Practicing Patience When God Has You Waiting
Why won’t God answer my prayer?
Some days, it is a lot harder to be patient. When we’re bringing our concerns to the Lord again and again, we grow tired of waiting. It soon begins to feel like our prayers are falling on deaf ears. Often our desire is to take control and just “do the best we can”; it is our fleshly reaction to the silence. We know Galatians 5 lists patience as a fruit of the Holy Spirit so we confess our desire to rule our own lives. We ask the Spirit to fill us, empowering and directing us even as we continue to wait on the Lord.
This doesn’t mean our circumstances change.
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You are not alone in the waiting.
“We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.” – Romans 8:22- 25 (New International Version)
Waiting is a common experience. All your brothers and sisters in faith, as well as all of creation know what it is like to wait on the Lord. Consider those who have waited before you: Job, David, a myriad of Prophets. There is plenty of encouragement in the Bible concerning a need for patience and those who have excelled in it. James 5:7, Colossians 1:10-12, Psalm 40:1 and Revelations 14:12 are just a few examples of the myriad of passages about the topic.
The New Bible Dictionary defines patience as “God given restraint in the face of opposition or oppression”. Patience is only needed when there is a reason to not wait. It is only necessary in the face of opposition. This is why seeking patience is in many senses a battle. The promise we can lean on here is that patience is God given restraint. The Lord is the one who provides us with spiritual armor to go into battle. We often think of patience as mere endurance, but such logic is faulty. We are not exercising restraint on our own strength. In truth, our only responsibility is to trust that God will provide the strength to hold on, and then act accordingly to our faith in that promise.
How is this strength given us?
We receive this strength by being filled with the Spirit. As Christians, we know that the ultimate source of patience lives within us. Our role is to trust that the Holy Spirit does live within us, and ask Him for strength to persevere in whatever situation we find ourselves in. This is a provision we can claim by faith as taught us in Romans 5:1-5.
Patience as listed in Galatians 5 is often called longsuffering. The original Greek word is makrothumio, meaning “long temper”. We are to keep a long and slow temper towards God, others and ourselves. This spiritual posture calls for grace. It is grace that compels us to trust God, grace that we can extend to others when they hurt us and grace to forgive ourselves when we stumble and fall.
The experience of waiting on God reminds us that our reality as Christians is not within our apparent circumstances, but rather in the truth of Christ’s love and life in us. This gives us hope as Romans 8:28 assures us that “we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” It is not in our abilities to know the time or way in which God will work things out. Ecclesiastes 3:11 and Isaiah 55:8-9 are great reminders that these rest solely in the domain of God’s knowledge. Our role here is to trust the promise of Philippians 1:6 and wait with hope as God’s brings about to completion the good work He began in each of our lives.
What is our role in the battle?
Consider again the definition of patience as God given restraint. God allows us to access divine restraint, but it is our choice to accept it and act in willful obedience. Adam and Eve were given complete free will. They were gifted many provisions in the garden so they wouldn’t need to partake in the fruit that was forbidden. However, they chose to not exercise restraint and instead disobeyed God’s command. When we use God given restraint to wait on His will and timing, we renounce their fallen actions and step out in obedience towards God.
There is purpose in the process. Take a look at Hebrews 12:2. Waiting on God forces us to look to Him. It casts our eyes rightly to Christ as the source of our faith and the assurance of our salvation. It reminds us that Christ’s death and life is the reason we can be filled with and empowered by the Holy Spirit. Trials cause us to persevere by deepening our knowledge of God and relying on him more intentionally. As James 1:2-4 tells us it is here that a mature and complete faith is grown.
Standing patiently when we wait on the Lord does not mean being stuck at a standstill. Consider Ephesians 6 which instructs us to “put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then.” To hold ground by remaining obedient to the Lord while waiting is not passive. Note that the word stand is repeated three times. Patience is an act of the will to claim ground for the Kingdom of God, and is rewarded richly by Him. Revelations 3:10-11 tells us of God’s care for those who persevere through the battle.
Whether we feel we lack patience to wait on God, or to continue to love those that may be hard to love, we do in actuality have access to all the patience we need. We can trust God to give us the strength to bear our circumstances and instead use the time of waiting to grow in intimacy with the Lord.
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Hi Carmen, it is so encouraging to hear your passion for Christ. You will never regret making Him your first priority in life. There will be hard times and days when that priority will be a challenge to maintain but as Paul wrote, “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.” (Romans 8:18)
Don’t be disappointed at not having been in a serious relationship yet. I know the society around us puts on a lot of pressure for young people to get into serious relationships but often that is premature. Far better to develop and invest in friendships now so that you can discover what kinds of personalities you connect well with. There will be plenty of time on your life to allow those friendships develop into something more serious.
I am convinced that God has a clear plan for our lives and that He is generous in the way that He communicates what that plan is to us. When He wants us to take the next step He will be sure that we know what it is that he wants. Our job is not to try and decipher what that next step is but rather to focus our attention on Him. As we do that we will then be ready for His directions and be prepared to respond in obedience even when that step is a scary one. God will let you know who He wants you to be in a relationship with. So spend your time and focus on knowing Jesus and listening to His voice leading you. Jesus said, “[The Good Shepherd] has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they recognize his voice.” (John 10:4) Jesus is ahead of you and calling to you to follow Him. Focus on His voice and He will lead you exactly into His best that He has planned for you. That includes the best relationships for you to be in.
Lord God I thank You for your daughter Carmen and the way that You have placed within her a passion for You Son Jesus. I ask that she would have the confidence of knowing His voice speaking into her life and that she would have the courage to follow no matter how intimidating the path may be. Give her a single-minded focus to follow after Jesus and to know You better and better each day. Would all of her relationships help contribute to that priority and bring immeasurable joys to her life. Amen.
Hi guys,
Ok first of all I would like to say that this post was very helpful. I’m 17 year old girl who is truly sold out for Christ but I often find it extremely hard to be patient with God when it come to relationships. I’ve never been a real relationship and I often pray that God would send me somebody, but he still hasn’t. I know that God knows what he is doing and maybe this is just him trying to protect me but it is still very hard. PLEASE HELP!
Hi Emerline, When you feel God is telling you to stop doing something it is important to obey. You have the confirmation from the Bible that sex outside of marriage is not what He wants for you. To ignore the guidance of the Bible and the prompting of the Holy Spirit in your heart is going to harden your heart against God and lead you away from Him.
I can understand your fear of not having the finances that your fiancé has provided but that cannot influence your willingness to obey God. God is able to provide for all of your needs and He does not do that by asking you to compromise His commands and instructions.
Heavenly Father, I pray for Emerline. Lord she needs Your help to follow Your directions for her life and relationships. If this is the man that You want her to marry help him to make that commitment. Give Emerline the strength to say “no” to sex until they are united in marriage. Provide for Emerline’s financial needs with a job or some other source of income. Amen.
Dear..Barbara…first of all thank you for this site…I have a big concern ..concerning my situations right now… But first of all I want to introduce my self briefly…I am Emerlyn from Philippines..a born again believers….I have a fiancée.. We just engaged last January..this year. And he is a fourughner.. He is widow.. And he said he love The Lord,,as a born again believers I know that doing sex outside marriage is a sin,, when I met him at the first time we make sex… Because when I confront him about this he said it is okey..and everything that come out his mouth is about God..He encourage me to confess the word of God everyday..and he doesn’t want me to confront him in a negatives way..and he still smoking ..he promised me to stop his cegarreth or smoking last year during his birthday but still he still doing… And the the second time that he came to athen when I was there he still doing it… And then we do again sex…to make the story short.. I came home for good here to phililippines.. And we just engaged last January…and we leave together in my house he sent me money every moth he bought all,the furnitures and appliances in the house…but I was wondering he has no interest about marriage… I know e that I’m in sin because until now we are not married yet…I keep telling him to get married..so we can free from sin..but every time I told him about marriage he got upset.. And he said he is not ready yet because of his children..he even tell me that I’m listening Satans because of my emotions that I want to express..while I’m down when do those things that is not pleasing God that’s what my fear right now…I fear God so much…may be this is the reason why God doesn’t hear our prayer we had prays about buying lands and house but it doesn’t work out…now he go back to his work to another county…we suppose to get married for this coming moth but when I talk about this matter again he was upset.. Sis pls help me to pray…I don’t know what I suppose to do…I come home for good I was working in athens greece ..I came home because he told me to go home..and payed all my ticket and my laugage..but now… It seems that he doesn’t want responsibility…because of his children which is grown already..that his excuse.. I was praying for husband for a long time..now I need financial…pls pray for me… Andi need your encouragement…I don’t want to leave in sin.. I want to be set free…pls help me to pray..thank u
Leslie and Jamie,
Thank you both for your caring and inspiring advice.
God bless you both.
Hi Angie, it is cool to be able to connect with other followers of Jesus like this and allow God to speak to me through them.
Your question is a good one: discerning God’s leading in our lives is a crucial component of our relationship with Jesus. I think it is first of all helpful to look at the clarity of God’s communication with us. When He wants to get a specific message across to a person or group of people is He more than capable of communicating that with clarity. He has a myriad of ways that He communicates His messages to people. He has used prophets, angels, a donkey, the created world around us, written text, etc. And for the climax of His communication with us He came Himself in Jesus Christ. It doesn’t get any clearer than that! So if you are waiting for Him to answer your prayer you can be sure that when He wants you to know the answer, He will communicate it clearly.
Secondly, it is also helpful to know that God has a plan for us and wants for us to follow Him. Jesus referred to Himself as the Good Shepherd and said that we, His sheep, hear, know and follow His voice (John 10). Paul encourages us to “keep in step with the Spirit” (Galatians 5:25) which means that the Spirit leads us step by step in life. I love the way Paul puts it in Ephesians 2:10, “For we are God’s masterpiece, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” God has designed each of us to accomplish specific things and created the opportunity for us to do those specific things.
Putting the two of these things together leads us to the conclusion that if God wants us to accomplish certain things, He is going to clearly communicate how He wants us to proceed. Bringing this a little more personal Angie, God has a specific plan for you around the issue you have been praying about and when He is ready (or maybe when He knows you are ready) to carry that out He will give you clear directions for what He wants you to do.
If that is the case, when you are in a place where you are unsure of God’s direction it is either: 1) that He has not yet revealed His purpose for you and you need to continue to focus on listening to Him; 2) that you are ignoring what He has said or are in a place where you are no longer listening to His voice. In either case, the way forward is the same: ask for His help, trust that He will and do those things that tune your heart and mind into His voice (prayer, Bible reading, interacting with other followers of Jesus, and serving Him by serving other people. When you engage in these activities it helps to focus your attention on God so that when He speaks you are ready to hear.
Lord God I pray for Angie as she struggles with this issue in her life. Father I ask that she would be open to what You are saying to her and that she doesn’t have things in her life that are distracting her attention from You. I pray that You would be preparing her to hear from You and to have the courage to be obedient to You when You do direct her path. May this time of waiting deepen and mature her relationship with You and may she be an encouragement to others on the way. In Jesus’ name, amen.
response to ANGIE. When God says no, you will immediately know it in your spirit. When he says wait, does not automatically mean a yes answer. There is always a life lesson to be learnt when dealing with God. As you wait for the situation you are in to resolve itself, instead of telling God how you would like it to end, but you will accept His decision, rather ask Him what He would for you to learn from what is happening, and how you can help others with the lessons you have learnt. Make yourself available to Him – so that through you He can help others. As soon as you start doing this, you take your thoughts off of yourself, and tend to then forget about how your current situation affects you, as you are now looking out for how God want’s you to help others. Learn to listen out for His voice, help others – use the philosophy of ” pay it forward “. Once you start giving yourself to the service of others your one seems to shrink in comparison, and, before you know, you will get given the answer to your predicament. It is difficult to give you a more diligent answer without knowing more about the situation you find yourself in, but, doing the above should change a lot in your life. God Bless You/
I want to respond to JESS, who is praying for a boyfriend whom she was living with to have his eyes opened. Firstly, you were living in sin, so no matter how much you prayed, God was not going to answer; God is Holy, and where there is sin, He cannot be. Secondly, God’s word says clearly that you should not be unevenly yoked in a relationship. That means that if you are not married, and meet someone who is a non-believer, you should not get involved with him. This was your case – having a non believer as a boyfriend. God has taken you out of that relationship, moved you and your son into a bigger home, better job. Thank Him every day that He removed you from an unbalanced relationship, ask Him the lessons that He wanted you to learn from that situation, and move forward with your life humble in the knowledge that God has got you covered, and looks out for you. Have faith the husband God has for you will show up pretty soon, and you will never look back again!
I love this site, I feel comforted & inspired by connecting to like minded faithful souls.
I have a question about waiting on God. I have a situation that is tormenting me greatly. I have prayed 3-4 times per day (probably more) about it’s outcome. I have expressed to God that although I have a preferred outcome, I would gladly accept any plan he has for me. Even if what he chooses isn’t what I want. This issue I’m struggling with is affecting me emotionally in every aspect of my life right now. So any answer from God would truly help. What I’m wondering is this, is God asking me to wait for an answer about the outcome itself? Or has God already answered & that answer being yes, but first you must wait? How do you know the difference between no & wait? I’d love to hear anyone else’s thoughts on this.
Thank you & God Bless
Dear Father God-Daddy.
Lord I lift up Jess and others who read this that you will belss them and help them with patience in there lives. I pray that you will touch there hearts and show them what patience is all about in there lives. In Jesus MightyName Amen
Dear Lord I pray for Jess as she waits for Your direction in this relationship. Lord You know how hard this has been as she has felt more and more isolated from him. I pray Lord that she would have the calm confidence knowing that You have a plan for her that is far better than anything that she could come up with on her own. I pray that she would have a keen sense of your presence with her in this time and that her relationship with You would deepen and grow through this time of waiting.
Lord I also pray for this man that means so much to her. I pray that You would bring healing into his life and that he would find joy in You alone. Lord guide his decisions and his actions and his attitudes so that they conform to Yours. I pray all this in Jesus’ name, amen.
Good morg,i wish to tell everybody that as long as we have God our problem is a small thing,faith is what we need.just to wish us the best this morg and i know that God will bless us all and answer our prayers.it is well
I am so happy to come across this. I am currently going through a very difficult time with my significant other. We aren’t married but of course are dating with a puporse. Recently our communication has been off and I had done all I could to try to get that back and get him back to being happy because he has been so down lately. When I couldn’t figure out more to do and got tired of getting my feelings hurt, I told him I’d give him some space to try and clear his head. At that instant he decided to end things and after explaining to him what I meant by giving him space he decided he didn’t know where we stood. Because of that we are currently not talking at all and just as I started the relationship praying, Ive been praying just for direction and to stop being mad at him and a host of other things. I just want to be happy saints. I’m 22, a mother of a 3 year old boy, I have a few months left before obtaining my bachelors, just moved me and my son to a bigger house and have a great job which i just got a raise on. So God is definitely showing up in my life
Right now though? I just am struggling with waiting on my mate to get his head together and apart of me wants to just walk away and say we’re done!
Dear Olayinka, my heart goes out to you. We live in an imperfect world, which is our testing ground. Thank God for helping us along the way, for we were never meant to go it alone! You seem t be a great prayer warrior, interceding for family members, and there are so very many things to ask for. I have found that often it is helpful to ask God what the reason is for His delay, and what blessings he has in store for us while we wait for an answer. It can be a time of Spiritual growth as we get to trust Him more! Also, “thanking him in advance for the answer that I know is coming” can put a smile on my face. That may be what you meant, Olayinka, when you said “ i know very soon i will smile like before.” God has your best interest at heart, and will definitely see you through!
To Maia, I’d say: Might you be trying too hard? In Psalms 46:10 it says: “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” NKJV.
This may seem most difficult, but maybe you could try to stop and thank HIM for giving you all that is important. Thank Him for what you do have: health, hope, a husband, church friends……. I have found that it works wonders, not to tell God about the problems (He knows them), but to be still and focus on the answers, knowing that He is supplying them!
Great article.Good to know you are not alone in the wait,as believers the devil attacks us the most,that is why we have to be strong in faith.When I feel myself slipping out of faith and into impatience I rush to God’s word for encouragement and backup.My favorite verse is Paul writing to the believers in 1Thes3:7 NLT
“Even while we were with you, we warned you that troubles will come and they did as you well know. I sent Timothy to find out whether your faith was still strong.I was afraid that the tempter had gotten the best of you and that our work has been useless”
At this point I shout NO PAUL, HE HAS NOT GOTTEN THE BETTER OF ME YET! MY FAITH IS STILL STRONG IN THE NAME OF JESUS. NICE TRY SATAN! This keeps me in check ;)
Am so happy about everyone faith and it lift my spirit up.God is good that is what i know but sometimes am so down,i wish God could answer all my prayers at once.my siters baby is sick from birth.this always gives me sadness please help me pray for her.i have prayed and prayed.and my sisters that is in uk cant come home because she does not have the green passport yet.i cant say it all,but i know very soon i will smile like before.thanks to u all for ur articles it helps me.love u all
Dear Maia, so sorry to hear about all the things you and your husband are struggling with at this time. Do you and your husband pray together over all the issues taking place in your life? There is power when a couple comes together in agreement over issues in their marriage, finances, etc. As far as the people that you owe money to at church just be open and honest with them. You can never go wrong by speaking the truth that you do not have the funds available at this time to pay them back. You never know, God might be testing them to see how kind and patient they will be with you and your husband paying them back.
God loves you and your husband and He desires to bless and provide for the two of you. He wants to see your marriage blessed and the two of you have a good, healthy, happy life together. It sounds like you can really use someone to encourage you through this ordeal. Would you like to have one of our online Mentors contact you via email? If so, here is a link for you to click on and then fill out the request form.
http://powertochange.com/experience/talk-to-a-mentor/
At this time, I would like to pray for you:
Dear Father God, I pray on behalf of Maia who is desperately relying on You for provisions in her life. I ask that You would open up windows of opportunity for her husband to work and bring in income that is needed. I ask that You work on the hearts of those that are upset with her and her husband at this time over money issues. Father God I ask that You open up Your vast store house of blessings into Maia’s life. May You make a way where there seems to be no way. May you bless this couple beyond measure so that they will have a wonderful, awesome, powerful testimony to share with others of Your mighty works in their lives. Let not this world, the works of the enemy or anything else get in the way of them receiving a blessing from You. If there is particular reason for the delay, I ask that Your Holy Spirit speak to their hearts in pointing out what the possible cause might be. I ask that You comfort Maia at this time filling her with your peace as she deals with these challenges that are becoming wearisome on her. Bless her with a wonderful, supportive, caring friend that will encourage her through this valley season of need. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen
Dear Zee, gald that the article was of help to you. Also, thank you for encouraging others that have left comments. May God continue to bless you in many areas of your life while you patiently wait on Him and His perfect timing in other areas.
Hello! I just want everyone to kmow, that no matter what you are going through in your life right now, that God is with you.{ISAIAH 43:2:When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. I’m here to pray for everyone, I want you to know that JESUS loves you so very much.:)
here is my story and i desperately need help,
I’m married the moment me and my hisband get married life gets upside down though we are born again chrstians with a proven proper life. i lost my job which used to pay me very well and we were left with lots and lots of debts to pay,i pray cry scream, fast breake any generational curses, soul tie, waiting in praise, waitting in fasting, in singing sowing a seed, serving the church u name it but i have tried and when i tried it it wasn’t only to get a break through but to be close to God and to serve him but things get worth day by day we almost owe everybody in the church and they are in our head day and night we couldn’t even go to church, we can’t pay our rent etcmy husband have a buisness but he couldn’t do it because everybody knows the story. so now can any body explain for me how to wait in situations like this, how long can i wait? will it ever be fix ? can we have a normal life again. can i tell those who borrowed me that we are waitting for God? i just need a help on this because as days goes bye, i’m confused on what to do and what will happen next.
God bless you all and I know that God heard all your prayers, just do the receiving.
I feel as if God is speaking to me now through this blog.Being Patience is really not easy but that why we have to practice patience. I have also been applying for jobs and looking for a husband from God and I believe that doubting and lacking faith tends to make us loose our blessings and the devil loves that.So that why we have to ask God to straighten our faith and pray without ceasing.
MY TRUE STORY OF MY ENCOUNTER WITH GOD
I confessed {ROMANS 10:9)” That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Je’sus, and shalt believe in thine heart that GOD hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved”. I gave my life to JESUS at the tender age of 14, and about two weeks later this is what happened to me. On one morning in late 1986, I was getting up and I was on my way to use the restroom and saw that everybody was sound asleep. Right across my room was the restroom, and as I begin to walk toward the restroom, I heard the spirit of GOD say to me, “Look in your hand”. I began to say back to the spirit of GOD, “Why would I look in my hand?” Then the spirit of GOD spoke for the second time, “I said look in your hand”. By now I am still talking back to the spirit of GOD and looking up at the ceiling because I didn’t know what was going on. I was only 14 years old when this happened to me, so as you can imagine, I was frightened. So for the third and final time the spirit of GOD’s voice got louder and louder! HE said to me, “I said to look in your hand!!!” This time I looked at my right hand and I saw what looked like a puddle of blood, but here’s the thing: it was not bleeding. (EXODUS 3:2-3) “And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.3. And Mo’ses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.”Then, right in the center of my right hand I noticed that GOD had put a beautiful cross there!
By now I had gone to my mother’s room and knocked as hard as I could on her door and when she opened the door and saw my hand, the only thing she was saying was Oh my God! Oh my God! We did not know what to do, so we just decided to pick up the phone book and call up some of our local pastor’s to tell them what had happened to me. My mother and I came across a particular pastor in Newnan, Georgia, and we decided to call him. My mother started to tell this pastor about all that had happened to me, and this is what the pastor told my mom: “Tell your daughter to show as many people as she can. The pastor also told my mother that GOD had ‘Marked your daughter’. It was so amazing and so touching that GOD had chosen me to put a cross in my right hand, and yes this is a true story, I would be more than happy to show the cross in my hand to anyone who wants to see it personally because I Love showing it to people! I just Love spending time every day in GOD’s Word and prayer, drawing closer to GOD with each passing day, (PSALM 141:2) “Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.” JESUS CHRIST is my passion!! I just Love Him with every little heart beat and with every breath and with every step I take every day, I’m always over joyed when witnessing to others and sharing the Love of CHRIST! JESUS has worked so many miracles in my life, one of the miracle is that I was a still born baby and JESUS raised me back to life again to do His will here on earth, GOD has a plan for us all {JEREMIAH 29:11} “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” Another miracle that JESUS did in my life was in 1993 my husband and I lost our first child but I believed with all my heart that by faith JESUS was going to bless my husband and I with more children [HEBREWS 11:1}” Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.} So, in 1994 GOD blessed us to have a baby boy! And then in 1995 GOD blessed us to have a baby girl! This is just to name a few of the many miracles that JESUS has done in my life! {ROMANS 5:8} “But GOD commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, CHRIST died for us.” JESUS gave us His all and I want to give Him my all, HIS sacrifice shows how deep His Love is for us, and when I think about just how deeply HE Loves us tears just fall from my eyes. I am so happy that one day I will see Him and live with Him forever! ?
God Bless You!
Dear Merline, I am glad that this article was of help. Here is another short one that you may enjoy as well.
http://powertochange.com/experience/life/christiandating/
Thank you Barbara for showing me this portion of the website. I am glad everyone is here and I wish the best for all. Through my waiting on God for the right mate I have been working on being the right mate for him. I am taking my inventory and when I see things that may not be pleasing that is what I work on. Yes, this blog is amazing. For those who are unemployed, hang in there! Keep applying. This has nothing to do with the election, I believe it is God’s will because sometimes we forget where we come from and Who brought us. I lost my job in April 2012. Times are hard but I pay my tithes if I can not pay anything else and everything works out. This is a trying time for us all! God is going to bring us out in due time. When is my mate going to appear? I do not know! But he is on the way!
dear messy rabbit– prayer–father God i pray for this woman, her hearts desire is to marry i pray for this year for her to marry lead her to a man she can marry for i pray for this man to come along her path and it will be a man of your choosing God i pray for this woman for a miracle this year i pray all of this in JESUS name amen, i feel for you. i am waiting on God too for a breakthorugh in my life and i am not liking the waiting i am praying for you HUGS i pray for a man will soon into your life so you can marry a man of God’s choosing HUGS
patience is really needed especially in this world we live it has helped m a lot especially at this time when all my friends are married and I am the only single and lonely 27 year old girl in the group I pray and cry to the lord to give me someone and to put an end this still waiting for an answer god help me thank you for the post
It really not easy to wait on God, but with the virtue of patience from the holy spirit it is poassible. I have been looking 4 Job 4 a while now. My whole falily is depending on me and I feel I’ll letting every one down. I have cried, prayed, spoken to God, but I haven’t heard from him yet. At a point I gave up on him, but I came Back cos really I have no where and no body to turn to. I Know he will answer me, I feel it in my heary that my prayers will very soon be answered, I’m still waithing on you O lord! I know you have not and will not forget me.
I’m very happy 2 read dis article. True dis I know dat is patience dat will make me herite d blessing dat God have for me
Dear nachithinzi sorry to hear about what has happened with you im also going through tough times but i haven’t lost hope i know for sure that god has designed a plan for us meeting our destiny is just a matter of patience and faith i’m certain that you will find a loving responsible soulmate soon who will take care of you and your baby
what a wonderful article i feel god is communicating with me through this article im finding the answer to my question
This is a wonderful website. I am also waiting on od for many things in my life. If you like, i’m waiting for the breakthrough and it seems all my wamily members are waiting with me. We love God and are gentle people. however i have witnessed everyone around me getting blessed over and over and over again as i wait. I have cried to God, screamed and then become hopeless but i’m in a place now where i am happy to wait on God. He has provided me with the strength, the vision for my fruitful season and the patience. He has taught me that even with God alone and nothing else, life is much more worthwhile. So for all you who are waiting, lets not live by what we see with our own eyes but lets live by what we know and that is “Our God is able”. I pray for strength and i pray that faith will rise as you wait upon the Lord.
Dear Nachithinzi, sorry to hear about the heartache you are currently dealing with. You must be very scared at this time being pregnant, the father not owning up to his responsibility, and hiding this pregnancy from your parents as well.
It is a delight to hear that you have a relationship with the Lord and that you recognize that you had fallen into sin. By you recognizing such shows that you have God’s Holy Spirit abiding in you convicting you of sin. Have you confessed your sin to God? If not pray and ask Him to forgive you of your sins and to help you make wiser choices. If you have already confessed your sin to God you need to trust and have faith that He has forgiven you (He no longer remembers your sin) and is a loving, merciful Heavenly Father that wants to help you regardless of what has taken place.
I know that it is not going to be easy but you are going to have to talk with your parents about the pregnancy. I would suggest that you pray to God and ask Him to prepare their hearts for the news that you are going to share with them. It is amazing how God loves to work on behalf of His beloved children when they talk with Him in prayer and share all their worries, heartache, and concerns with Him. Would it be helpful if you shared the news with your mom first? Do you think in time the father will come to accept this child as his own? I have no idea how old he is but he might be very frightened at this point of the unexpected pregnancy. Does his parents know about it?
At this time, I would like to pray for you:
Father God, I pray for your beloved daughter Nachithinzi whom is currently with child. I pray that Your perfect will to be done in her and this child’s life. Although her boyfriend has deserted her and denies being the father of her child, You will never abandon nor forsake these two precious lives. May you provide for Nachithinzi’s needs in ways that she could never imagine as she continues reaching out to You for help, mercy, love, provisions, and direction. I pray that You will work on the heart of the father as well as the hearts of Nachithinzi’s parents when she confronts them with the news. May You place a hedge of protection around her so that nothing can harm her as she abides in Your ways and the boundaries You have set for her. Holy Spirit may You guide this young mother into truth and ways of living that will bring about abundant life, joy and happiness. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen
waiting upon the lord is not easy we should ask the holy spirit to give us the fruit of patience am pregnant and my boyfreind who everyone says is a nice guy has denied responsibility am left alone i havent told my parents and i have no where else to go am waiting on the lord i sinned and broke the protective hedge of God
I found ur article this morning amidst tears I was supposed to be married three years ago when the wedding was called off for no just reason and I got seriously depressed I have just been placed on drug holiday since May but I stay with my mum and I believed she caused this in the first place hurrying
Me to get married then and now my hurriedness made me out of job and a single mum I now hate myself so much that I try not to hurt myself because of my daughter even after getting a masters degree despite all my problems and my relationship with God is improving its so painful God I need you please
thank you for posting this i have been waiting for when God would give me more than this i love this but want more i know it is God’s timing but i wish it was NOW good article something for me to learn i know i love helping people and want more but i am trying to wait on Gid for more not easy though
Well! Let me pray for you my friend.
Daer Father God.
Lord I lift up my freind to You at this time in ther life, as they are seeking You for guidance in ther family as One under Your grace. I pray that You will surround them with your lvoe to them.
In Jesus name amen
This has helped me so much. I think my mate has been unfaithful to me in very serious ways. I am trying to wait on the Lord to defend me and help me to know when to act. He denies but I believe he is lying. It is so hard to stay with him.
I still have some older children at home and am trying to wait on God’s timing and wisdom.
I was searching for guidance about God’s will and timing. And, I found this blog, which appears to have a high level of many things as professionalism, instruction, and people with issues with higher difficulties than mine.
I am beginning a difficult time. Due to imminent changes resulting of election results, my employer has to let me go.
I have communicated to God, in the name of Jesus, since many years. I have worked to correct certain sins and I have be alert to maintain humility to avoid repeating same mistakes as in the past.
However, I am afraid. I look for strength through praying. A partial truth is that economic level is necessary to keep basic needs as home, automobile, child support, and others. I am alone and right there to loose everything. I do understand this is not comparable to those great men (Job or David). But I am standing firm until The Lord allows me to proceed working.
Dear Prescious Jastillana, Glad that this article was of help to you. You are so correct in stating that patience is a fruit of the Spirit and we are wise to ask God’s Spirit to help us grow in such area. May God’s blessings be with.
I am currently going through my long suffering and let me tell you it is not easy. I have been unemployed for almost two years. But during my unemployment I have become a deacon, youth group leader and I am on the security team at my church. I love it. I know things are going to be great. But I must say that learning patience through God is the most difficult thing I have ever dealt with in my life. God bless the USA!
this blog”>is really amzing..very simple yet it gives the true definition of faith .continue posting this kind of blog..it really blesses those who lack patience in a world of hopelessness.Now, i can truly say that what i feel right now,is not a mere accident but because God has somehting for evryone of us.Faith is not a feeling it means you trust God that he loves u and has good plans 4 us.Patience is a fruit of spirit that all of us needed.Lets humbly ask God for it:>He knows what we feel right now and will never stop caring for us:> – SDA MEmber frm philippines
Dear Amiri, Thanks for sharing! You are right in saying that we need to wait patiently on God while anticipating His wonderful promises. Often God has us in waiting while He does a good work within us…equipping, growing, and maturing us in His ways and character so we can then handle the fulfilling promise He sends our way. It is not in God’s nature to bless us with much more until He knows we have been faithful with what He has already blessed us with such as relationships, finances, ministry opportunities, etc.