Resultados para "Waiting" en Religión y espiritualidad

Xochitl Dixon understands the weariness of waiting. Through daily struggles with chronic pain and limited mobility, Xochitl doesn't sugarcoat her reality but shares what she and others have learned in their times of waiting for relief. In 31 devotional readings, she guides you through biblical truth and Scripture-based prayer to reclaim your peace and joy, confident that God has not forgotten you.

In the summer of 1928, sixteen-year-old Minka was looking forward to a sewing class picnic. This would be a rare chance to put aside farm chores, don a pretty dress, and enjoy an outing with other girls. It would be a day to remember. And it was - but not in the way Minka had dreamed. Cornered by a stranger in the woods, the young girl was assaulted. Minka still believed that the stork brought babies; she would not discover for months that she was pregnant.

Waiting for the Thaw is an inspirational story of one woman’s journey through the darkest depths of loss and her eventual ascension back to a life rich with fulfillment. Patricia Ann’s wonderfully descriptive retelling of her life’s story is absolutely captivating. Pulling the listener in immediately, she describes meeting her future husband, Don, in the most humorous and unexpected way. Then, suddenly, the lights of a young life go dark. Don’s unexpected death is a crushing blow to Patricia and her family.

This collection of prayers by noted Hebrew Bible scholar Walter Brueggemann can be used in both public worship and private devotion. These prayers run the gamut from particular days in the church year to special moments in the lives of worshiping communities to events playing out on the world stage. In all cases, the prayers show us how God accompanies us through all the moments and stages of our life, bringing us the joys of life even amid a broken and hurting world and especially offering a joyous calling in Christ to serve that world.

Too little time is given to waiting on the Lord at our conventions and assemblies, and in our private devotions. Isn’t he willing to make things right in his own divine way? Has the life of God’s people reached the utmost limit of what he is willing to do for them? Surely not...We must give the Lord time and place to show us what he could do and what he will do. The Lord has new developments and new resources. He can do new things, unheard-of things, and hidden things. Let us enlarge our hearts and not limit him.

Learning to wait, learning to have patience, and learning to trust are all skills known to be exceedingly valuable and helpful in every aspect of life, yet they are also well known for being some of the most difficult traits to practice and even harder to master. Waiting on God discusses the importance of these practices to develop a healthy and fruitful spiritual life and relationship with God. Divided into 31 chapters, this resource is perfect for a month of dedicated, daily improvement in praying to and waiting on a loving God who fulfills every promise.

This volume includes: "When God Doesn't Listen" by Francis Chan; "Submission through Prayer" by James MacDonald; "Waiting On God" by John Ortberg: and "Why We Shouldn't Give Up On Prayer" by Bill Hybels.

Throughout our lives, we experience countless periods of waiting. Some moments are mere nuisances—others are daunting seasons filled with intense worry and doubt. We grow impatient by immovable traffic or crave an impending answer to a medical condition. Whatever our current circumstances, our innate response is to take action rather than stay still. In Waiting Isn't a Waste, author Mark Vroegop calls believers to resist the human urge for control and lean on Christ for comfort while we wait for the uncertainties of life to unfold.

Experiencing a health scare, getting a frightening diagnosis, or receiving unfavorable test results can lead you to feel so stuck and alone. Yet you are anything but that. You may wonder how to keep the faith when hit with an unexpected diagnosis. How do you stay afloat when the waves of fear and despair come crashing into your life? How do you find the strength and courage you need to face the day ahead when hope feels lost? This message is for you if you have ever wondered or related to these questions.

Suddenly all alone in 1894 Kansas, Summer Steadman can't find the employment she needs to settle near the fresh graves of her husband and four children. Bitter against the Lord and refusing to eat, she collapses in despair. Remembering his own painful loss, godly widower Peter Ollenbuger offers her food and shelter for tutoring his 10-year-old son.

These 31 devotionals have the power to transform your prayer life in just one month. Andrew Murray, a 19th-century South African missionary, penned this collection of Christian meditations to guide believers into a closer relationship with God. How often are our prayers concerned primarily with ourselves? Murray asks. He encourages listeners to shift the focus to patient meditation on God and then wait to see what this awareness will bring.

After 37 years of captivity (Jeremiah 52: 31-34)... I was released. I put off my prison garments... for kingly garments. This was the revelation the Holy Spirit gave me from King Jehoiachin's story in the Book of Jeremiah... where the King of Babylon: released him from prison, spoke kindly to him, gave him a seat above all the other kings with him in Babylon, and gave him a daily allowance for all his needs until his death. I felt the Holy Spirit say… "That is you... Now what?... Everything is covered... What do you want to do?

We’re all waiting for something. It might be a spouse or a baby. It might be healing or a home. Regardless of what we're waiting for, it’s easy to feel discontent when things aren’t going as planned and our dreams are delayed—especially when questions of “Why?” and “How long?” remain unanswered.

We're all waiting for something. It might be a spouse or a baby. It might be healing or a home. Regardless of what we're waiting for, it's easy to feel discontent when things aren't going as planned and our dreams are delayed—especially when questions of "Why?" and "How long?" remain unanswered. God uses seasons of waiting to teach us patience and make us more like himself. But sanctification is not the only purpose God has in mind. When we wait faithfully with unmet longings, we become a powerful picture of the bride of Christ waiting for the day when he returns and God's kingdom reigns.

In our modern world we give little thought to our lifestyle, how we live our daily lives, or the thought patterns that govern our minds and our hearts as we go about our days. How often do we check in on our attitudes? How often do we take a good hard look at our inner world and see if our thoughts and attitudes are lining up with what pleases God? This book is an exploration of a Lifestyle of Waiting on God. It is an exploration on how to foster and grow in that Lifestyle of Waiting on God.

Waiting is a vital part of our stories, and what we do with our times of waiting matter. Life isn't about navigating around seasons of waiting. It is learning to embrace them. In Now Waiting, Sarah will explain how you can remain confident in the goodness of God when your season of waiting leaves you feeling discouraged, frustrated, and left out of God's plan; embrace seasons of waiting as a time to thrive, not just to endure; and find hope in the promises of God for today and tomorrow, even when things aren't going the way you planned.

Life is filled with a purpose. We can view this concept from many facets. Every individual has a purpose to fulfill in every aspect, molded by your identity. The outcome depends on your ability to understand the process. In The Power of Waiting, T.K.Ware and LaTasha Ware, along with a host of others, share insight from a perspective of faith.

In this heartfelt and hope-filled sequel to Finding My Place, Allie returns not with all the answers, but with something far more powerful: peace. The kind of peace that doesn't come from getting what you want—but from becoming who God always intended. After losing her job and watching her carefully planned future unravel, Allie finds herself in a long season of stillness. But in the silence, she begins to hear God more clearly. Through everyday moments, deep spiritual wrestling, and slow transformation, she learns that waiting well isn’t about passivity. It’s about trust. It’s about becoming.

Your call to love those who don’t know Jesus does not mean you need to save them. Through real-life guidance and encouragement, Peace in the Waiting helps us navigate the grief, confusion, and urgency we feel for loved ones who have rejected or wandered away from God.

Most of us know what it's like to wait for God to change our circumstances. But whether we're waiting for physical healing, an emotional breakthrough, or better relationships, waiting is something we usually try to avoid. Why? Because waiting is painful and hard. The truth is it's also inevitable. In Still Waiting, Ann Swindell explores the depths of why God wants us to wait by chronicling her own compelling story of waiting for healing from an incurable condition.