Waiting on the Holy Spirit

1. Waiting on the Holy Spirit Acts 1:11-26

2. Waiting: ”to stay where one is or to delay action until a particular time or event, to remain in readiness for a purpose” cannot wait: “used to indicate that one is eagerly impatient to do something”

3. 1. Already the Promise of Something • Instructions • Assurance of what was to come

4. 2. Change of Perspective & Posture • They returned to Jerusalem • (Acts 1:12) • They had to change where they were looking

5. 3. Active Responses • Gathering • Fasting • Praying • Engaging in the process

6. 4. Change in Thinking & Living • No longer relying on old patterns • Reliance on the Holy Spirit

7. Engage • Is there anything we are currently waiting for? • What things are we asking God? • Are there things where, like the disciples, life has not looked how we expected it would?

8. Engage • What do you feel was the last thing God told you to do? • Do you need to remain rooted, to rest and to remember His promises?

9. Waiting: ”to stay where one is or to delay action until a particular time or event, to remain in readiness for a purpose” cannot wait: “used to indicate that one is eagerly impatient to do something”

10. Engage • Is there anything we are currently waiting for? • What things are we asking God? • Are there things where, like the disciples, life has not looked how we expected it would?

11. Engage • What do you feel was the last thing God told you to do? • Do you need to remain rooted, to rest and to remember His promises?

12. Waiting: ”to stay where one is or to delay action until a particular time or event, to remain in readiness for a purpose” cannot wait: “used to indicate that one is eagerly impatient to do something”