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TODAY’S MESSAGE: BELIEVING WHILE YOU'RE WAITING

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TODAY’S MESSAGE:

BELIEVING WHILE YOU'RE

WAITING

STRONG FAITH IN

GOD: KEY TO YOUR

MIRACLES

ROMANS 10:17• 17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.

ROMANS 10:17 (ISV)• 17  Consequently, faith comes from listening, and listening comes through the word of Christ.

FIRST SUNDAY MESSAGE:BUI LDING A LIFE OF FAITH Matthew 9:29Then he touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith will it be done to you";

SECOND SUNDAY MESSAGE :

EXPECTING THE BEST FROM OUR

GREAT GOD

Hebrews 11:1 Faith assures us of things we expect

andconvinces us of the existence of things

we cannot see.

THIRD SUNDAY MESSAGE :

STRETCHING YOUR

IMAGINATION ( TO FULFILL GOD'S DREAMS FOR YOUR

LIFE )

• That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, "No eye

has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for

those who love him."[4]

1Corinthians 2:9 NLT

With God's power working in us, God can do much, much more than anything we can

ask or imagine.

EPHESIANS 3:20 NCV ( NEW CENTURY VERSION )

4th SUNDAY MESSAGE

TAKING THE INITIATIVE

• V.18b Show me your faith without doing anything, and I will show you my faith by what I do.

• V.20 …Faith that does nothing is worth nothing.

JAMES 2: 18b & 20 NCV

5th SUNDAY MESSAGE

FACING YOUR FEARS

•Be bold and strong! banish fear and doubt!

For remember, the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

JOSHUA 1:9 TLB

2Timothy1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

Psalms 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

•Psalm 34:4 (KJV)•4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

TODAY’S MESSAGE:

BELIEVING WHILE YOU'RE

WAITING

Romans 4:18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, "So shall your offspring be."[4]

Romans 4:19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead--since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah's womb was also dead.

Romans 4:20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

Romans 4:21 being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.

•Hebrews 6:15And so after

waiting patiently, Abraham

received what was promised.

HOW TO KEEP

BELIEVING WHILE YOU

ARE WAITING ON GOD

• Romans 4:21

being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.

1.) REMIND YOURSELF ALWAYS THAT GOD HAS POWER TO DO WHAT HE

PROMISED

• Romans 4:20

Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

2.) RECITE THE PROMISES OF GOD IN DANIEL PRAYER

WITHOUT UNBELIEF

• Romans 4:20

His faith did not leave him, and he did not doubt God's promise; his faith filled him with power, and he gave praise to God.

3.) PRAISE AND THANK OUR GREAT GOD IN ADVANCE FOR ALL THE MIRACLES YOU ARE

EXPECTING

Philippians 4:6

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

• a.) PRAYER AND FASTING

• Psalms 34:4

I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.

4.) RAISE SPIRITUAL MATURITY

•Psalms 34:6

•This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.

2Chronicles 7:14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

2Chronicles 7:15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.

• b.) READ BIBLE AND CHRISTIAN BOOKS

Joshua 1:8

Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

• c. ATTEND EQUIPPINGS AND GATHERINGS THAT STRENGTHEN FAITH

• Hebrews 10:25

Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

• Galatians 6:9

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

5.) GET INVOLVE MINISTRIES AND OTHER

SERVICES IN THE CHURCH

•Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man will abound with blessings, But he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.