✝️ “Encouragement of the Banquet House”

A Steeler Nation Slam-Style Spoken-Word Prayer
(Song of Solomon 2:1–4 — What Could Be)

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I pray in Jesus Christ✝️ name as Your Holy Spirit dwells
We stand at the doorway—
not rushing in,
not assuming a seat,
but noticing the invitation.

Because before anything is defined,
before anything is named,
before anything takes shape,
You are already preparing a place.

Lord…
we often think encouragement means
[always knowing what to say], and it should,
but for right now,
this moment doesn’t need certainty
it needs openness.

It needs room.
It needs patience.
It needs trust that You speak
even when words haven’t formed yet.

“Rose✝️ of Sharon,
Lily of our valleys.”
Teach us to honor beginnings—
the quiet kind,
the undefined,
the undeclared itself
Give us thoughts of hope-
full of prosperity and good health
As You✝️ see it and
According to what carries promise.

As you speak of shade before fruit,
rest before harvest.
Paint a picture of sitting beneath the orchards—
not because everything is finished,
but because growth needs safety.

And we believe this much already:
[God✝️ always values 👍🏾us🕊️ no matter what]
even in transition,
even before clarity,
even before agreement has language.
You say You bring us into the banquet house—

A future place.
A prepared place.
A table that doesn’t demand performance,
only presence.

And over that yet-to-be-filled room,
Your banner Lord✝️ is God✝️’s Love.

Not assumption.
Not pressure.
Not expectation.

Just God✝️’s Love
hovering like a promise
waiting to be answered freely.

Lord✝️, let encouragement here look like this:
hope without demand,
vision without pressure,
connection without confusion.

Let it be okay that nothing has fully formed yet.
Let it be holy that nothing has been rushed.
Let what could be remain protected
until You say it’s time.
Or even the more said, until your Sovereign✝️ Will is done.
We don’t know the future!
But we pray that it is good🕊️

And for 👍🏾us🕊️…
teach us to value the invitation
without trying to control the outcome.
To trust God✝️’s Love
to shape what words can’t yet explain.

Because when You build,
You build carefully
Gently,
Intentionally,
and You never waste a beginning.

And as we close our eyes this night,
help us release timelines and expectations.
Let tomorrow arrive when it does.
Let tonight be enough.

Because You neither sleep nor slumber,
and we can rest knowing
You are already tending to
what could be.

As 👍🏾we🕊️ rightfully yet faithfully cleave
To Hope!

In Jesus Christ✝️ name 👍🏾we🕊️ pray and give thanks.
Amen. 🕊️