| God's Nearness and Unexpected Encounters | | | | son. Abraham, Joseph, and Moses are other |
| R. T. Kendall, former pastor of Westminster | | | | examples of men who experienced answered |
| Chapel in London, maintains that God shows up in | | | | prayers based on God's timing.. Kendall shows |
| numerous ways and at unexpected times in our | | | | consequences that can be avoided as we seek |
| lives. His book "When God Shows Up" offers | | | | God's timing in seeing our prayers answered as |
| suggestions to help the reader recognize these | | | | we prepare for His unexpected appearances. |
| unexpected appearances of God. This is a book | | | | Trials, temptations, or encounters with the devil |
| about renewal and of the blessing the Holy Spirit | | | | may be a part of the discipline necessary to |
| is bringing into the corporate life of the church | | | | prepare us for those unexpected appearances of |
| body as well as in the lives of individual believers | | | | God in our lives. |
| today. | | | | Kendall also discusses unexpected disruptions, |
| Kendall uses scriptural examples as well as his | | | | obstacles to fellowship with God, accepting God's |
| own personal life experiences to illustrate how to | | | | call, the prophetic word, achievement, witness, |
| listen for God, how to know what He is has said, | | | | and the second coming of Christ. |
| and to know how to act in response to what He | | | | "When God Shows Up" has opened a new sense |
| said. | | | | of expectancy, in prayer, looking for answered |
| Answered prayer, God's timing, and visiting angels | | | | prayer, as I draw nearer to God, listening for His |
| all may be a part of the preparation for your | | | | instructions, as I meet strangers that may be |
| journey into the unexpected. Elizabeth and | | | | angels unaware, and as I look heavenward for the |
| Zechariah usher in the joy of an unexpected | | | | return of Jesus. |
| surprise as a direct answer to their prayer for a | | | | |