Waiting for God
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🗓️ 19 March 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, James 1.4. |
| 0:07.0 | Welcome to today's encouragement from our daily bread. |
| 0:12.0 | Waiting for God was written by Leslie Coe and read by Stephen Tabor. |
| 0:19.0 | James chapter 1 verses 2 through 8 and read by Stephen Tabor. |
| 0:24.2 | James Chapter 1, verses 2 through 8. |
| 0:31.2 | Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, |
| 0:36.0 | because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. |
| 0:40.1 | Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, |
| 0:46.7 | who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. But when you ask, |
| 0:52.8 | you must believe and not doubt, because the one |
| 0:56.1 | who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That person should not |
| 1:02.6 | expect to receive anything from the Lord. Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do. |
| 1:11.6 | Waiting for God, written by Leslie Coe. |
| 1:16.6 | Joseph combed the job listings frustratedly. |
| 1:20.6 | Previous jobs as a waiter had paid well, but regular weekend shifts, typical of the restaurant industry, |
| 1:26.6 | made it hard for him as a new believer |
| 1:28.7 | in Jesus to attend church regularly. |
| 1:31.6 | Why doesn't God answer my prayer, he lamented, wouldn't he want me to attend church? |
| 1:37.3 | It took a year before Joseph saw that he had to adjust his expectations and try a different |
| 1:43.2 | industry where he finally found a job with regular weekday shifts. |
| 1:48.2 | Thanking God, he realized how the long wait had made him more mature in making decisions. |
| 1:54.7 | This job change process had also taught Joseph what it means to persevere in life, |
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