Patience & Promptness

Bold Christian Living Message #440; Speaker: Jonathan Lindvall

PO Box 820, Springville, CA 93265; 559-539-0500

A.  

          Attentiveness; Alert Readiness

B.   Our Focus: What is a Waiter? Ps. 123; Ps. 63:8; Col. 3:1-5

          Don’t Run Ahead of God and Don’t Lag Behind Him

C. Waiting On the Lord Is. 40:31; Lam. 3:21-27

D. The HOPE of Waiting Ps. 25:1-5; 27:14; 33:20-22;

     Ps. 37:1-9, 34; 39:7; 40:1-4; 59:9; 62:1-2, 5; 69:3, 6; 130:5-7

     Is. 8:17; 25:9; 26:8; 30:18; 33:2; 49:23; 64:4; Jer. 14:22;

     Hos. 12:6; Micah 7:7-8; Zeph. 3:8-9

E. Don’t Get Ahead of God

     1. Abram Gen. 16

     2. Saul 1 Sam. 10:7-8; 13:5-14;

     3. Jehoram son of Ahab 2 Kings 6:26-33

F. Patience James 5:7-11

G. Visionary Investment & Inheritance Prov. 13:22

     1. Abraham Heb. 11:8-10

     2. Moses & Aaron Num. 20:11-13, 23-28

     3. David 1 Sam. 24; 26; 2 Sam. 1:1-16

          1 Chron. 13; 15; 17; 21:18, 25-30; 22:1-11

H. Examples of Waiters

     1. Simeon Luke 2:25-27

     2. Joseph Mark 15:43; Luke 23:50-51

     3. Disciples Waiting in Jerusalem Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4