Longing: By Faith: Prayers and Poetry

Longing

power and majesty

with love

prepare a home.

heart readied to receive

promise. Hungers

for city, faithful in journey

pursues longing.

Psalm 104:17, “Where the birds build their nests, And the stork, whose home is in the fir trees.”

Reflection Questions: Dreams: By Faith: Prayers and Poetry

Reflection Questions

1. Have you ever considered what God’s vision is for you?

2. Do you find it difficult to see yourself through His eyes for you? Why?

3. What are some ways in which believers settle for some much less than a full walk with the Lord? Which apply to you personally?

Share: What is a blessing the God has given you when you followed a desire that came from Him?

Dreams: By Faith: Prayers and Poetry

Hebrews 11:16, “But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; indeed, he has prepared a city for them.”

Dreams

There is a portion in the poem Dreams, by Langston Hughes, that says: For if dreams die/Life is a broken-winged bird/That cannot fly.

Through life we often learn to keep our dreams close to us to protect them from public ridicule. Sometimes we even have to keep them from well meaning family and friends. However when we keep them even from ourselves, we can begin to live with a meager perspective.

How can we understand the difference between humility and fear when God puts gifts and blessings into our lives and encourages us to use them, but we don’t? Instead, is it non-acceptance of His grace—which none of us deserve anyway.

Does shame sneak into our lives when we don’t lift our sight high enough to desire and believe and act with obedience to a love that turned the world’s definition of blessings upside down.

“The thief comes only to steal and kill, and destroy; I came that they might have life, and might have it abundantly,” says Jesus.

Lord, please keep Your heaven in our souls so that our heart’s desires match with Yours and we live in Your abundance instead of our limitations. Keep us longing to dream of Your city.

Your thoughts,

Faith Seeds: Prayers and Poetry

Longing

power and majesty

with love

prepare a home.

heart readied to receive

promise. Hungers

for city, faithful in journey

pursues longing.

Faith Seeds: Prayers and Poetry

Reflection Questions

1.     Have you ever considered what God’s vision is for you?

2.     Do you find it difficult to see yourself through His eyes for you? Why?

3.     What are some ways in which believers settle for some much less than a full walk with the Lord? Which apply to you personally?

Share: What is a blessing the God has given you when you followed a desire that came from Him?

Faith Seeds: Prayers and Poetry

Hebrews 11:16, “But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; indeed, he has prepared a city for them.”

There is a portion in the poem Dreams, by Langston Hughes, that says: For if dreams die/Life is a broken-winged bird/That cannot fly.

Through life we often learn to keep our dreams close to us to protect them from public ridicule. Sometimes we even have to keep them from well meaning family and friends. However when we keep them even from ourselves, we can begin to live with a meager perspective.

How can we understand the difference between humility and fear when God puts gifts and blessings into our lives and encourages us to use them, but we don’t? Instead, is it non-acceptance of His grace—which none of us deserve anyway.

Does shame sneak into our lives when we don’t lift our sight high enough to desire and believe and act with obedience to a love that turned the world’s definition of blessings upside down.

“The thief comes only to steal and kill, and destroy; I came that they might have life, and might have it abundantly,” says Jesus.

Lord, please keep Your heaven in our souls so that our heart’s desires match with Yours and we live in Your abundance instead of our limitations. Keep us longing to dream of Your city.

Psalm of Worship: Psalm 63:8

“My soul clings to Thee; Thy right hand upholds me.”