Norman Visser

John 2:1-11
“Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine . . . but you have saved the best till now.”

2 Samuel 9
David asked, “Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”

Luke 5:1-11
“Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”

Luke 24:13-35
“We had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.”

Luke 2:8-20
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

Luke 12:35-38
“He will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.”

Luke 2:1-14
We all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory.

Luke 17:20-30
“People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came. . . .”

Luke 1:26-38
“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
“The virgin will . . . give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

Luke 12:42-48
“The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.”

Hosea 14:4-9
“I will answer him and care for him. I am like a flourishing juniper; your fruitfulness comes from me.”

Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24
“Go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father . . . who sees what is done in secret, [and] will reward you.”

Luke 23:50-56
A man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man . . . was waiting for the kingdom of God.

2 Peter 3:8-13
Live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.

Lamentations 3:19-26
The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him . . . it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

1 Samuel 13:1-14
[Samuel had told Saul:] “I will surely come down to you…but you must wait seven days until I come to you and tell you what you are to do.”

Luke 3:1-20
The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Messiah.

Matthew 25:1-13
“The bridegroom was a long time in coming. . . . Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.”

Isaiah 8:5-8, 11-18
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God. . . . God is within her, she will not fall.

Luke 1:5-19
Zechariah asked the angel, “How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.”

Matthew 24:4-14
“Be careful, keep calm, and don’t be afraid.”

Psalm 37:1-9
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways.

2 Samuel 18:24-33
As he looked out, he saw a man running alone. . . . The king said, “If he is alone, he must have good news.”