2/24 Life Group

I Will Wait for You (Psalm 130)
by Shane & Shane
 
Verse 1
Out of the depths I cry to You
In darkest places I will call
Incline Your ear to me anew
And hear my cry for mercy Lord
 
Verse 2
Were You to count my sinful ways
How could I come before Your throne
Yet full forgiveness meets my gaze
I stand redeemed by grace alone
 
         I will wait for You, I will wait for You
         On Your word I will rely
         I will wait for You, surely wait for You
         'Til my soul is satisfied
 
Verse 3
So put Your hope in God alone
Take courage in His power to save
Completely and forever won
By Christ emerging from the grave
 
Verse 4
Now He has come to make a way
And God Himself has paid the price
That all who trust in Him today
Find healing in His sacrifice
That all who trust in Him today
Find healing in His sacrifice
 
         I will wait for You, I will wait for You
         Through the storm and through the night
         I will wait for You, surely wait for You
         For Your love is my delight
 
Wait on You
by Elevation Worship & Maverick City
 
Verse 1
I don’t believe in fairy tales
I guess I’ve outgrown them
But that doesn’t mean I don’t believe that there’s
something bigger than me
Cause I’ve seen it in a hospital room
When the doctors said,
“Sorry there’s nothing more we can do”
Well it wasn’t through
 
Verse 2
I’ve never seen a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow
But I’ve got a promise I can hold in the middle of
the struggle
God if you said it You’ll perform it
May not be how I want You to
But here’s what I’ll do
 
I’m gonna wait on You
I’m gonna wait on You
I’ve tasted Your goodness
I’ll trust in Your promise
I’m gonna wait on You
 
Verse 3
I know You’ve ordered every step
Yeah, You are the Author
And there’s no predicting what is next
But You hold the future
And all the questions they come second to the
one I know is true
You’ve always been true
 
          Wait on the Lord
          Wait on the Lord
          He will renew your strength
          So wait I say
 
                 They that wait on the Lord
                 Shall renew their strength
                 They shall mount up, up on wings
                 Like an eagle, and soar
                 They shall walk, and not get weary
                 They shall run, and not faint
                 That's what happens when you wait…
                 You’ll get a little stronger…
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​Life-Sharing

1. What has God been teaching you through the message “Blessed are those who Wait for the LORD” from ISAIAH 30:18-33 last week? Read the text once more and discern what the holy Spirit is desiring to say through it.

 
          18 Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him. 19 For a people shall dwell in Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon as he hears it, he answers you. 20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself anymore, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. 21 And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. 22 Then you will defile your carved idols overlaid with silver and your gold-plated metal images. You will scatter them as unclean things. You will say to them, “Be gone!”
 
          23 And he will give rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. In that day your livestock will graze in large pastures, 24 and the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork. 25 And on every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be brooks running with water, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. 26 Moreover, the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day when the Lord binds up the brokenness of his people, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.
 
          27 Behold, the name of the Lord comes from afar, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke; his lips are full of fury, and his tongue is like a devouring fire; 28 his breath is like an overflowing stream that reaches up to the neck; to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction, and to place on the jaws of the peoples a bridle that leads astray. 29 You shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept, and gladness of heart, as when one sets out to the sound of the flute to go to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel. 30 And the Lord will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst and storm and hailstones. 31 The Assyrians will be terror-stricken at the voice of the Lord, when he strikes with his rod. 32 And every stroke of the appointed staff that the Lord lays on them will be to the sound of tambourines and lyres. Battling with brandished arm, he will fight with them. 33 For a burning place has long been prepared; indeed, for the king it is made ready, its pyre made deep and wide, with fire and wood in abundance; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.
 

1. [v.18-22] Why was the LORD waiting? Why are His people called to wait? What results from waiting for the grace of God?

 

1. What are some signs that you are not waiting upon the LORD in every season of life?
2. [v.23-26] What were both the external and internal blessings of waiting on the LORD?
3. How has God acted on your behalf with the blessing of binding up wounds and healing brokenness (v.26) when you waited upon the LORD?
4. [v.27-33] Although God’s people had to wait in the midst of suffering and judgment surrounding them, what did the LORD bring to their hearts (v.29)?
5. The LORD may call us to wait in difficult times, yet how does He bring gladness of heart over anxiety in heart to show you His glorious work?
6. The central truth of this word was - If you want to know the grace, mercy, and justice of God, you must learn to wait. It is not your present time, but all time under every season belonging to Him, who acts on behalf of you. So wait as much as Jesus waits daily to heal and make glad your heart for Him! *How do you need to wait on the LORD right now, and how is the LORD waiting on you?
7. *What stood out the most to you through these words of the LORD?
8. *How has your walk with the LORD been this past week? What areas of spiritual health have been nourished? What areas are still in need of growth that we can treat together with the Word and Spirit?

Life-Praying

1. What requests of prayer are still left unanswered, where God has said “no” or “wait”?
2. What requests of prayer have been answered by God, where we can give praise to Him?
3. Read the following Scriptures about prayer. Take a moment to invite the Holy Spirit to fill you, and pray for one another.

 
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-18)
 
…do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7)