IMPACT Recap

In Due Time

January 30, 2023 · 0:40:32

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Recap

Guest Speaker Tyshawn Roland opened by honoring Impact Church, its pastors, and his own family. He shared a personal story of loss and the founding of a non-profit to help families affected by mass shootings, emphasizing God's ability to bring good from tragedy. The core message, titled 'In Due Time,' was drawn from 1 Samuel 1, focusing on Hannah's story of persistent hope in the face of a closed womb and the provocation of her rival. Pastor Tyshawn connected this to the universal experience of praying for the same thing year after year, feeling tormented by deferred hope. He taught that in seasons of waiting, we must continue to pray even when we feel bitter, commit to giving God the glory for future answers, and worship Him faithfully. The sermon concluded with an encouragement from Galatians 6:9 not to grow weary in doing good, trusting that God's promise will be fulfilled in His perfect timing, which could be 'between now and then.' The call was to hold fast to God's word, maintain a lifestyle of worship, and give Him preemptive praise for what He will do.

Main Points

  • When hope is deferred and you are waiting year after year, continue to pray to God even from a place of bitterness and frustration.
  • Make a commitment to give God the glory for what He will do, recognizing that every good gift comes from Him.
  • Do not grow weary in worship and doing good, trusting in God's faithful timing for His promises to be fulfilled.

Verses Mentioned

  • 1 Samuel 1:4-20 - "Whenever the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice, he would give portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters. But to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, and the LORD had closed her womb. Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her. This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat. Her husband Elkanah would say to her, 'Hannah, why are you weeping? Why don’t you eat? Why are you downhearted? Don’t I mean more to you than ten sons?'... In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the LORD, weeping bitterly. And she made a vow, saying, 'LORD Almighty, if you will only look on your servant’s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the LORD for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head.'... Then she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast. Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the LORD and then went back to their home at Ramah. Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her. So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, 'Because I asked the LORD for him.'" (NIV)
  • Galatians 6:9 - "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." (NIV)

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