Wait on the Lord
The text emphasizes the importance of waiting with expectancy in spiritual life, highlighting how true waiting fosters growth, awareness, and connection to both the past and future.
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“Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him” (Ps. 37:7). “Wait for the Lord; be strong and let your heart take courage; yes, wait for the Lord” (Ps. 27:14). “I wait for the Lord, my soul does wait, and in His word do I hope” (Ps. 130:5). “Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall
... See moreStephen Kendrick • The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies
Hope is one of the Theological virtues. This means that a continual looking forward to the eternal world is not (as some modern people think) a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do.
C. S. Lewis • Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis Signature Classics)
Lean into God, trusting that being with him in silence will loosen your rootedness in the world and plant you by streams of living water. It can form your life even if it doesn’t solve your life. The anonymous author of The Way of the Pilgrim wrote, “I need peace and silence to give free play to this quickening flame of prayer.” Let the silence lea
... See moreAdele Ahlberg Calhoun • Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform Us (Transforming Resources)
To wait for something is to value it, to want it, to yearn for it, but to face its absence, its attainment forestalled by time and circumstance. All true waiting — which is different from abstinence, delayed gratification, and other forms of self-discipline — has an element of helplessness to it and is therefore training ground for mastering the vi... See more
Maria Popova • The Marginalian
In dealing with all this, and so much more, blessed the man who learns the lesson of stillness, and fully accepts God's word: "In quietness and confidence shall be your strength." Each time he listens to the word of the Father, or asks the Father to listen to his words, he dares not begin his Bible reading or prayer without first pausing
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