Devotion 
“I am your father”
David Jacobs 

Have you ever heard the phrase "daddy issues"? This phrase is used to describe people that have had a difficult or non-existent relationship with their fathers and the challenges that often come with it. Even if you have a good relationship with your father, how you perceive people, especially men, has probably been greatly influenced by this relationship. Now think about God: do you view Him as your Father? If so, does that affect the way that you act towards Him?

God sent Jesus to Earth to live among us. I believe He wanted to fully understand what it means to be human because, as a loving Father, He wanted to have a closer relationship with us. Through Christ's sacrifice, God proved that we are an "heir of God." He humbled himself for us, so that those of us that had over-bearing, strict, or even violent father figures in our lives. God did all that He could to grow closer to us and asks that we do the same.

Prayer 

When you pray to God, pray to your biological father as well. Think of them similarly: how does it change the way you pray? When you think of another person, including your father, understand that we are all equals: we are all heirs to God, His children.