She wrongly believed the Lord had prevented her from having children. She knew that God had promised a child through Abram's body (15:4), but nothing was mentioned concerning Sarai's body. Sarai thought Abram could fulfill God's promise by using her maid Hagar to conceive the child, rather than conceiving the child herself.

Abraham (Abram) thought Ishmael was the fulfillment of God's promise. God told him Sarah (Sarai) would give birth to the promised child (Isaac). The descendents of Ishmael are still fighting the descendents of Isaac to this day. Abram and Sarai's attempt to help God through using Hagar created a huge problem for future generations.

Henry assumed Mr. Smith was taking the washing machine into the house. His wrong assumption caused him to act contrary to Mr. Smith's desire. When we assume God desires something without asking him, we will find ourselves struggling against God's will.

The people were scattering from him and the Philistines were assembling. Saul decided to not wait any longer for Samuel to offer the burnt offering, so he did it himself. Because Saul was not qualified to make the offering, he overstepped his boundaries as king.

Pre-marital sex, over-charging credit cards rather than waiting for God's provision, cheating on tests.

God took the kingdom away from Saul and sought for someone else to be the ruler of Israel.

God is aware of our disobedience and allows us to suffer the punishment of our wrongdoing.

We become restless when we don't rest in the Lord. Our impatience puts us in danger of stepping out of God's will. It reveals we want God to match our timetables, rather than ours matching his.

She would have been in a wreck and possibly injured. The car was ready for Hannah, but she wasn't ready to drive the car.

The single person should prepare himself or herself to be the best healthy, attractive, financially sound person that the future spouse deserves.

God has a timing when things should occur. Some things might be right for us, but the timing isn't right. Although we may be ready to receive them, the things God has planned might not be ready for us.

Just like a musician watches the conductor for right timing, we must keep our eyes on God. If we watch the other "musicians" our timing will get off and chaos will occur.

Patience increases our ability to stand up under pressure. Once we have lifted 150 pounds, lifting any weight under 150 pounds is no longer be difficult. Every trial has a certain "weight" and patience is the muscle that lifts the weight. As we grow in patience, the weight of the trial doesn't have the effect upon us it once had.

He didn't run to Bethany, but waited two days longer in the place where he was.

Martha was disappointed and angry because she thought Jesus was late.

We usually get angry with God because we don't understand why he doesn't work according to our schedule.

He wanted Lazarus to be dead for four days so there was no doubt he had died (v.17).

Martha and Mary thought Jesus made a mistake by not healing Lazarus. Jesus wanted to perform a greater miracle by raising Lazarus from the dead.

Many times God delays things because he wants to do a greater miracle for us.