{"date":"2026-07-18","ref":"Romans 8:15 · NKJV","title":"You Can Call Him Father","verse":"“For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, ‘Abba, Father.’”","line":"You were not adopted into fear. You were adopted into family.","body":["Paul names two spirits and tells you which one you did not receive. Not the spirit of bondage that drives you back to fear. You received the Spirit of adoption. The relationship you have with God is not slave to master. It is child to Father.","Abba is the warmest word for father, the one a child uses without thinking. That is the cry the Spirit puts in you. Not the careful, nervous address of a servant hoping not to be dismissed, but the easy nearness of a son or daughter who belongs.","So when fear tells you to keep your distance until you have earned your place, remember the Spirit you actually received. He does not drive you to bondage. He draws you to a Father. You are not a servant on probation. You are a child who can climb right up."],"carry":"You were not adopted into fear. You were adopted into family. Call Him Father.","go_deeper":{"label":"Browse the Grace Answers articles","url":"https://www.graceanswers.com/articles"},"share_image_url":null,"permalink":"https://daily.graceanswers.com/?mode=page&date=2026-07-18"}