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| "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." ~ Hebrews 11:1 |
Do you pray?
Do you pray about your hopes and dreams?
How does that prayer sound?
Let us name something up front. Not everyone has hopes and dreams. Too long is the list of dead ends preventing some from having them. That is a different, necessary, discussion.
I have amazing hopes and outstanding dreams! I want my son to grow up to be strong and wise and to love God. I want the church I serve to be vibrant in its worship of God and service to neighbor. I want to live in Christian community that cherishes the ancient, thrives in the present and celebrates a radically open table of the Lord Jesus Christ. I would like to be remembered well.
Does any of that resonate to you? In the midst of the list are my extended family, my friends, classmates, and so many more. I want to name that to have hopes and dreams is to have the opportunity to be thankful.
Do you pray? If so, do you pray about your hopes and dreams? How does that prayer sound?
“I WANT BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH………”
Typically, that is how mine sounds. You?
Matthew 6:9-13 or Luke 11:1-4
Jesus taught us to prayer for our daily bread. It is in the Lord’s Prayer. “Give us . . .” Jesus taught us to pray for God to intercede in our lives … “protect us from evil” Jesus taught us more than this.
I’ve been blessed with some miraculous mentors. Their lives are a witness to me. Here are things I have learned from observing my mentors . . .
Hopes and Dreams become a reality when our lives are in harmony with God’s hopes and dreams more so than when we ask God to bless our hopes and dreams.
A second thing I learned from my mentors . . .
God’s hopes and dreams for me and mine are more beautiful than my own hopes and dreams. God dreams larger than we do.
How does it sound to pray for our lives to be in harmony with God’s hopes and dreams for us?
Simple! “God, may your dreams for me be my dreams and may they become reality.”
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