In this episode we look at several things we need to do while waiting for our promise to manifest.

1.Waiting on the Lord

Psalm 27:14

Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!”

2.Trust in God

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

3.Being Patience

Romans 12:12

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

4.Hopefulness

Romans 12:12

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer."

5.Give Thanks

1 Thessalonians 5:18

give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 5:20

Always give thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

6.Gratitude

Psalm 118:24

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."

Psalm 107:1

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!"

7.Worship

Psalm 95:6

Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.

Colossians 3:15

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.

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In this episode we continue looking at time and how it relates to God and us.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Ecclesiastes 8:6

For there is a time and a way for everything, although man’s trouble lies heavy on him.

Genesis 18:14

Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.”

Genesis 21:2

And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him.

Psalm 102:13

You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.

2 Corinthians 6:2

For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

Luke 1:37

For no word from God will ever fail.”

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

Peter 5:6 

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time, he may exalt you.”

Proverbs 16:3

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

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In this episode we continue looking at time and how it relates to God and how we need to behave in time.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Ecclesiastes 8:6

For there is a time and a way for everything, although man’s trouble lies heavy on him.

Psalm 27:14

Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD. ”

Psalm 37:7

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!”

Lamentations 3:26

It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the LORD.”

Micah 7:7

But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.”

Ephesians 5:16

Making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.

Colossians 4:5

Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time.

Lamentations 3:25

The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.

Peter 5:6 

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time, he may exalt you.”

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work.

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

Hebrews 6:12

So that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Romans 8:28

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Proverbs 16:3

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

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In this episode we continue looking at time and how it relates to God and us.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Ecclesiastes 8:6

For there is a time and a way for everything, although man’s trouble lies heavy on him.

Esther 4:14

For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”

Psalms 31:15

My times are in your hands; deliver me from the hands of my enemies, from those who pursue me.

James 4:14

Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

Psalms 90:12

Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Habakkuk 2:3

For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.”

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

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In this episode we look at God and time.

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 - A Season for Everything

1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:

2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,

3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,

4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

6 a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away,

7 a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,

8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

Acts 1:7

He said to them, ‘It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority.’“

Galatians 4:4

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law.”

Ephesians 1:10

As a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

Proverbs 16:3

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

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In the episode we discuss the fact that God wants you to find him. He tells us how and what we need to do in order to find him.

Acts 17:27

That they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,

Deuteronomy 4:29   

But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.

Jeremiah 29:13   

You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 29:14   

I will be found by you,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will restore your fortunes and will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will bring you back to the place from where I sent you into exile.’

Romans 10:20   

And Isaiah is very bold and says, I was found by those who did not seek Me, I became manifest to those who did not ask for Me.”

Acts 17:27   

that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;

Proverbs 8:17   

I love those who love me; And those who diligently seek me will find me.

Rewards for finding GOD

Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

Jeremiah 33:3

Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

Deuteronomy 31:8

It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”

Isaiah 41:10

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Proverbs 8:35   

For he who finds me finds life. And obtains favor from the Lord.

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In this episode we look at the how to pray according to the will of God.

Psalm 145:18

The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

John 17:17

Father, sanctify them by your truth, because your word is truth.”

1 John 5:14-15

Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

1 John 3:22

And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.

John 15:7

If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.

John 14:13-14

And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.

Colossians 1:9   

For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Matthew 6:9-13   

Pray, then, in this way: Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.

Romans 1:10   

always in my prayers making request, if perhaps now at last by the will of God I may succeed in coming to you.

John 9:31   

We know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him.

Romans 8:27   

and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

Ephesians 1:18   

I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

1 Thessalonians 5:15–18:

See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Jeremiah 29:11-13

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

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In this episode we talk about how we discover the will of God for our life.

Matthew 6:10

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

Ephesians 5:17

Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

Ephesians 1:11

In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,

Mark 3:33-35

Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked. Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”

John 6:38-40

Jeremiah 42:3   

hat the Lord your God may tell us the way in which we should walk and the thing that we should do.”

1. Teach me your paths (Psalm 25:4-5)

Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.

2. God teaches them his way (Psalm 25:8-9)

Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways. He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.

3. Guided by God’s word (Psalm 119:105)

Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

4. He makes your path straight (Proverbs 3:5-6)

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

5. The Lord’s purpose prevails (Proverbs 19:21)

Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.

Romans 12:2

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Ephesians 5:15-20

Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. 18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, 20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 10:7   

Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come (In the scroll of the book it is written of Me) To do Your will, O God.’”

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In this episode we conclude the topic of the Will of God.

Matthew 6:10

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

Ephesians 5:17

Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

Ephesians 1:11

In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,

Matthew 7:21

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Psalm 143:10   

Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Romans 8:14

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

John 16:13

“When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.”

Romans 8:8

Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Galatians 5:16

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Romans 8:6

For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

Romans 8:5

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

Romans 8:13

For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

Romans 8:7

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

Galatians 5:1

Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

John 9:4

As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

Proverbs 16:3

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

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In this episode we continue looking at the will of the father and the reason that the Holy Spirit is here on earth.

Psalm 143:10   

Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Galatians 5:19-21

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God

Mark 7:21-23

For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”

1 Peter 4:3

For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.

James 4:1-17

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”?

Romans 8:8

Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Galatians 5:16

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Romans 8:6

For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

1 Corinthians 3:16

Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?”

John 14:17

the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.

John 16:7-8,

Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment”

Ephesians 1:9

Making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ

Proverbs 16:3

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

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