PASSOVER TO PENTECOST #5
Waiting For the Promise
WVFC May 15, 2022 #2022-020
 
Scripture: Luke 24:49, Acts 1:4, 12-13, Luke 24:52, 53, Acts 2:46, 1:14, Luke 3:21, 22, Acts 4:31, Hebrews 11:1, Romans 8:24, 25, Lamentations 3:26, Acts 2:1, 2.
 
The disciples waited in the Temple and in the house.
 
Wait on God in relationship.
 
Acts 7:55–60 | Stephen prayed as he was being stoned.
Acts 8:14–17 | Peter prayed for the Samaritans to receive the Holy Spirit.
Acts 9:11 | Saul of Tarsus prayed after his conversion.
Acts 9:36–43 | Peter prayed before he raised Dorcas from the dead.
Acts 10:1–4 | Cornelius prayed that God would show him how to be saved.
Acts 10:9 | Peter prayed, and God told him to answer Cornelius’s prayers.
Acts 12:1–11 | The believers prayed for Peter when he was in prison.
Acts 13:1–3 | They fasted and prayed before sending out Barnabas and Paul.
Acts 16:13–14 | They were praying, and God opened Lydia’s heart.
Acts 16:16–18 | On the way to prayer, Paul cast a demon out of a girl.
Acts 16:25 | Paul and Silas were praying, and God opened the prison doors.
Acts 20:36; 21:5 | Paul prayed for his friends before leaving them.
Acts 27:35 | During a storm, Paul prayed for God’s blessing.
Acts 28:8 | After the storm, he prayed that God would heal a sick man.
 
The farther we get from prayer, the farther we get from receiving the promise that we are waiting for.
 
Wait on God in prayer.
 
Sometimes God makes us wait because He is God.
 
God is building our relationship with Him as our faith in Him grows.
 
Wait on God in hope.
 
The reason why God made the disciples wait 10 day is so that they would go deeper with Him in prayer, so that when the Holy Spirit came, they would be able to trust Him.