THE NAMES OF GOD: Abba
Mark 14:32-36
OLD TESTAMENT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
“They went to the olive grove called Gethsemane, and Jesus said, ‘Sit here while I go and pray.’ He took Peter, James, and John with him, and he became deeply troubled and distressed. He told them, ‘My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.’ He went on a little farther and fell to the ground. He prayed that, if it were possible, the awful hour awaiting him might pass him by. ‘Abba,
,’ he cried out, ‘everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.’” —Mark 14:32-36 (NLT)
INTIMACY WITH GOD
“So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own
. Now we call him, ‘Abba, Father.’” —Romans 8:15 (NLT)
“And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to
, ‘Abba, Father.’” —Galatians 4:6 (NLT)
RESPECT FOR GOD