1. The God You Serve Accelerating Your Spiritual Growth

2. Hebrews 11:6 (NLT) It is impossible to please God without faith.

3. Isaiah 40:31 (TLB) But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

4. Exodus 33:11 (NIV) The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend.

5. Moses’ Burning Bush

6. God Talks with Moses Exodus 3:4 Moses said, "Here I am.” Exodus 3:11 But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"

7. God Talks with Moses Exodus 3:13 Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' Then what shall I tell them?"

8. God Talks with Moses Exodus 4:1 Moses answered, "What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, 'The Lord did not appear to you'?" Exodus 4:2 "A staff," he replied.

9. God Talks with Moses Exodus 4:10 Moses said to the Lord, "O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue."

10. God Talks with Moses Exodus 4:13 But Moses said, "O Lord, please send someone else to do it." (NIV)

11. Isaiah’s Burning Coal

12. Isaiah Sees God Isaiah 6:5 "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty."

13. Isaiah Sees God Isaiah 6:6-7 Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for." (NIV)

14. Isaiah Sees God Isaiah 6:8 And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" (NIV)

15. The Burning Heart of God Isaiah 40:12-31 (Handout)

16. Isaiah 40:31 (TLB) But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

18. Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV) Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths.

19. The God You Serve Accelerating Your Spiritual Growth