Welcome to the InTouch Podcast with Charles Stanley for Thursday, January 26th.

Nobody likes to wait, but impatience can make a mess that's not easily corrected.

Today's message challenges you to wait on God's timing to reach His goals that are truly

satisfying.

The principle of waiting is a very, very vital aspect and a very extremely vital principle

in the whole Christian life.

Because until you and I learn to wait upon the Lord, we'll never be able to walk in

obedience to Him.

It's going to affect your prayer life.

In fact, until you learn the principle of waiting, it's going to affect every single

aspect of your Christian life.

And I think one of the primary reasons that so many people are sort of dissatisfied and

don't have the peace, don't have the assurance and confidence and security that they could

have is because this is one of those principles they've never learned.

Now, they've heard about it.

Many Christians have heard about waiting upon the Lord, but what in the world does it mean?

Well, that's what I want to talk about in this message entitled the Grace to Wait.

It takes grace to wait.

It takes God's help some time, oftentimes, to enable us to wait in difficult circumstances

and especially when you and I have made a very strong request to Him.

When we have a deep yearning desire of our heart for something we want God to do, and

it looks like that God's not even paying any attention whatsoever, but remember this,

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