Beloved Church

[Let us join together today to pray for the Church – each of us! – the Beloved – as we hear the words of our Loving God to us.]

Listen, my dearest darling, you are so beautiful—you are beauty itself to me!

Your eyes are like gentle doves behind your veil.

What devotion I see each time I gaze upon you.

What a beautiful paradise unfolds within you. 

When I look at you, I see how you have taken my fruit and tasted my word.

Your life has become clean and pure, like a lamb washed and newly shorn.

You now show grace and balance with truth on display.

Come with me through the archway of trust.

Now you are ready, my bride, to come with me as we climb the highest peaks together.

Your inward life is now sprouting, bringing forth fruit.

What a perfect partner to me now that I have you. – Love, God

God,

Thank you for your words of deep love for us, your people and your Church. Thank you that through Jesus we can be clean and pure, and with Holy Spirit’s help we can show grace, balance, and truth. Help us to hear your ongoing words of love for us and to develop your love within your Church. Help us to trust you, follow you, be fruitful for you, and be a partner in your Kingdom work. We ask in Jesus’s name, AMEN.

Listen, my dearest darling,

you are so beautiful—you are beauty itself to me!

Your eyes are

like gentle doves behind your veil.

What devotion I see each time I gaze upon you. (Song of Songs 4:1 TPT)

When I look at you,

I see how you have taken my fruit and tasted my word.

Your life has become clean and pure,

like a lamb washed and newly shorn.

You now show grace and balance with truth on display. (4:2 TPT)

Now you are ready, my bride,

to come with me as we climb the highest peaks together.

Come with me through the archway of trust. (4:8 TPT)

A secret spring that no one else can have are you—

my bubbling fountain hidden from public view.

What a perfect partner to me now that I have you.

Your inward life is now sprouting, bringing forth fruit.

What a beautiful paradise unfolds within you. (4:12-13 TPT)