Knowing God as Father:

A 32-Day Devotional

Most of us picture God the way we picture our earthly fathers — and if that relationship was difficult, it's easy to imagine God as distant, disappointed, or waiting to be let down again.

This 32-part devotional series walks through Scripture — from the Garden of Eden to the cross to eternity — to answer one question: what is God the Father actually like?

Each reading is short enough for a few quiet minutes, and builds on the one before it. You can start at Day 1 and read through the series, or jump to whatever topic speaks to where you are right now.

Part 1: Who Is the Father, Really? (Days 1–9)

• Day 1. The Father in the Garden: Was God Angry When Adam and Eve Sinned?

• Day 2. The Father and the Son: Did Jesus Die to Change the Father’s Mind?

• Day 3. A Man and His Wayward Son: A Father's Love That Waits

• Day 4. Two Sides to the Story: The Prodigal Son Underestimated His Father’s Love

• Day 5. The Offended Brother: How Important Is It That It’s OK with Dad

• Day 6. Why Plant That Tree Here? Why Did God Put the Forbidden Tree in Eden?

• Day 7. If you have seen Me, you have seen the Father: How Jesus Reveals the Father

• Day 8. An Exact Likeness: Jesus truly represents the Father

Part 2: Seeing the Father Through Jesus' Life (Days 10–21)

• Day 9. Let the Children Come to Me: The Very Least Are Important to Him

• Day 10. Healing the Sick: Jesus Touched the Untouchable

• Day 11. A Friend of Sinners: Jesus Was Comfortable in Their Presence

• Day 12. "My God, My God. Why have You Forsaken Me?" Did the Father Turn Away?

• Day 13. The Woman Caught in Adultery: "Neither do I Condemn You."

• Day 14. Unchanging Standards: Was Jesus Contradicting the Father?

• Day 15. The Father’s Dilemma: Not Turning a Blind Eye to Sin

• Day 16. The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard: What Does It Tell Us About Grace?

• Day 17. Amazing Grace: Which Way Do You Run?

• Day 18. Walking in Grace: Are We Free to Sin?

• Day 19. The Unseen Sufferer: The Father’s Pain at the Cross

• Day 20. The Initiative of the Father: He Took the First Move

• Day 21. The Will of the Father: Your Salvation

Part 3: Adopted Into the Family (Days 22–32)

• Day 22. Reconciliation: What Does It Mean?

• Day 23. Adoption: We Are Sons and Daughters of God

• Day 24. The Word Became Flesh: He Became One of Us

• Day 25. Sons of God: What Does It Mean to Be a Child of God?

• Day 26. Abba Father: The Son’s Expression of Trust

• Day 27. Thanks for the Inheritance: The Father Inherits Us

• Day 28. How Much Does He Love You? As Much as He Loves Jesus

• Day 29. Predestined to Be Like Jesus: Sharing the Family Likeness

• Day 30. An Ongoing Journey: What Does “All Things Work For Good” Mean?

• Day 31. Holy, Holy, Holy! We Can Trust the Father

• Day 32. What Shall We Say to These  Things? Nothing Can Separate Us From the Love of God

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