(Luke 24:49 NLT) “And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven.” (Acts 1:4-5 NLT) Once when he was eating with them, he commanded them, “Do not leave Jerusalem until the Father sends you the gift he promised, as I told you before. John baptized with water, but in just a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” IN TIMES OF WAITING Your can get . (Psalm 13:1 NLT) How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? (Proverbs 18:1 ESV) Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment. Your can get . (Psalm 13:2 NIV) How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? (Psalm 6:6 NIV) I am worn out from my groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. Your can get . (Psalm 6:7 NIV) My eyes grow weak with sorrow… (Psalm 31:9 NIV) Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and body with grief. Your can get . (Lamentations 3:18 NLT) “My splendor is gone! Everything I had hoped for from the Lord is lost!” (Daniel 10:17 NLT) How can someone like me, your servant, talk to you, my lord? My strength is gone, and I can hardly breathe.” Make Waiting Worth It 1. others into your life. (1 Corinthians 12:24-27 NIV) …God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. (Hebrews 10:24-25a NLT) Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another… 2. God to fight depression. (Luke 24:52-53 NIV) Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God. (Psalm 121:1-2 NIV) I lift up my eyes to the mountains—where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. 3. for what God doing. (John 5:17 NIV) Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.” (Philippians 2:13 NIV) … it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. 4. through the valley. (Psalm 23:4 ESV) Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me… (Matthew 28:20 NIV) I am with you always, to the very end of the age. What is God saying to me in this message?