(Wednesday Online) Part Two: God is Greater than the Wait – March 26, 2025

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Pastor Jim Bryant

1 John 4:4 (KJV)

4 Greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

1 Samuel 16:1 (NLT)

1 Now the Lord said to Samuel, “You have mourned long enough for Saul. I have rejected him as king of Israel, so fill your flask with olive oil and go to Bethlehem. Find a man named Jesse who lives there, for I have selected one of his sons to be my king.” 

1 Samuel 16:13 (NLT)

13 So as David stood there among his brothers, Samuel took the flask of olive oil he had brought and anointed David with the oil. And the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David from that day on. 

2 Samuel 5:3-4 (NLT)

3 So there at Hebron, King David made a covenant before the Lord with all the elders of Israel. And they anointed him king of Israel. 4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in all. 

1. Let anticipation build.

Psalm 5:3 (NLT)

3 Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly. 

Micah 7:7 (NASB)

7 But as for me, I will watch expectantly for the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. 

2. Be strengthened.

Psalm 27:14 (NKJV)

14 David said, “Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!” 

Psalm 59:9-10 (NLT)

9 God, my strength, I am looking to you, because God is my defender. 10 My God loves me, and he goes in front of me. He will help me defeat my enemies. 

Psalm 59:16-17 (NLT)

But I will sing about your strength. In the morning I will sing about your love. You are my defender, my place of safety in times of trouble. 17 God, my strength, I will sing praises to you. God, my defender, you are the God who loves me. 

Isaiah 40:31 (NASB)

31 Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary. 

3. Be renewed and find rest.

Isaiah 40:31 (NASB)

31 Those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength…

Psalm 37:7 (NASB)

7 Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him… 

Matthew 11:28 (NLT)

28 …Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.