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“One reason many people never see God working in their lives is because they never hang in long enough for God to show his power.”
― Wayne Stiles, Waiting on God: What to Do When God Does Nothing

“Our greatest need from God isn’t for Him to change our circumstances but for Him to use our circumstances to change us.”
― Wayne Stiles, Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus: A Journey Through the Lands and Lessons of Christ

“Waiting is a very active part of living. Waiting on God, if we do it correctly, is anything but passive. Waiting works its way out in very deliberate actions, very intentionally searching the Scriptures and praying, intense moments of humility, and self-realization of our finiteness. With the waiting comes learning. I can’t think of much I’ve learned that’s positive from the times I’ve plowed ahead without waiting on God.”
― Wayne Stiles, Waiting on God: What to Do When God Does Nothing

“Problems never just go away or take care of themselves, especially when God allows them in order to shape our character. God will patiently wait and allow the circumstances to compel us to do what we should have done at the beginning: surrender all control to God.”
― Wayne Stiles, Going Places With God: A Devotional Journey Through the Lands of the Bible

“Sometimes when our faith is too weak to trust God, He puts us in a place where our weakness forces us to surrender. Not to trust, but to surrender. Surrender then lays the groundwork for trust, because God always shows Himself faithful.”
― Wayne Stiles, Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus: A Journey Through the Lands and Lessons of Christ

“We must remember in our struggles that our duty lies outside of trying to understand God’s plan. He never asks that of us. Instead, He wants to see our trust in Him, through simple daily obedience, even in a land of affliction and confusion.”
― Wayne Stiles, Going Places With God: A Devotional Journey Through the Lands of the Bible

“The Lord was with Joseph, and Joseph remained forgotten for two years. Both were equally true.”
― Wayne Stiles, Waiting on God: What to Do When God Does Nothing

“God seldom gives us all we need in order to understand, but He always gives us all we need to obey.”
― Wayne Stiles, Going Places With God: A Devotional Journey Through the Lands of the Bible

“Our brief, little life here on Earth represents the only time in all of eternity when we can glorify God in the midst of struggle.”
― Wayne Stiles, Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus: A Journey Through the Lands and Lessons of Christ

“He seldom gives us all we need in order to understand, but He always gives us all we need to obey.”
― Wayne Stiles, Going Places with God: A Devotional Journey Through the Lands of the Bible

“We want God to change situations. God wants to change us in them.”
― Wayne Stiles, Waiting on God: What to Do When God Does Nothing