When God Hang Up Research Paper
IF GOD PUTS YOU ON HOLD-DON’T HANG UP
A. INTRODUCTION
1. There is a bumper sticker, “If God puts you on hold—Don’t hang up.”
2. Survey:
a. How many have ever been put on hold?
b. How many have ever gotten mad when you were on hold?
c. How many have hung up?
3. This sermon is about what to do when God puts you on hold.
B. PEOPLE WHO WERE PUT ON HOLD
1. Moses was on hold for forty years on the backside of the desert, before God spoke at the burning bush.
2. David was chased by Saul for sixteen years in the wilderness, before he was crowned King of Judah.
3. Jesus let Lazarus die, then waited before showing up at the cemetery. He kept Mary and Martha waiting four days.
C. SOME PEOPLE GET THROUGH IMMEDIATELY …show more content…
I ate no pleasant bread, neither came meat nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled” (Daniel …show more content…
“Fear not, Daniel; for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words, but the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days; . . . now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days” (Daniel 10:12-14).
E. WHAT TO DO WHEN GOD HAS YOU ON HOLD
1. Hang in there…don’t hang up. Too often we are impatient when a business puts us on hold, we just hang up. Remember the words of Scripture, “Faithful is He that calleth you who also will do it” (I Thess. 5:24).
2. Find out why you are on hold. God may have you on hold for one of the above reasons. Check them out thoroughly.
3. Last orders are standing orders. Even though we don’t like it, a computer that has us on hold will eventually get to us. We may not like computers, but they are not imperfect like people nor do they get frustrated like people. If God has you on hold, wait patiently for what He has for you.
4. Know what happens when you take your eyes off God. There is usually a 4-step down from fellowship with God.
(1) First doubt causes us to look away from God.
(2) Did we get discouraged with God?
(3) We deny what God has done in the past.
(4) We turn away from
A. INTRODUCTION
1. There is a bumper sticker, “If God puts you on hold—Don’t hang up.”
2. Survey:
a. How many have ever been put on hold?
b. How many have ever gotten mad when you were on hold?
c. How many have hung up?
3. This sermon is about what to do when God puts you on hold.
B. PEOPLE WHO WERE PUT ON HOLD
1. Moses was on hold for forty years on the backside of the desert, before God spoke at the burning bush.
2. David was chased by Saul for sixteen years in the wilderness, before he was crowned King of Judah.
3. Jesus let Lazarus die, then waited before showing up at the cemetery. He kept Mary and Martha waiting four days.
C. SOME PEOPLE GET THROUGH IMMEDIATELY …show more content…
I ate no pleasant bread, neither came meat nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled” (Daniel …show more content…
“Fear not, Daniel; for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words, but the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days; . . . now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days” (Daniel 10:12-14).
E. WHAT TO DO WHEN GOD HAS YOU ON HOLD
1. Hang in there…don’t hang up. Too often we are impatient when a business puts us on hold, we just hang up. Remember the words of Scripture, “Faithful is He that calleth you who also will do it” (I Thess. 5:24).
2. Find out why you are on hold. God may have you on hold for one of the above reasons. Check them out thoroughly.
3. Last orders are standing orders. Even though we don’t like it, a computer that has us on hold will eventually get to us. We may not like computers, but they are not imperfect like people nor do they get frustrated like people. If God has you on hold, wait patiently for what He has for you.
4. Know what happens when you take your eyes off God. There is usually a 4-step down from fellowship with God.
(1) First doubt causes us to look away from God.
(2) Did we get discouraged with God?
(3) We deny what God has done in the past.
(4) We turn away from