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The Power of Waiting on the Lord 0:02 We wanna honor God because He sees everything.0:10 You were born with a plan and a purpose. He's the God of all things possible. He's the God of all0:22 miracles.0:52 Welcome to Grace Grace with Naina Michelle. I'm Michelle Humphreys.0:56 And I am Naina Keegan. Welcome to our broadcast today. Today we're just gonna be talking about when it seems like things are taking forever. Does it seem like it's taken so long? Maybe you've been1:08 praying and waiting and standing and believing and you don't see anything happening. And trust me, we've all been there. You know, Michelle and I have seen, you know, prayed and seen miracles1:19 happen. Taken forever. Right? Away for somebody else. And yet, we're like, but wait a minute. You know, what about this thing that I've been waiting for or praying for for so long? And so we're gonna talk about that1:31 because what we want you to know is, you know, we don't have all the answers, nobody does, but God knows what he's doing. And His timing is perfect, and He has not forgotten about1:43 you. In fact, He so rejoices over our prayers, and He inclines His ear to hear our prayers, and He is not, you know, asleep at the wheel up there, and he he's got1:55 a plan. And so we're gonna get to the bottom of why we think that these things happen, and that we need to remember that there's a divine purpose in all of the things that God is2:07 doing for us, with us, through us, in us, and all for his glory, and and for our benefit. So sometimes there's so much good that can happen in the waiting. And that's what we're2:18 gonna talk about today because, man, I've said this over and over again, Michelle, like, if if I knew what God knows, I would never change a thing about2:30 so many of the things in my life that seemed horrible or seemed like I waited so long for, but because you spent that time with God in the waiting, worth every single second of2:42 waiting.2:43 Well, and the bible talks about, you know, that even young men, they get weary. Young women, they get weary. But they that wait upon the Lord, he will renew2:54 their strength, and they will mount up like wings as eagles. And they will run and not be weary, and they will walk and not faint. What else does the word say? It says that he3:07 who endures until the end will be rewarded. Mhmm. And I am telling you if you are waiting on a miracle, sometimes, like if you're waiting on that3:18 right person to come into your life, if you're waiting if you're praying, to God for a spouse, God's not going to send you a spouse that's compromised. You know?3:30 And and so if you will say, I have options because I'm a child of the king, And walk away from that temptation because that's all it3:42 is. It's a temptation. God will give you the real thing. God will give you the real person. The 1 that is gonna yoke himself to Jesus, yoke3:53 himself to you or herself to you, and you're gonna laugh and have a wonderful life. But if you decide, well, you know, I I'll just make this work. Uh-uh.4:05 That is not what God wants. God does not want us to just compromise, and that's what happens when we don't wait. We compromise. Yeah. That when we're waiting for, the right job,4:18 the right whatever. I years ago I feel like some from time to time God tests me in this. Years ago I had a job that I I loved the people but I really4:29 just didn't like the work. And I mean every day I felt sad. I really did and I just couldn't wait for God to get me out of it. And I got offered something that looked right. I mean it did. It was ministry,4:42 it was more money, I mean doesn't that seem right? But I had such a check in my spirit, like it just feels, I I can't explain a check. If if you've ever had like a4:53 weird feeling like maybe just a a reservation in your spirit, for me it always feels like I'm kind of choking, and I just felt that feeling, like I I just can't take it. I even5:05 though it looks right, it's someone I respect and love, but God did not want me to do that. And so I, I said no. And it didn't make any sense5:17 to me. And it took 3 months after that for me to get the job that God would give me. And and in fact when he did I was like, Lord are you gonna make me tell them no too? You know, I mean I was open to5:29 it, but it was like and and the and the Lord kept speaking to me, unless a kernel of wheat falls into the ground and dies it cannot spring up. Sometimes in the waiting5:41 you feel like everything is it's lost. You are just stuck in this perpetual misery and you can't seem to get out, but God has a plan for you if5:53 you will just wait on him. And and when it and when God told me yes I could take it, it really was. There's a scripture in a song of Solomon, and it says6:05 come with me my beautiful 1 for the winter is past and the spring is here, and the season of cooing is going to happen. And but that's what it was. A season6:16 of cooing and even the man of God that I turned down and said I can't work with you said you did the right thing. God showed you exactly and if you hadn't waited you would have missed it. And it's6:28 true.6:29 Well, and you know it's all about trusting God even when it makes no sense because we are not God and we, you know, God has a plan and the Bible says he wrote your plan, your story, start to finish,6:41 every day in between before you even lived a day. And so ultimately, that's what we want. We want that plan. And so we're all in a big hurry all the time and so6:53 much happens in the waiting. It's about reliance and trusting and and that faith in God, that childlike faith in knowing, I don't know what you're doing in this situation in my life or this period of7:04 time in my life, but I know you know what you're doing. And so God is never gonna leave you or forsake you or abandon you, so even if you're waiting and it seems like you're waiting a long time, it doesn't mean that he7:16 left you. It doesn't mean that he's not behind the scenes figuring everything out for you. Well, he's not even doing that, he already knows what's happening, but he's working out the rest of the story, like who's7:26 involved in the next phases of your life. Maybe it is that spouse that you're looking for or that new job or the boss or whoever that you're that you're to be involved with because, you know, we even pray7:37 about counterfeits. Like, you know, with our single children, you know, that we come against counterfeits and that, you know, when they're at those ages where all their friends are getting married and they think they7:48 just gotta hurry up and get married and then it's like, well, I guess this person's nice. We'll just No. If it's not who God says You know, I've seen 1 of my kids just kind of struggle and go through anxiety and8:00 different things because, this person was not the right person. And so that was just a it was just a relationship and it did not work out. And I kept saying to him, when you wait on the8:12 Lord, and you're gonna see the Lord bring the right person into your life, and he's with the most precious woman of God right now and waiting on the Lord, even though it seemed like a long time,8:24 you know, it worked. It does. By praying and waiting and waiting on what God has, because God is so smart about these things. Isn't he gonna give you the absolute best? And so8:36 we're just gonna trust him in the process and in the waiting. So we're gonna talk more about that when we come right back. You're watching Grace Grace with Nina and Michelle.8:44 Hello, everyone. I'm excited to announce the next generation of energy drinks, Rev 7. It has no sugar and no caffeine. Instead, Rev 7 uses GoBHB.8:57 GoBHB is 1 of the body's primary ketones, and it provides the most efficient and clean feel that your body needs. It also helps you stay energized all day with no crashes.9:09 Not only that, it produces 3 times more brain energy than sugar, which helps boost your memory, focus, and mental sharpness. It also helps reduce stress and helps balance your mood.9:21 Rev 7 does all that while being the best tasting energy drink ever. So go to my pillow dot or call the number on your screen. Use your promo code to save 20 percent today. I'm so sure9:33 you're gonna love Rev 7. For a limited time, you get our introductory 3 pack absolutely free. I drink Rev 7 every day, and I absolutely love it, and so will you.9:45 Welcome back to Grace Grace with Naina Michelle. We are talking about a very important topic today, and it's not a fun topic. It's waiting on the Lord. And it's I'm telling you, it's just not a lot of9:57 fun to have to wait. I mean if you've ever waited in a line, you know, nobody says, woo, I'm so excited about this line.10:03 Right? We hit in traffic. Exactly.10:05 Yeah. Exactly. So seriously, if you will wait on the Lord and not just jump in, you force the enemy to reveal himself. And so10:17 many times it doesn't make sense. The Bible says, it says trust in the Lord with all of your heart. Lean not on your own understanding. In all of your ways acknowledge him, and he will10:29 direct your path. It doesn't make any sense. Like, I I you know, like, especially, like, with houses. I I remember years ago, there was a house in it. We10:41 my husband and I went to see it. It seemed good. It was like a couple of acres. It was all great. And when we went back to see it again, this it's almost like a wind hit me when I walked back in10:53 the door, and I knew that it was we couldn't live there. And I was so disappointed because I liked the house, and, and and and the realtor was so disappointed. He was our friend,11:05 and and and and we just had to say no. And we didn't know why we had to say no, but the Lord spoke to me in in my time with him and said, these if you do this, you're gonna be11:17 lighting your own fire. If you light your own fire, you have to maintain it. You want something that is from the Lord that's from his fire that he keeps up with. You11:29 don't want to have to do this. Well, years later, I just went back in that neighborhood just to check on the house, and let me tell you, there was a flood. And like there were, you know, the it11:40 was like the house, they had people in suits. I guess they must have had mold and all kinds of things, you know. It's like that would have happened to us. And it was a nice house. It was a great11:52 yard. It was a good school district. It made no sense, but we waited and got the house that we were supposed to have. Well, God's no is is not just a12:04 a door slam in your face. It's always about wait, I got something better.12:07 Wait a minute.12:08 Because because, you know, when God's it's exponential what he wants to do in your life and, you know, he will he will lead you, guide you, take you, and and it's all about that peace. You know, when you follow12:20 peace, because it's it's it's not worth it. Anytime that you're gonna get into that, you know, hurried and make those decisions, like, we call them knee jerk decisions, you know, if you're12:32 ever facing a big decision in your life, don't just do it on the fly. Go home, pray about it. Whether even buying a car, you know, whatever it is, and ask the Lord, you know, and then see12:44 how you feel, because sometimes you can get so caught up in the rhetoric and, you know, the deal is only today or you gotta jump in there now or you're not gonna all of those things, those high pressure things that12:56 try to get us into doing something that is not the will of God. And that's what the devil wants. He wants, you know, he's got the smoke screen and the mirrors all set up so that it all looks good and13:08 rosy, and then we're gonna fall into some kind of a trap. And and so when we obey the Lord and just step back, you know, patience is 1 of the fruits of the spirit. And so when we're patient13:20 and and and the Lord is so patient with us, but when he he wants us to hear from him and rely on him and seek him, And when we have that patience to trust him and13:32 obey what he's saying, you know, he's not gonna steer us wrong. Never once has he steered me wrong. But I've steered myself wrong and I've gotten in a hurry and I've gotten ahead of God.13:44 And you know, there's a I love this little meme I saw and it says, God's time is now. King Saul and his hosts of army got into the battlefield early, but David came last to take the victory.13:56 It doesn't matter who gets there first. It doesn't matter who's got the thing, the shiny object ahead of you, or who's all getting married before you. It's about the victory God has for you in the14:08 right thing that God has for you, even if your victory is gonna take a little longer. Because it's going to be so much more worth it. Because if you had your choice14:20 to have these 2 things, wouldn't you right now, say they're both yours right now, but this one's from God and this 1 isn't. You would always pick the thing that came from God. So why not wait for that even if it takes a14:31 little longer than the thing you can have right now? Because who wants anything that's not of the Lord? It's only going to cause you grief, we promise you. Well and even spoken from experience.14:42 And experience for me too. I mean seriously. Like for example Sarah. Sarah was old when she was promised a baby, So it was He laughed? Happening14:54 fast enough. They laughed because they thought it was hilarious, which it was because, you know, she was way past menopause. You know, she was old, old. And, god, she was 90 or15:06 91 is what what they think. And let me just say, that's old. Right? To have a baby, it's you know? I mean, people are living longer and longer now, but that is old to have a15:18 baby. And so she wanted to make it happen. You know? So she has her her husband sleep with 1 of her servants, and and Hagar, and15:29 then all kinds of problems. Now we have world problems from this not waiting on the Lord. I mean, we really do. We have the sons of Abraham Mhmm. All fighting still15:41 still in the Middle East. We are we are in fact, I have friends over there right now who are fighting over Judea and Samaria trying to make sure that that we15:53 protect the land of Israel. And I think about that. That's those are the sons of Abraham still fighting, and and that's because the godly Sarah, the16:05 beautiful Sarah did not wait on the Lord. Now she eventually got her child a promise, but and and I think about what do we do when we wait? I know a good friend of mine, she's16:16 precious. She wanted a baby so badly and it just was taking her so long like 7 years, and whenever it was time for me to have a baby, I mean it just happened so fast16:28 and you know what? I'm sure it broke her heart, but you know what she did? She gave me a shower. She was so sweet about it. Like in the waiting, overcome your sorrow16:40 with good. Like what would you want to happen? And I just thought this has to be so hard on her, because I wasn't the 1 every day going I want a baby. I want a baby. You know? But she was, and and that had to hurt her,16:52 and yet she was so precious about it and gave me a shower, and I know that had to hurt. And and I think let's do those type of things when we wait. I thought she was a great example of that and she17:04 ended up having children and being blessed, but but she did some precious things while waiting.17:11 Yeah. You just wait on the Lord and he's always gonna bring through you through to the better thing that, you know, exceedingly abundantly more than you could ask or think is what he's got for17:23 you. We're gonna come right back. You are watching Grace Grace with Nina and Michelle. Stay right there. Thanks.17:29 Hello, everyone. I'm excited to announce the next generation of energy drinks, Rev 7. It has no sugar and no caffeine. Instead, Rev 7 uses go b h17:41 GoBHB is 1 of the body's primary ketones, and it provides the most efficient and clean fuel that your body needs. It also helps you stay energized all day with no crashes.17:53 Not only that, it produces 3 times more brain energy than sugar, which helps boost your memory, focus, and mental sharpness. It also helps reduce stress and helps balance your mood.18:05 Rev 7 does all that while being the best tasting energy drink ever. So go to my pillow dot com or call the number on your screen. Use your promo code to save 20 percent today. I'm so sure18:17 you're gonna love Rev 7. For a limited time, you get our introductory 3 pack absolutely free. I drink Rev 7 every day, and I absolutely love it, and so will you.18:29 Welcome back to Grace Grace with Nina and Michelle, and we're talking about when it seems like it's just taken so long with whatever you're waiting for. But 1 of the things I wanted to remind everybody18:40 of is sometimes when you're waiting and you're praying and it's, you know, maybe you're not hearing God's voice or, you know, you're not hearing him speak to you. But you know what? You've got to kind of step back and18:51 take a look at at things because sometimes it's really hard to hear God's voice when you already decided what you want him to say or what you want him to do. Oh my goodness.19:01 That's the hardest.19:02 Because you already have it figured out. You've got your timeline, I'm gonna do this. You know how some people, it's like, you know, by the age of this, I'm gonna have 2 kids, and I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna do that.19:13 And, you know, some people just do not stray from their list. And it's like, sometimes, I mean, those are good in some ways to kind of give you a little bit of a, you know, a little bit of a schedule or a little bit of19:24 something. But if it's not on God's timing or plan, scratch it off. Ask Him. You can make your list man can make his plans, but it's God's will that19:36 will succeed in your life. And so you need to ask Him, where what am I doing wrong? You know, I take back all of my own thoughts about how things need to work and all of my own schedules and my own plans about19:47 timings and where and when and who, and I give it all to you and I'll repent of that, of jumping ahead of you and getting, I wanna get out of my own way because how many of us are just getting in our own way19:59 and jumping ahead of God? Because you, whatever God is showing you, ask him to reveal things to you and and and to strengthen you in the waiting, and to show20:11 you things in the waiting so that that you are prepared for what's coming your way. Sometimes even you think about people who are like, hit it, hit the jackpot, maybe the people who get the lottery, win the lottery, and20:23 then they're like broke in a year. You know, you have to be prepared for the things God wants you to have, whether it's a baby or a spouse or great finances or whatever it is. Because20:35 if you're not, the devil could just cause that to just be such a huge wrecking ball in your life. If you if God's not prepared you ahead of time, and that's what we can do20:46 in the waiting is ask him to prepare you for what you're asking for, what you want, and he'll do that.20:53 And I think about, like, all the character that is built while you're waiting. I I think about the lady there's a lady in the New Testament and she's called in the New Testament21:05 the lady with the issue of blood. And for 12 years, she had some type of blood bleeding disorder. And if if that were to happen,21:17 now it wouldn't be as it would be terrible, but maybe not as big a deal as then because she was considered unclean. And so for 12 years, can you21:29 imagine that would make you isolated? She had spent all of her wealth. Apparently she had wealth and you know, she had no health. And so she was like on21:41 her last on the edge, you know, her at her wits end. I mean think of whatever expression, and think about what she might have gone through during21:52 that time, and she heard Jesus was in town. And and and Jesus is always in town now because he lives on the inside of you if you've asked him into your22:04 heart. And so you can call upon the name of Jesus and He will answer you now. But at that time He was in town, and she decided she was going to risk it. She went out22:16 and she touched Him with purpose. She touched Jesus as she touched the hem of His garment. And Jesus stopped everything. He was in a crowd and He said I felt22:28 someone touch me with purpose. He felt his healing virtue leave. Something happened and that woman was healed from the crown of her22:39 head to the soles of her feet. Jesus can still do it even if you've been in this for 12 years, for 25 years, God doesn't care about time. He's22:51 no respecter of time. He is he can get in and intervene at any moment if you will reach out and touch the hem of his garment. Wait upon23:03 the Lord. Call upon the Lord. And and it doesn't matter how much time it has passed, God can intervene still.23:11 Yeah. And the Bible says, you know, to speak things and and to say things that aren't as though they are. And so in the waiting, you can say, I thank you that that you're giving me a wonderful23:22 Christian spouse, and I thank you that that we have a wonderful baby on the way. And I thank you for that job that is gonna be so much better than we could ask or think. No matter what we kind of23:34 think job we should have, I thank you that you have such a great position planned for me. And and that I thank you that you have a great house picked out for me, Lord. Like, you can just start speaking things and saying23:45 those, and don't stop saying those. And when you're tempted to complain, because when you complain, you remain. And so sometimes if the if you're doing a lot of complaining, you might be23:57 stuck there waiting because God's waiting for you to change your speech, change your attitude, and to just get in in the word of God and decide that I'm gonna speak things no matter what it24:09 looks like. It doesn't matter what it looks like, because you can be sitting there thinking nothing's happening and God is doing so much behind the scenes, but he's waiting on you to to to stop negating24:20 the prayers. You might pray for these things and then you're going and speaking the problem instead of the promise. So so just be continually, let it just never leave you that you're24:32 continually saying, thank you, Father God. No matter what this looks like right now, no matter what the bad news is of the day, I thank you that good is coming. I thank you that this just wasn't part of the plan because24:42 your plan's so much better. You start speaking, encourage yourself in the word. And so with that we're gonna pray. Michelle you wanna pray?24:49 Yes. And you know the Bible says encourage yourself in your most holy faith. Yes. And so this is this is our faith. We are not people without hope. Yep. We believe that if we will wait on the25:01 Lord, he will give us a breakthrough. And that's what we want to pray for you today is a a God sized breakthrough. So father, in the name of Jesus, we call upon25:13 you for a breakthrough. We call upon you, lord, for those who have been waiting for healing, some for years. We ask you, god, for those who have just heard bad news. Lord, we ask25:24 you for those who lord have been crying out to you on behalf of of their children for years, on behalf of their family members for years, god. We call25:36 upon you. We ask you, God, that you would heal, that you would save, that you would fill with the Holy Spirit. For those who have been waiting on you to do a25:48 miracle in their families, whatever that is, For those who are waiting for a new job, we pray for open doors. We call upon you right now that we will have testimonies26:00 of breakthroughs in the name of Jesus. God we cry to you now and we ask you God whatever it is if I haven't called it out that God that you would perfect every26:12 single thing that concerns every single person listening or watching right now and give them a breakthrough. Jesus we pray. Amen. Amen.26:20 Well, thank you so much for watching our broadcast today. Stay tuned. You're gonna wanna hear this great, great word from Daryl Youngblood. We love you. God bless you.26:32 Why do atheists care so much about Christians anyway? Well, they tell you this. Religion is bad. It's the cause of most wars. But again, evidence shows differently. It shows26:44 that out of 1763 documented wars, only a hundred and 23 were due to religion. That's between 6 and 7 percent. 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