to enter the Kingdom of God. Matthew 18:1-6.
A childlike heart is an open heart and an open heart the Father can fill. Can we lay aside the pride and sophistication so often found in our hearts and come 'like a child' to receive the freedom that He has for us? (23 minutes - 2.7Mb download)
"Our Father's Desire for Relationship" - a message about our Father wanting to welcome us into relationship with Him.
God is essentially relational - He is a Father - and the cry of His heart is to restore that fatherhood to us; as He welcomes us so He shows us our true identity and brings us into freedom and intimacy. (32 minutes - 3.4Mb download)
"The Heart of Sonship" - a message about our destiny as sons and daughters.
We are to be like Jesus! Jesus had the heart of a son, he lived to please his Father. His desire was to do his Father's will. We, too, can have the same heart. (50 minutes - 11.4Mb download)
"Sonship and Acceptance" - a message about the way in which we are totally and unconditionally accepted by the Father through the gift of the Holy Spirit - the Spirit of Sonship. God is for us and has no second class sons or daughters - He receives us as we are and for who we are. (34 minutes - 3.90Mb download)
Break Out, Break Free As we follow the Good Shepherd we find the freedom intended for the sons and daughters of God. He has broken out - will we follow?
Our Father has a wide open space for us to enjoy - let's step into it! (45 minutes - 10.6MB download)
The Father's Plan Restored
God always had a plan for us; that we would be his children. We know the story and how it went wrong. But the Father restored his plan through Jesus. (28 minutes - 6.4MB download)
The Father's House and The Poor and Needy - three messages from the Fatherheart Family day in July 2007. 1. The Father's House I - a meditation on Psalm 84 - Mark Gyde (35 mins - 6MB) 2. The Father's House II - Henk Bruggeman, from The Hague (23 mins - 4MB) 3. The Poor and Needy - Fiona Gyde (30 mins - 5.25MB)
