Waiting Is Essential to Your Faith

Current Teaching Series Daring Faith: The Key to Miracles

Waiting Is Essential to Your Faith By Rick Warren — Dec 29, 2017 “After waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised” (Hebrews 6:15 NIV). When you’re waiting on God, remember that you’re in good company. Billions of saints before you have sat in God’s waiting room. You’re not alone. In fact, if you’re in the waiting room right now — maybe you’re waiting on a job, on an answer, or on a prayer — there are a lot of other people around you who are in that same situation. Hebrews 11:2 says, “People who lived in the past became famous because of faith” (ICB) — and every one of those people had to wait. Think about Hannah, who had to wait years to have the baby that she was praying God would give her. Think about Joseph, who had a God-given vision of being a ruler from a very young age but spent years in a prison for a crime he did not commit. Think of Moses, who wandered in the wilderness for 40 years while he waited to receive his next assignment and to know his purpose in life.  Think about Noah, who waited 120 years before it rained. God waited thousands of years before sending the Messiah. We get in a hurry. But God is not in a hurry. Waiting is essential to your faith.  Hebrews 6:15 says, “After waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised” (NIV). PLAY today’s audio teaching from Pastor Rick >>  Talk It Over How does being in community with other people help you persevere through the waiting periods of life? What are some of God’s promises that you can claim while you are waiting? Why is waiting essential to your faith?

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Series Summary Session 1: What Happens When You Have Faith Session 2: How to Get Ready for a Miracle Session 3: Daring to Believe Session 4: Daring to Imagine Session 5: Daring to Give God My Best Session 6: Daring to Plant in Faith Session 7: Daring to Commit Session 8: Daring to be Generous Session 9: Daring to Wait on God Session 10: Daring to Go in Faith PLAY TODAY'S BROADCAST

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