Acts 1:4-8.
While he was with them, he commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father\u2019s promise. \u201cWhich,\u201d he said, \u201cyou have heard me speak about; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit in a few days.\u201d So when they had come together, they asked him, \u201cLord, are you restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?\u201d He said to them, \u201cIt is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by His own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Psalm 27:14 Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Psalm 31:24 Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
John 16:33 I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Acts 1:12-14.
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem – a Sabbath day\u2019s journey away. When they arrived, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying: Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James. They all were continually united in prayer, along with the women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Too often we make the mistake of viewing prayer as a way of demanding our choices to God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Luke 10:38-42. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In comparison to Martha\u2019s complaining and demanding, we here see Mary sitting at Jesus\u2019 feet and listening to his voice<\/p>\n\n\n\n