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. Isaiah 40:31 KJV The Waiting Series: Part 1 One of the greatest obstacles believers face is not always spiritual warfare. Sometimes it is something far more difficult to navigate because there is nothing to fight. There are seasons in life when we encounter resistance and immediately assume we need a new s

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 6 And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete. 2 Corinthians 10:3-6 NIV The

Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy. Psalm 126:5 NLT The Waiting Series: Part 3 One of the greatest challenges of a waiting season is learning how to sustain yourself while God's appointed time has not yet arrived. We often focus on what we should be doing externally during the wait, but we rarely consider what we are feeding ourselves internally. Just as the physical body requires nourishment to function properly, the spirit requires nourishment to remai

Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. Isaiah 60:1 NKJV The Waiting Series: Part 4 One of the most important lessons I've learned during this season of waiting is that the Holy Spirit knows exactly what my spirit needs to eat. Just as a nutritionist studies a person's condition before recommending a meal plan, the Holy Spirit understands where we are spiritually and knows what nourishment is required to sustain us. Sometimes He lea

Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. 2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. Genesis 2:1-3 NIV The Waiting Series: Part 5 Throughout this series, we have explored an often-overlooked reality of the Kingdom of God: there are seasons when the obs