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If you have your Bible, I'll invite you to flip with me to the next book of the New Testament, Romans, verse 18.

And if you're taking notes, I want to share with you briefly five reminders that our souls need in seasons of waiting.

As I reflect on these three and a half years of waiting in my life. And I say briefly because any one of these reminders could be a standalone sermon easy.

And as I mentioned, this will be a bit unique because all five of these reminders don't even come directly from this passage in Romans 8, though they're summarized here and they definitely come straight from God's word.

In ways that I've seen and studied over the last three and a half years, I would recommend a book that has been a constant companion to me over the last three and a half years by Andrew Murray called Waiting on God.

It's a short, simple, but it's not intended to even be rad just in a setting or sitting like it's intended to be just walk through slowly every chapter just picks.

It's just a couple pages chapter picks a place in the Bible that talks about waiting and just meditates on it, it's been super helpful for me pointing me to God's word.

That leads to Romans 8, 18 to 30. And I want to read this passage and I'll have it up here on the screen as well. And I want you to notice three times when this passage mentions waiting.

So maybe in your Bible, you might circle it or just make a note every time you see, wait.

So Romans chapter 8 verse 18, this is God's word.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory to be revealed to us.

For the creation waits with the e you're longing for the revealing of the sons of God.

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it.

In hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bodice to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.

Not only the creation, but we ourselves who have the first fruits of the spirit grown inwardly as we wait.

Eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

For in this hope we were saved.

Now hope that a scene is not hope for who hopes for what he sees.

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

Likewise, the spirit helps us in our weakness.

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