Daily Meditation for Sunday, 11 June 2017 : "Empowered to Call God 'Abba'" The Henri Nouwen Society in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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DAILY MEDITATION: "Empowered to Call God 'Abba'"
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Calling God "Abba, Father" is different from giving God a familiar name. Calling God "Abba" is entering into the same intimate, fearless, trusting, and empowering relationship with God that Jesus had. That relationship is called Spirit, and that Spirit is given to us by Jesus and enables us to cry out with him, "Abba, Father."
Calling God "Abba, Father" (see Roman 8:15; Galatians 4:6) is a cry of the heart, a prayer welling up from our innermost beings. It has nothing do with naming God but everything to do with claiming God as the source of who we are. This claim does not come from any sudden insight or acquired conviction; it is the claim that the Spirit of Jesus makes in communion with our spirits. It is the claim of love.
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For further reflection...
"Abba, Father," [Jesus] said, "everything is possible for you..." [Mark 14: 36 (NIV)]
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Your response...
What image helps you call out to the God who loves you, "Abba!"?
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Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Scripture chosen by L. Yeskoo.
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