The Faithful wait upon God

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The Faithful wait upon God

• Isaiah 40 vs. 26 to 31
• Inverkeithing Baptist Church
• 21st January 2007

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Introduction

• Little knowledge of God is worth a lot more
  than a lot of knowledge about him
• J. I. Packer

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Waiting upon God

• Ezekiel 37
• Isaiah 40 vs.30

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1/ Prayer waiting

• Adoration
• Repentance
• Intercession
• Petition
• Silence
• Listening

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2/ To wait displays faith

• John 14 vs.14
• Expect great things from God attempt great
  things for God
• William Carey

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3/ To wait means service

• Practice is the soul of knowledge
• Thomas Adams
• In the morning before all else, you wait and
  are blessed by an audience with the King of
  Kings. You pay your homage and duty to God. You
  recognise your relationship
• This is waiting upon God
• 
  Anon

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4/ To wait means rising up

• Luke 9 vs. 23
• The cross is the resting place for sin, the tomb
  for self and the throne for all our fears
  Harold St John

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Closing thought

• Calvary shows how far men will go in sin and how
  far we will go for anothers salvation
• H. C. Turnbull