Rest on His Promise
I Have Some Growing To Do
Sr. Pastor Jeffrey L. Johnson II
Part of Sunday Sermons
August 11, 2024

Genesis 15:1-4; Genesis 21:1-3 NASB

  1. After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great.”

  2. But Abram said, “Lord God, what will You give me, since I am childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

  3. Abram also said, “Since You have given me no son, one who has been born in my house is my heir.”

  4. Then behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.”

Genesis 21:1-3

  1. Then the Lord took note of Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as He had promised.

  2. So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.

  3. Abraham named his son who was born to him, the son whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

Empowerment Keys:

  • Promises are given with no expiration dates

  • Promises are given to breed

    • Expectation

      -Preparation

    • Patience Psalms 27:14 Wait on the LORD : Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD .

    • Hope

  • Stop trying to make sense of something that will never make sense

Isaiah 55:8-9 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD . For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

  • Resting on his promises requires

    • Trust

    • Time with God

    • Tuned Ears

  • God’s Promises are fool proof