Scriptures to Experience God as Your Heavenly Father

Father’s Day is quickly approaching in the U.S., and on this day we honor the fathers in our world who have loved, raised, believed in, and shaped us into the people we are today. Dads, grandpas, uncles, and big brothers are often unsung heroes, and their consistent presence, strength, and loyalty is truly life-giving and life-changing! 

Perhaps, this Father’s Day is a day of celebration for you. Maybe this holiday is filled with mixed feelings that include grief, loss, and pain. Scripture speaks to the myriad of emotions we feel, and brings both encouragement and comfort to our hearts. 

Below is a list of scriptures to remind you of your Heavenly Father’s love for you and His blessing over you. We pray you are strengthened and comforted with each and every verse!

9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

-Joshua 1:9 NIV

As a father has compassion on his children,

    so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;

-Psalm 103:13 NIV

My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline,

    and do not resent his rebuke,

12 because the Lord disciplines those he loves,

    as a father the son he delights in.

-Proverbs 3:11-12 NIV

8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

-Matthew 6:8 NIV

11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

-Matthew 7:11 NIV

20 So he got up and went to his father.

“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

-Luke 15:20 NIV

16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

-John 3:16-17 NIV

15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”

-Romans 8:15 NIV

6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”

-Galatians 4:6 NIV

1 Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children 2 and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

-Ephesians 5:1-2 NIV

17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

-James 1:17 NIV

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

-1 John 3:1 NIV