Stephanie Ike: Why Does God Make You Wait? | Better Together on TBN

This week on Better Together, Stephanie Ike shares how you can wait with hope. Join the conversation as Laurie Crouch, Lisa Bevere, Sheila Walsh, Erin Weidemann, and Stephanie Ike discuss trusting the timing and perfect plan of God, especially during seasons of waiting and preparation.
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00:00 Intro
00:40 How to Wait
04:30 Wait With Hope
07:50 Wait With God
11:23 Nothing is Lost

[@besthillsongworshipsongs48]

I’m 19 years old, it’s so hard to be a Christian teenager and many teenagers don’t believe in Jesus but i want them to believe in Jesus I’ll pray for them everyday and I’ll keep my faith forever 💗💗🙌🙌

[@sheilahadassahachieng]

May The Lord keep you and strengthen you as you keep your faith. It's not easy but the best decision you could ever make in life

[@chrisinedison]

I just prayed for you and your friends. It is a struggle to be a Christian bcuz we live in a sinful world. It’s beautiful that you pray for your friends. Sometimes we plant the seed and don’t see the harvest, sometimes we water them and see the seeds break through the hard ground of people’s hearts. Whether you see it or not, know that you are being effective for the kingdom of God. God sees you, loves you and is proud of you. God bless you!

[@benitathomas2704]

Amen! Keep your faith❤

[@OwnYourHealthiestLife]

My love, I am 52 years old and it is so difficult growing up and loving the world then realizing one day that everything I have been taught is a lie and GOD is REAL… learning that the love of God is more valuable than anything that is in this world. How precious you are that you are one of the people that stands in the gap for those who do not YET believe as well as those who do not know the full depths and beauty of His unconditional love. I stand in faith today and seek His face with hope and expectation. I wonder how many things the prayers of beautiful humans like YOU have protected me from. How many powerful prayers, like yours God used to clear my ears and realign my heart. Keep praying my love! We never know WHO God is using us to bless. No matter how long it takes. It took me almost 49 years to receive His Spirit but WOW! What He is doing in and through me… I am EXCITED to one day be able to sit with my great grandchildren and tell stories of His faithfulness. ❤🙏🏽

[@tamtamz8733]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@sharonbutt1428]

Girly moment: that baby pink colour really suits you! 💗

[@carennrodrigues7631]

I also liked this shirt

[@_ami95]

“God is not a waster” I didn’t even realize I needed to hear that until it was said. This is so good, He is so good

[@febinajoy]

Me too

[@Daisymutai]

Me too ❤

[@perlaperezgutierrez4761]

I'm a 40 year old christian women who has never been married and who God has kept pure. I am praying for my husband, I know that I am in a waiting season but I wonder how long will I have to wait? Every christian man I have met I wrongly end up thinking that he might be the one and then it turns out that He is not. Please pray for me. There are moments of loss of hope and sadness for me.

[@glaizamarquinez4323]

Maybe God wants you to stay single. Read 1 corinthians 7

[@hemlatagupta1035]

I pray and hope for you.. 🙏amen

[@murungiatusasiire9904]

May the almighty God grant you yo heart's desires

[@faithyossai6283]

May the good Lord settle you this year in Jesus name Amen... God bless you ma'am. You're loved

[@joangathogo3717]

I pray that God will answer your prayers with no delay. Remember God is doing something beautiful in you and may he give you more hope and grant your desire.

[@Loveis_Kind]

I’m in my waiting season . I just told my friend yesterday God is quiet but I know when he quiet he STILL up to something 🥳💕💕💕

[@millicentmukoya1292]

Same here

[@blessingsforlisa]

..."It's not what you are waiting for , it's who you are waiting with.." and "it's the Lord's season"..... this has changed me forever 🙌

[@audiodiary9869]

I asked God this exact question 2 years ago, “ Why do You make us wait, if you’re going to give it to us anyway?” His answer was “Waiting is preparation.” 🙏🏾

[@ChristianDiarieswithDonna]

I got so emotional.. I have been in a difficult season and things seemed to be happening for everyone else but me. I decided to switch off all social media and let the Lord talk to me. Just the night before my breakthrough I had several dreams, one was a dream of myself having been invited to sing at a conference and I was singing a song which translates to Hold On/Persevere. After my breakthrough I decided to start watching KZbin videos and the majority of them were talking about waiting on God or trusting that His ways are not our ways. Thankyou guys so much!

[@hakayi9130]

You are not alone In the waiting bay dear. We are many. He never fails, He will show up for us.🙏❤️❤️❤️

[@isimemeabo8216]

I pray for strength to wait.

[@lizzybeth428]

I have been in the same difficult season for about 8 years now. I have lost all focus in my life and now trying to find my way to God. Praying consistently is my biggest challenge. I am on social media a lot and often get feelings of envy and bitterness whenever I see others making it and I am here stuck in a job I hate, in a financial crisis, my relationship is a dead end ( the only thing keeping me is that we have a child together and I wouldn't want my children to have different fathers). I have made so many mistakes that have cost me and I am suffering the consequences now. I'm surrounded by people but I am alone. I have this intense fear that has consumed my life. I really want to focus on God, myself, my child, my mother, and shut out everything and everyone else. I am ready for the Lord to lead me and show me the path I should go.

[@somilawrence]

​@@lizzybeth428 Read Jeremiah 29:11 and please try and love your job. Find joy in doing what you're doing, God have greater plans for you, you're never alone.

[@motheowalerato701]

❤❤❤

[@DaisyKahwenga]

This video had been the first one that popped up everytime I opened KZbin and I kept ignoring it because “hope” was the last thing I wanted to hear, I’m in a season where I’m so unsure of where God is taking me and leaning on Hope has been so hard to do. This evening I finally decided to watch it and wow, it really felt like God worked through these women to deliver this message for me 🥺 I find myself setting timelines on when things should happen in my life and God is trying to tell me that I need to practice patience and that his timing is always right. Thank you so much for this message ❤

[@mariakalokoni2853]

I can relate to this comment 😭♥️

[@susanwangui8223]

The waiting period is painful and doubt-filled but learning to wait on God helps us through it and gives us calmness in the midst of storms

[@DaisyKahwenga]

@@susanwangui8223 very true 🙌🏾

[@onioluwadamilola9231]

Me too it has been popping up. I had to click. I am in the season. Thank you Lord for the speakers 🤗.

[@yudayanabunya]

Me too, this message is exactly what I needed.

[@neeshespieces]

I see Stephanie I click.

[@nokulungasimelane896]

'It is not what you waiting for, but it is Who you waiting with' thank you Stephaie

[@priscillaagyeman316]

Im in my waiting period and sometimes I feel like time is running out. Sometimes I feel alone and at times im like, God help me to finish what you have started in me because it gets difficult sometimes. But now I know he is not a waster. He does things according to his time and seasons. Plus he's preparing me for his perfect will for my life. Thank you for this video.

[@stephanygomez8021]

God is so funny ! He’s been placing the book of Isaiah in my heart this whole week and I stumbled upon this video and here it is again 🙌🏽

[@nonomutseta1185]

Same, I was literally praying a few days ago and I heard the holy spirit telling me to read the book of Isaiah ❤️what a living God we serve!!!

[@stephanygomez8021]

@@nonomutseta1185 he’s doing something big 🙌🏽🔥💜

[@nompumelelomziba]

Stephanie sis, you are so beautiful😍

[@casmirifeanyi7788]

God bless Stephanie Ike., no Doubt God is using her for His glory

[@phyl_alinani]

I am always looking forward to hear God speak through her.

[@Royal.Diadem]

It funny how God speaks to his children😢😢 I really needed this message💔

[@RhaiiRhaii]

Right now, I am in my waiting season but the more I wait the More God reveals me How Amazing He is and How Life is so beautiful with Him ❤

[@sharmawade5498]

Wow, Thank all of you ladies. It never hit me that I cannot pray or fast my waiting season away! The person who owns this season is God! 😱 Teach me Lord to wait with hope 🙏🏾

[@Dude-dx5ns]

I used to wait for a lot of stuff from God until I sensed the Holy Spirit tell me that there's no season of "waiting" with God. In every season you're in, you should be preparing for something and receiving a certain gift. If you think you're waiting for something, then that probably belongs to a different season and you're idolizing it while not focusing on the gifts of the season you're in. It's a lesson I'm still learning.

[@nakabirigrace8318]

Wowwwww. God led me to this! I needed this to push me through the day.. nothing is wasted in God. I'm waiting with God for a job, marriage, green card. And I know that He's anchoring my life journey perfectly

[@ThomasinaASMR]

I am 50 and it does get frustrating because I been in a "waiting" season for a long time. But, I always have faith and hope.

[@motheowalerato701]

❤❤❤

[@donotwastetime]

THIS is so on time! GOD IS A GOD OF SEASONS. Wow.

[@herpurposefullife2081]

AMEN. There is beauty in Waiting. I'm not just waiting on God, I'm waiting in God. Now I am able to see things from His perspective. This has been teaching me how to wait and trust God.

[@nonomutseta1185]

Stephanie literally spoke about my situation, I’ve been in the waiting season for 3months now, the Lord spoke a specific word to me a few years back and I’m holding onto his promise and I’m trusting him. It’s really hard to have hope in the waiting period but it’s also really exciting when God speaks to you and reassures you. I’m definitely next in line to give my testimony 🙌🏼deep down in my heart, I can feel changes happening and I know that I’ll look back one day and see Gods hand on this moment🙏🏼#thankyouholyspirit❤confirmation!!!!

[@Juliana-jades]

Exactly my situation

[@inchristwithadrianne]

So good. The wait is painful but the development is beautiful! He is working in us when he lets us wait 💞

[@kelebogilerita3763]

Timely word..Just what I needed.🙏

[@adrianar5986]

This is exactly what I needed today. Thanking the HolySpirit for once again speaking to my heart when I least expected and needed to hear. Thank you all ❤

[@LovableMe137]

You’re loved! Hugs ❤

[@ellees3521]

The person that owns that season, is not me ❤ so impactfully said

[@fishman-tr9im]

The comments for this video as a whole, are incredible and so encouraging...in that they reveal common experiences among Christians. He is at work in all of us - common theme but unique assignments...

[@abodemetto8127]

God thank you for reminding me that you're not a waster, pls restore my years,I have not waited on you in vain🙏.

[@azia3337]

He has perfect timing

[@annrose18]

I was so confused as I am in my waiting season to be with my husband and living together with our kids. I clearly searched on KZbin for "what to do you when you are in your waiting seaosn. And then I saw this video after watching several others.This one speaks to me like it was God talking to me directly,I could clearly understand what He wants me to do in this season,which is to get to know Him more and study His word. Thanks you so Much Lady Stephenie,i feel relieved. God bless

[@nataliecole7912]

I know I'm not watching this video by accident. Thank you for sharing🙏🏽 That's how I'm feeling right now, but I'm waiting on God🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 I will remain faithful to You while I wait🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@Ribil.comload]

India is not just a place with weird critters. It is quite an amazing place with loads of natural richness.Nice episode. Thank you everyone.

[@tettehedna2444]

I need this badly. God richly bless you for the wisdom on waiting on/for God. Better still, remember me/other brethren in prayers to keep our faith no matter the situations we face.

[@signingspiritually]

I love this so much, I'm in a waiting season while starting a Deaf Ministry and it's always stretching me. I'm trying to use this time wisely and allow this waiting season to sanctify me so I can become more like Christ in character. Its such a vital time period to develop my faith and relationship with God. 💞

[@cathsegayo2198]

So timely. Believing that God purposedly allowed me to see this video. Thanks women of God.. GODBLESS YOU ALL!

[@evelynsierra5775]

The longer you wait the bigger the blessing don't rush God. Preparation than elevation

[@TG3818]

Even though I’m watching this video 5 months later, it spoke to my current situation now, I’m in a waiting season and just before I even watched this video this morning, I was thinking to myself of how I know that God have me in this season because there is something he want to do in me to prepare for the next season he’s about to take me into. And then I came across this video and it’s just confirmation for me that even though I not sure where the Lord want to take me all I have to do is just trust him and allow for him to do the work in me to prepare for what he as he store for me for the season I’m about to walk into. God you are awesome 🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@khristaylor444]

Thank you Father for this beautiful message! I am in a tough waiting season at the moment, walking my path toward healing from breast cancer. I have felt real hope and real despair in these 9 months. I don’t even remember saving this message so I know this was from God! I am remaining open for You Father! I am anchored in my FAITH IN YOU! 🙌🏾

[@motheowalerato701]

❤❤❤

[@user-gi1kd4cs8n]

Waiting with hope is so difficult He is doing a new thing what an assurance!!!

[@tezirawabuyaka3939]

The waiting season can sometimes be hard. Everyone is waiting at least is waiting for something, but how we wait and who we wait with matters. We are all in different seasons ate different times because God has a particular reason for that time. Thanks for the encouragement. This is what I needed to hear. I wish there was a podcast to this without necessarily getting on you tube

[@shontellgiles5770]

I'm in a waiting season. And God spoke to me and said, "Just walk with Me." I encourage you all to walk with God and whatever season you find yourself in, He always sees us through it! It's His purpose on purpose for our lives!!

[@boitumelomakobosheane2928]

I am in my waiting season and the greatest prayer has been those who wait on the lord shall renew their strength. Knowing that God gives strength gets me through each day

[@femi2873]

This woman is becoming my favourite minister of God to listen to on KZbin

[@itsci]

I love this message & how the hosts is allowing her to talk without interrupting.

[@azia3337]

I am in the waiting season now have never felt more connected to god then now thank you lord

[@growwithabby]

God is in charge of the waiting season🎉 I love that❤

[@I_Am_Superwoman]

Every word is so worth hearing. I hope this message touches the right listening ears and open hearts. God will get you through it. Trust in Him.

[@emmamogorosi-et9we]

Patiently waiting on God…. It’s not easy but is all worth it ❤️❤️❤️

[@paulmartin5424]

It is Sister Emma every thing in gods time amen 🙏🙏✝️✝️

[@victory_martins]

This video was so timely, God knew I needed to watch this❤

[@ldr792]

The story of Joseph is truly my anchor. So much hope and strength

[@CandyK_117]

After All these tiring Years!!! I have finally succumb to accepting this is what it is Now. In this moment

[@motheowalerato701]

❤❤❤

[@zandilesokhela1578]

This speaks to healing in so many ways...God is not a waster!Family asking you what are you doing with your life!Thank you ladies!

[@dorobeauty2579]

Am presently in my waiting season,it feels like it’s never going to end ,I feel like the earth has stopped rotating lol ,I pray God give me the spirit of patience to wait for his timing ,in my waiting season I have discovered alot about God and myself.I also discovered that in God’s silence He is still saying something,thank you for this video,I now know am not the only one waiting on God

[@luciaweries2215]

I'm in Winter season, but it's all right God and I, we are making pearls. God BLESS🙏

[@G_Galore]

What if God is making pearls and I am a pearl? What if my journey looks differently/takes longer than other’s? Does it make it any less beautiful? Fruitful? Absolutely not, hearing this blessed me so🥹 Thank you ladies ❣️

[@nicolemusiyiwa3861]

My word for the last few weeks has been "when the time is right I the Lord will make it happen". It's been hard and like Steph said I've been trying to fast and pray my way out of this season. Hard as it is, I'm praying for patience as I wait and learning to completely surrender all to God

[@Meera490]

Me tooooo ! I have beeen getting this same Verse as a reminder from time to time.. and now hearing this video, I feel more assured. What steph shared is soooo thought provoking : Even I have beeeen trying to rush myself out of this waiting period and I have beeen praying to put this to an end. But now I realise that what I neeed to pray is to equip me in this period, prepare me for whatever is up ahead. God bless you dear friend. Lets move ahead in faith and with HOPE !

[@almostcollette]

I'm waiting with you Lord! Thank you ❤

[@hkinley55]

I keep coming back to this. I NEED TO HEAR IT AS OFTEN AS I CAN

[@fayluv6693]

God is sooooo amazing for this is what I am dealing with right now in my life and God knew I needed to hear these beautiful ladies to uplift my spirit as I am in my time of waiting… Jesus Christ thank you and may your word be fulfilled in my life as well others that are listening Amen 🙏🏽

[@Juliana-jades]

I'm in a waiting season and I know it, and I know that God is planning something huge for my life..I just have to be patient, the Lord is teaching me patience and the trust that He will do just what He said

[@motheowalerato701]

❤❤❤

[@cynthiagracerobinson6458]

Yes, waiting with HOPE. Thank You, God.

[@faithsonikim]

This message is for me. Praying & fasting from a point of fear.....wow. Waiting with hope. God bless you ladies

[@ynnamira]

This is my season and what you all shared are exactly the same things that I am experiencing right now. I am struggling with hope but now I have a prayer. Glad this video found me. I knew this was not an accident. God has been talking to me all this time telling me to have faith and trust in Him even if nothing is happening in the physical. (actually now worse things are happening, those things I fear and prayed that would not happen is what is exactly happening, but now I have hope). God is good. Hope this video reaches everyone that needs to see this. God bless you all.

[@balungile_maswazi]

Stephanie will make my heart understand

[@jadeorien]

I'm in the waiting stage and it gets frustrating at times but I know that eventually all of this waiting that I've done will soon pay off.

[@LifeJennie]

An unstopped ear ❤. There is nothing lost in the kingdom of God. God can give you abundantly. There is something God allows and He uses it to work for your good. Wait with God. THE WAITING PERIOD!❤

[@elsagonzalez-qp2ob]

Thku for this word. I have bn waiting for so long and I feel all alone. I believe I"m in a season where God has put me in a desert so we could be alone and I can be more like him. I feel a change coming, praise God. Never give up. Blessings❤

[@motheowalerato701]

❤❤❤

[@ngoziegbuna4924]

Thank you for this , so timely. God has got time and seasons in His hand. Overtime , I have realised that God is so good that at the end of the waiting period you will be glad you waited.

[@user-gi1kd4cs8n]

On the last Sunday of April 2023 needed to hear this message ..the waiting seasons are hard and frustrating and painful...Thanks for the reminder because I needed this blessings

[@keelhe893]

You can’t pray your way out of a season is a hard lesson I had to learn and I am still waiting 🙏🏾 and learning

[@mercykarimi9618]

Do not Worry Brethrens,God gat you ❤

[@sheilamackey3345]

Lord give me eyes to see and ears to hear

[@angiet3535]

I totally relate to the FEAR behind the scenes. Wanting this season to end. I rebuke the devil and his schemes in the mighty name of Jesus!!!!

[@daniellalunan1957]

I am in the waiting season but I Know God is with me

[@ndinaselma7967]

Lord bless me with patience and to wait upon your timing with the right attitude thank you Jesus I’m waiting and I have just learned that god is not a waster

[@josephinembenge3255]

God is equipping me in This season of waiting season. Thank you this Timely ❤

[@charleshenry8194]

This is so great! We can’t pray our way out, can’t fast our way out. We need to be anchored in God.

[@tiffanydancefit]

Thank you, ladies. This is such a rich and timely reminder of how we should wait well, wait with hope, trust that God is working, and be ANCHORED in the seasons of waiting that the Lord is in control of anyhow! 🙌🏽❤️

[@giftedintrovert]

I can't pray or fast my way out of a season 🙌🏾 A Word

[@nkeirukaonyegwara5720]

This is the lord speaking to me to have hope in my waiting season. This is what I need right now

[@rayliquefecikels766]

Been a little obsessed with Steph lately, shjoe!what a vessel!!

[@isauc3alot]

Don’t just wait continue to evolve and grow as you wait then it becomes preparing instead of just waiting😁 be ready so you dont have to get ready

[@tomiwole5239]

I needed this.

[@ReflectionStudioOriginal]

I needed this! I needed this! And I needed this! I have been feeling wasted, it's not been easy. Everyone around you seems to be doing the right things except me. Thank God for this timely message. I found it.

[@josephojo5185]

I don’t know how this got on my timeline. It’s what I need at the moment of career transition. Thank you for this

[@businessmatters4469]

Exactly what I needed to hear,, thank you so much, God bless🙏

[@esthernjuguna6713]

Very true, God is not a waster and or a user....there are lessons to learn and use in the future, during the waiting season. It may not look like it during that time. But may the Lord give us an expectant heart and the patience to get through 🙏🏼.

[@simplyk8767]

On time word thank you God

[@simbabs5049]

Wow. This video was awesome. I’m in a waiting season. I trust God will do what He says He will do. Like Stephanie said “God is not a waster.”

[@Dash-of_love]

I claim this over my life,im in a very difficult season.Crazy how i was thinking about seasons....and trust me i feel discouraged and question God but im glad i found this.

[@motheowalerato701]

❤❤❤

[@eventsblogger3680]

I'm in a season of waiting it's been a bunch of emotions good days, hard days but reading the word, praying, self talk is what has kept me going and this message was the cherry on top. God is working behind the scenes for my good I just need to wait on him 🙏🏾🙌🏾

[@eulicehooper6340]

Only God knows how much I needed this😢😮❤❤

[@elsieakoto6630]

This unexpected message has ministered to me in this waiting season and given me further hope to trust in the Lord. Numbers 23.19 came to mind and I believe that in the end God would fulfil his promises to me❤

[@traceyrue2479]

Im in a waiting season and 'its not what you are waiting for but who you are waiting with' just spoke to me. Thank you Holy Spirit for always speaking to me I need to learn to hear you more

[@bonololetsholo834]

This was so powerful 😭

[@kristie6620]

I truly have been blessed listening to you, thank you so much ladies for sharing such rich insights about waiting with hope during seasons. Trust me God has spoken to me through you, and from today i am going to wait on God with hope. God bless you all

[@dr.josephinea.edwards4923]

I've been blessed by this ministry, and to be honest, I chanced upon it only this morning on the TBN Africa channel on TV. I'm smitten by your openness and honesty and your individual stories of how God came through for you in different faces of your lives. I almost gave up days ago, but I'm inspired by your stories. I'm going to wait with God from, hence, and I know the end result will be to His glory!

[@motheowalerato701]

❤❤❤

[@hkinley55]

Thank you. I do believe I am in a waiting season. I have listen to so many better together videos that have blessed me BUT THIS ONE MADE MY LIGHT COME ON. And I watched it more than once. HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU