Right now, I am single and I am waiting on God to write my love story. Sometimes, the waiting gets hard but in the process of praying for my husband and waiting to meet him, God has spoken to me through his word and through quotes.
I’m going to share with you just some of the scriptures/quotes that have touched my heart during my season of waiting. My prayer is that while you are waiting on whatever it is you need, these words will be of some encouragement for you.
25 Words of Encouragement
Scriptures/Quotes
- When the time is right, God will make it happen (Isaiah 60:22)
- Hope does not disappoint (Romans 5:5)
- Look and be amazed because God is doing something in your own day (your timing, no one else’s), something you wouldn’t believe even if someone told you about it (Habakkuk 1:5 paraphrase)
- When you see what God has in store, it will ease your mind and lift your heart; you will flourish like grass! (Isaiah 66:14)
- Now then, stand still and see this great thing the Lord is about to do before your eyes (1 Samuel 12:16)
- If we are faithless, he will remain faithful (1 Timothy 2:13)
- God will answer before you even call to him, while you are still talking about what you need, he will go ahead and answer your prayers (Isaiah 65:24 Paraphrase)
- In the right time, I the Lord, will make it happen (Isaiah 60:22)
- Call upon God in the day of trouble: he will deliver you and you will be able to glorify him (Psalm 50:15 Paraphrase)
- He Performs wonders that can’t be fathomed, miracles that can’t be counted (Job 5:9)
- For I know the plans I have for you says the Lord, plans to prosper and not to harm you, plans to give you a future and a hope (Jeremiah 29:11)
- Look, I will do a new thing and it will happen soon, do you not know it? (Isaiah 43:19)
- Blessed is she who believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her (Luke 1:45)
- The eyes of all look to God and he gives them what they need at just the right time (paraphrase of Psalm 145:15)
- The Lord is good to those who wait on him (Lamentations 3:25)
- And after you’ve suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you (1 Peter 5:10)
- God makes everything beautiful in its time (Ecclesiastes 3:11)
- Humble yourselves before God and at the right time he will lift you up (paraphrase of 1 Peter 5:6)
- No one who waits on God will be ashamed (paraphrase of Psalm 25:3)
- Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord! (Psalm 31:24)
- And we know that ALL THINGS (even waiting) work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose (Romans 8:28).
- God is not a man, that he should lie; neither is Jesus. They do not have to repent. God has said he will do it so he will do it. If he has spoken to you, won’t he make it good (Numbers 23:19 Paraphrase).
- God is the master artist painting the picture of your life, and he sees the whole canvas (Elisa Pulliam)
- My faith rests not in what I am, or what I shall be, or feel, or know, but in who Christ is, what he has done, and what he is doing for me (C.H. Spurgeon).
- If the Lord Jehovah makes us wait, let us do so without whole hearts; for blessed are all they who wait for him. He is worth waiting for. The waiting itself is beneficial to us: it tries faith, exercises patience, trains submission, and endears the blessing when it comes. The Lords people have always been a waiting people (Charles Spurgeon).
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Do you have some quotes, scriptures, or other things that inspire you in your moment of waiting? If so, please share them below. Thank you and God bless!
This is excellent! It surely speaks to me in my own season of waiting. I pinned and tweeted.
I thank God that this has spoken to you. I pray that the Lord will continue to minister to you as you wait patiently for him. Thank you so much for pinning and tweeting. God bless!