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God's Grace, Rhythm, Pace

God's Kindness Quest Series

Time to explore God's grace

His rhythm and pace

 

God’s grace is a gift cloaked in righteousness

Grace is a disposition to compassion and kindness

 

How do you perceive God in your heart and mind

Do you know he is merciful, loving, and kind

 

Shame can block you from accepting his compassion

Fearful sin or rebellion voided grace by your action

 

His grace obliterates strongholds if you follow his cue

Receive the freedom he offers you

 

Rejoice as you draw closer to God, starting with day one

Tackling the hard stuff together, yet having fun

 

Surrender the concerns and challenges you face today

Embrace his solutions in an intimate and tangible way

 

Your hidden potential, waiting to emerge from within

Come out of hiding, time to thrive, empowered by him

 

Your Heavenly Father, eliciting the best version of you

Unveiling your potentiality from his point of view

 

No problem if you don’t understand Hebrew or Greek

He promises you’ll find him if you knock and seek

 

A deep relationship with God is a marathon, not a sprint

Try fresh ways of connecting with him, experiment

 

Access his free and unlimited high-speed connection

Tap into his treasure chest of creativity and inspiration

 

Father God will mentor you, his daughter, his son

Ask for life-changing encounters with the Holy One

 

I bless you to have ears to hear

As God draws you near

 

I bless you to have eyes to see

As God unveils who he created you to be

Interactive Questions

Jeremiah 33:3 (NIV), "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."

  • What emotions, memories, thoughts, convictions, or inspirations bubbled up while reading the poem?

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  • Father God, what do you want me to know about my answers to the previous question? 

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  • How do you perceive God?

    • Examples: as distant or personal; angry or loving; cruel or kind; absent or attentive; a taskmaster or a safe place to rest; money hungry or generous; controlling and demanding, or inviting you to something greater.

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  • Father God, how are you different from my perceptions of you?

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  • How do you believe God sees you?

    • Examples: as a sinner or forgiven; a lost cause or a work in progress; dirty or clean; an orphan or his child; rebellious or teachable; hopelessly broken or healed and free; worthy or unworthy; prideful or humble.

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  • Father God, how does your view of me differ from how I believe you see me? 

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  • Father God, how have I tried to hide from you and why? 

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  • How:

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  • Why:

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  • God, what is hindering me from receiving your grace, compassion, and kindness?

    • Examples: self-condemnation; shame; guilt; regret; low self-esteem; anger; bitterness; unforgiveness towards others, God, or myself; fear of his judgement; pride.​

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  • Father God, what personalized instructions do you have for me to overcome hindrances to our relationship?

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  • Father God, is there anything else you want to share with me at this moment?

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Prayer

James 5:16 (NLT),  "... The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.​"

Father God, I repent for the ways I have hindered our relationship. Forgive me for the distorted views I believed about you and myself. Help me to receive and give grace.

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I come out of hiding and ask you to father me. Teach me to distinguish your voice from my thoughts and the chatter of the spirits of darkness. In faith, I receive the fullness of what you always intended our relationship to become. Amen.​

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  • Lord, what did this prayer activate in accordance with James 5:16?

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  • ​Tweak the existing prayer as desired or craft a new personalized one.

Scripture

2 Timothy 3:16 (NLT), "All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true ..."

Psalm 103:8 (NLT) 

"The Lord is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love."

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Luke 11:1-13 (NIV)

"One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: “‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’” Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need. “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 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 the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!'"

 

  • List meaningful Bible verses which come to mind regarding this poem, the interactive questions, and prayer.

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