Test of Time | Herbert Cooper - Audio

James 1:2-4 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,  3  because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.  4  Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. (NIV) <br><br> Ecclesiastes 3:1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: (NIV) <br><br> Habakkuk 2:3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry. (NKJV) <br><br> Genesis 18:14   Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.” (NIV) <br><br> Genesis 16:1-2 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named <br><br> Hagar;  2  so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.” Abram agreed to what Sarai said. (NIV) <br><br> 4 Wise Ways To Wait <br><br> 1. Wait with trust <br><br> Psalm 37:4–5 Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you your heart’s desires. 5  Commit everything you do to the LORD. Trust him, and he will help you. (NLT) <br><br> Proverbs 3:5–7   Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6  in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.  7  Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. (NIV) <br><br> 2. Wait with a quiet soul <br><br> Psalm 37:7–9 Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act. Don’t worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes. 8  Stop being angry! Turn from your rage! Do not lose your temper— it only leads to harm. 9  For the wicked will be destroyed, but those who trust in the LORD will possess the land. (NLT) <br><br> 1. Be still verses being restless <br><br> 2. Be still verses worrying about others <br><br> Luke 12:25–26 Who of