Pastor Shane L. Johnson, D.Min.8/22/10

New Life Church

Waiting on the Lord, for the promise givenWaiting on the Lord, to send from HeavenWaiting on the Lord, by our faith receivingWaiting in the upper room

The power! The power!Gives victory over sin and purity withinThe power! The power!The power they had at Pentecost

Waiting on the Lord, giving all to JesusWaiting on the Lord, ‘til from sin He frees us Waiting on the Lord, for the heavenly

breezesWaiting in the upper room

The power! The power!Gives victory over sin and purity withinThe power! The power!The power they had at Pentecost

Waiting on the Lord, longing to mount higherWaiting on the Lord, having great desireWaiting on the Lord, for the heavenly fireWaiting in the upper room

The power! The power!Gives victory over sin and purity withinThe power! The power!The power they had at Pentecost

King James Version (KJV)

31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run , and not be weary ; and they shall walk , and not faint .

New International Version (NIV)

31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

V27- why are God’s people asking why they are invisible to God or disregarded by Him?

V28- He is everlasting; He created everything; He never gets tired and His knowledge has no limits

V29- He is the only real source of power to a people who desperately need it

V30- even the young, who should be naturally energetic, will weary of their own strength

Wait, Qavah- to wait, look for, hope, expect, look eagerly for, to lie in wait for, linger for, to collect, bind together

The Lord, YHWH- the “I am”; the one who is eternally preexistant, self sufficient, who has no beginning or end- “Origin is a word that can only apply to things created. When we think of anything that has origin we are not thinking of God. God is self existent, while all created things necessarily originated somewhere at sometime. Aside from God, nothing is self caused.”- AW Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy, p32

“YHWH” means that He stands independent of anything

Renew, Chalaph- go through, grow up, change, to go on from, to come on anew, sprout again, to change, substitute, alter, change for better

Strength, Koach- power, might, human strength, strength (of angels), power (of God), produce, wealth (of soil)

1. You and I have to look (wait, hope) for answers outside of ourselves

2. Our all is in God, Who stands in need of nothing, Who is our source for everything

3. When we wait on Him we change in ways that only He can change us

4. He gives us a strength that is not our own, will never be our own, was never meant to be our own; it is His strength in us; the source is Him; that kind of strength will never be found in self

Prayer- you talking to God Fasting- denying yourself food, TV, other

pleasurable, time consuming things, etc. Reading your Bible- God talking to you,

meditating on scripture Attending church- God speaking through

worship , SEED, and preaching The contemplative life- seeking God

through study, solitude, fellowship with other contemplative Christians, reading thinking Christian authors

Pride in all its various manifestations Time- too busy Some would rather think or worry over

waiting on the Lord It is not modeled for us- modeling is the

strongest from of teaching

He [Satan] laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom,

but trembles when we pray.-Samuel Chadwick

The salvation of my two oldest sons The salvation of friends Signs and wonders in our worship The MVP for our church- evangelism,

worship, discipleship, fellowship, missions Direction for our church facilities- “Lord

do you want us to change the building, and if so, how?”

Direction for ministry to Cuba

List them out Pray them out Read them up in scripture Fast A final note- there is a dire need for the

American church to wait on God