How do I know God is making me wait?

Typically, you will find yourself wavering and wobbling between your options. There will be no decision making for a long time. And if there are any decisions made, you'll still doubt if it was the right choice at all. This is a sign that God is calling you to a season of waiting, only on Him.

What does it mean if God makes you wait?

He's teaching you how to be patient

Next, God could be teaching you how to be patient. We often pray for patience and forget that the only way to become patient is by being patient. Patience is hard, I know that. But good things require patience.

What to do when God tells you to wait?

Often it is best simply to pray a short prayer, leaving the care with the Lord and then continuing with our business of the day, trusting God to do the work we cannot. Instruct yourself in the things of God. Spend time seeking God while you are waiting.

What are signs of God trying to tell you something?

How to be patient when God makes you wait?

The number one way to find more patience in the wait is to pray. Pray and then pray some more. Go to God in prayer first and let prayer be your rock and your guide. Pray for patience and fortitude through the waiting season.

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When God delays your plans?

Perhaps God's delay is His way of redirecting you. His delay may be His way of telling you that you need to seek His will in this matter. You may be praying in one direction but He wants you to pray in a different direction. This may be a gentle way of saying “No” to your request.

How do you know when God wants you to move?

If you are stagnant and not being used in ministry where you are at, God may be using this fruitlessness as a sign that it's time to move. If you want to know where God is calling you to go, ask, “Where am I needed the most?” Sometimes you are needed right where you are. And sometimes you will be needed somewhere new.

How do you hear what God is telling you?

Finally, and simply, to hear God's voice, ask God to speak. Say, “Speak Lord, for your servant is listening.” Contrary to what most people think, God wants to speak to us and God is speaking to us all the time. We are simply deaf to what God is saying or not paying attention.

How do you know when God has put something in your heart?

5) He will give you vision for it. Proverbs 29:18 says, “Where there is no vision, the people perish…” If God places a desire in your heart then it's a part of his plan, which means he has plans for it. Pray and ask God for those plans.

What type of signs does God give?

What does waiting mean spiritually?

To wait is to be open to experiencing the holy moments around you: to experience feelings emanating from another person; to hear words in a broader context; or to experience God's presence through others.

What does God want us to do while we wait?

God wants us to know that waiting is far from a passive activity in which we do nothing. In fact, Scripture teaches us that God wants us to actively participate in the work he desires to accomplish. Waiting strategically can cultivate good fruit in in our lives such as patience, perseverance, and endurance.

What does God teach us about waiting?

It means to trust, hope, expect. The same word is used in Psalm 27:14, “Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!” Just because you were hoping, trusting, and expecting last year or 20 years ago, does not mean you are today.

What does God promise to those who wait?

As you are waiting on God to strengthen you, remember the words of the prophet Isaiah in Chapter 40, verse 31, “But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” (Isaiah 40:31 NKJV).

How do I know my breakthrough is coming?

Another sign indicating an upcoming spiritual breakthrough is feeling as though your prayers are going unheard lately. You may feel that God is silent and not listening to your prayers, no matter how hard you try. He may be actually testing your faith and patience before blessing you.

Can God speak to you through your thoughts?

Additionally, He speaks to us through His Holy Spirit and through dreams, visions and our thoughts. Further, God will use events and circumstances to speak with us. More often than not, God uses the people He has placed in our lives to speak to us.

What does it feel like when God speaks to you?

So the way that God speaks is different for everyone, but a lot of the times it's a still small whisper, it's a gut feeling, you just know in your knower. For some people it's a thought that just rushes in and it's nowhere close to what you had been thinking about. Sometimes it's a dream.

What stops God from hearing our prayers?

Can God hear my prayers in my head?

The simple answer is yes, God hears your prayers. An ever-present, all-knowing God will hear every word from your mouth, thought in your mind and whisper of your heart. But there are some things that might affect whether He answers.

What does God's voice sound like?

The Bible more often portrays God's voice as sounding ordinary and meek than as booming and thunderous.

How do you know if God is closing a door?

Will God tell you not to pray for someone?

The only time God would tell someone to stop praying is if they were substituting prayer for obedience. In short – prayer should never be used as a delay factor for Faith Action.

Why does God keep delaying me?

“God delays because we ask him for the wrong reasons,” says Mackenzie, 11. Our own lusts or selfish desires drive us into temptation. Many of God's delays are simply unanswered prayers from either immature Christians or carnal Christians who are filled with themselves instead of God's Holy Spirit.

How do I know if my plans are from God?

A way to know that you are following God's plan for your life is by being in prayer. Take time each day to devote yourself to the Lord and the plans He has for your life. If you are giving each area of your life to God, then He will bless it and be able to work through it abundantly.

What are the spiritual causes of delay?

Ignorance, negative thoughts and beliefs of delay and lateness, procrastination, habitual lateness, negative confessions can postpone your breakthrough. Ignoring biblical principles, disobedience to divine instruction, redeem vows, disrespect to spiritual authority, prayerlessness, etc.