Key Verse: “Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father.” – John 14:9 (NIV)
Do you look like your Heavenly Father?
Jesus said, “I only do what I see the Father doing” (John 5:19) NIV
THE PROBLEM: Why We Don’t Look Like the Father
“You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires.” – John 8:44 (NIV)
We Forget That Looking Like Jesus is the Goal
“Whoever claims to live in Him must live as Jesus did.” – 1 John 2:6 (NIV)
THE SOLUTION: How to Look Like the Father
Key #1 - Be Filled with the Holy Spirit
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.” – Galatians 5:22–23 (NIV)
Key #2 - Do What Pleases the Father
“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light and find out what pleases the Lord.” - Ephesians 5:8-10 NIV
How do we know what He loves?
⁃ Through His Word.
⁃ Through time in prayer.
⁃ Through communion with the Spirit
Key #3 - Take Care of What’s Important to Him
“Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” – Matthew 25:40 (NIV)
Are you aligned with what God calls important—or just what feels convenient?
“Be imitators of God in everything you do, for then you will represent your Father as his beloved sons and daughters.” - Ephesians 5:1 TPT
