Worth the Wait
Jenny Wheeler
“So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory...
“You will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13 (CSB)
“... He has done everything well.” Mark 7:37a (CSB)
“Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.” Psalm 119:105 (NLT)
“Since my youth, God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds. Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation ...” Psalm 71:17-18 (NIV)
“There he came to a cave, where he spent the night. But the LORD said to him, ‘What are you doing here, Elijah?’” 1 Kings 19:9 (NLT)
“In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 (NIV)
“Samuel did what GOD told him.” 1 Samuel 16:4a (MSG)
“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.” Matthew 5:14 (NIV)
"Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there." Psalm 139:7-8 (NIV)
“Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.” 1 Peter 5:8 (ESV)
“So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory...
Heavenly Father, as we enter this second Sunday of Advent, kindle within us the flame of peace that only Your presence can bring. Prepare our hearts to receive Christ with stillness and trust, even...
“This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.” 1 John 4:9 (NIV)
“We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.” Hebrews 2:1 (NIV)