1. A Christian’s Four Letter Word Isaiah 40:26-31

2. 26 Lift up your eyes on high, And see who has created these things, Who brings out their host by number; He calls them all by name, By the greatness of His might And the strength of His power; Not one is missing. 27 Why do you say, O Jacob, And speak, O Israel: "My way is hidden from the LORD, And my just claim is passed over by my God"? 28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. 29 He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, 31 But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. Isa. 40:26-31

3. Understanding Life

4. All men have problems

5. Understanding Life All men have problems Not all men respond in the same way

6. Understanding Life All men have problems Not all men respond in the same way What do you do or say that makes you different

7. Understanding Life All men have problems Not all men respond in the same way What do you do or say that makes you different Two kinds of four letter word responses

8. Understanding Life All men have problems Not all men respond in the same way What do you do or say that makes you different Two kinds of four letter word responses A Key Word For Christians: Wait!

9. Times to Wait

10. Wait for life’s direction

11. Times to Wait Wait for life’s direction Jer. 10:23 Psalm 25:4-5 Psalm 106:11-14

12. 23 O LORD, I know the way of man is not in himself; It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps. Jer. 10:23

13. 23 O LORD, I know the way of man is not in himself; It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps. Jer. 10:23 4 Show me Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths. 5 Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day. Psalm 25:4-5

14. 23 O LORD, I know the way of man is not in himself; It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps. Jer. 10:23 4 Show me Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths. 5 Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day. Psalm 25:4-5 11 The waters covered their enemies; There was not one of them left. 12 Then they believed His words; They sang His praise. 13 They soon forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel, 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tested God in the desert. Psalm 106:11-14

15. Times to Wait Wait for life’s direction Wait for providence

16. Times to Wait Wait for life’s direction Wait for providence Psalm 104:27 Hab. 2:3

17. 27 These all wait for You, That You may give them their food in due season. Psalm 104:27

18. 27 These all wait for You, That You may give them their food in due season. Psalm 104:27 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry. Hab. 2:3

19. Times to Wait Wait for life’s direction Wait for providence Wait for justice

20. Times to Wait Wait for life’s direction Wait for providence Wait for justice Psalm 37:7 Psalm 59:9 Isa. 30:18 Hos. 12:6

21. 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. Psalm 37:7

22. 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. Psalm 37:7 9 I will wait for You, O You his Strength; For God is my defense. Psalm 59:9

23. 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. Psalm 37:7 9 I will wait for You, O You his Strength; For God is my defense. Psalm 59:9 18 Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the LORD is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him. Isaiah 30:18

24. 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. Psalm 37:7 9 I will wait for You, O You his Strength; For God is my defense. Psalm 59:9 18 Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the LORD is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him. Isaiah 30:18 12:6 So you, by the help of your God, return; Observe mercy and justice, And wait on your God continually. These all wait for You, That You may give them their food in due season. Hos. 12:6

25. Times to Wait Wait for life’s direction Wait for providence Wait for justice Wait before anger and rash speaking

26. 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. Psalm 37:7 9 I will wait for You, O You his Strength; For God is my defense. Psalm 59:9 18 Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the LORD is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him. Isaiah 30:18 12:6 So you, by the help of your God, return; Observe mercy and justice, And wait on your God continually. These all wait for You, That You may give them their food in due season. Hos. 12:6

27. Times to Wait Wait for life’s direction Wait for providence Wait for justice Wait before anger and rash speaking

28. Times to Wait Wait for life’s direction Wait for providence Wait for justice Wait before anger and rash speaking Prov. 20:22 James 1:19-20

29. 22 Do not say, "I will recompense evil"; Wait for the LORD, and He will save you. Prov. 20:22

30. 22 Do not say, "I will recompense evil"; Wait for the LORD, and He will save you. Prov. 20:22 19 So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; 20 for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. James 1:19-20

31. Times to Wait Wait for life’s direction Wait for providence Wait for justice Wait before anger and rash speaking Wait for His return

32. Times to Wait Wait for life’s direction Wait for providence Wait for justice Wait before anger and rash speaking Wait for His return Phil. 3:20 1 Thess. 1:10 Heb. 9:28

33. 20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, Phil. 3:20

34. 20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, Phil. 3:20 10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come. 1 Thess. 1:10

35. 20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, Phil. 3:20 10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come. 1 Thess. 1:10 28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation. Heb. 9:28

36. Don’t Wait to Obey Him Believe in HimJohn 3:16 Repent—decide to obeyActs 17:30 Confess ChristRom. 10:9 Baptized to be savedActs 22:16 Added to His Kingdom, His Church Be faithful until deathRev. 2:10