Your Fathers Voice Matters Most

Main message: Believe and receive the identity God gives you—his words about you (loved, chosen, special, fearfully and wonderfully made) should be the primary voice you listen to. Cultivate childlike faith that trusts your heavenly Father's declarations over negative self-talk or other people's opinions.

Key points:

• It can be difficult to accept God's positive statements about us when weighed down by past, self-doubt, or others' words.
• Scripture describes believers as God's children, chosen, a royal priesthood, and fearfully and wonderfully made.
• Jesus calls us to a childlike faith that trusts the Father's voice above all others.
• A personal story (daughter naming a scary ghost "Spooky") illustrated how a child's trust in a parent's word removes fear.
• Intentionally let the voice of your heavenly Father be the most important voice you hear.

Scriptures mentioned: 1 John 3:1, 1 Peter 2:9, Psalm 139:14, Matthew 18