PRECIOUS
PATIENCE
BREAD
1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every
activity under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV)
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness
and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians
5:22-23 (NIV)
11 A man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to
overlook an offense. Proverbs 19:11 (NIV)
3 We put no stumbling block in anyone's path, so that our
ministry will not be discredited. 4 Rather,
as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in
troubles, hardships and distresses; 5 in
beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; 6 in purity, understanding, patience and
kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; 7
in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of
righteousness in the right hand and in the left; 8
through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine,
yet regarded as impostors; 9 known,
yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed;
10 sorrowful, yet always
rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing
everything. 2 Corinthians 6:3-10 (NIV)
9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we
have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge
of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10 And we pray this in order that you may
live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit
in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11 being strengthened with all power
according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and
patience, and joyfully 12 giving
thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the
saints in the kingdom of light. Colossians 1:9-12 (NIV)
12 Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Colossians 3:12-14 (NIV)
12 Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Colossians 3:12-14 (NIV)
10 You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, 11 persecutions, sufferings--what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. 12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evil men and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 2 Timothy 3:10-15 (NIV)
8 But do not
forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand
years, and a thousand years are like a day. 9 The
Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is
patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to
repentance. 2 Peter 3:8-9 (NIV)
12 Be joyful in hope,
patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12 (NIV)
7 Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. 8 You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near. James 5:7-8 (NIV)
7 Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. 8 You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near. James 5:7-8 (NIV)
BUTTER
“I realized that the deepest
spiritual lessons are not learned by His letting us have our way in the end,
but by His making us wait, bearing with us in love and patience until we are able
honestly to pray what He taught His disciples to pray: Thy will be done.” Elisabeth
Elliot
“Christian patience is based upon the
absolute, unshakeable belief that God is sovereign and that He is at work in
the lives of His children. Christian patience stems from the knowledge that you
will not be forgotten nor forsaken by the God to whom you have committed your
soul regardless of what is happening around you.” Michael Youssef
“Our
God is too real, and too big, and too glorious to work according to our human
expectations and convenient timetables. He loves us too much to regularly do
just what we want when we want in our times of crisis. But he always sees us.
He always hears us. And in Christ, he will answer, not necessarily when and how
we want, but with the answer we need, painful as it may be for now, for our
ultimate good and glory.” David Mathis
“But when the psalmist said, ‘All my springs are in
you,’ he meant that all his innermost resources were found in His ever-flowing
and overflowing Lord – all his courage, all his joy, all his resilience, all
his optimism, all his hope, all his love, all his wisdom, all his
patience. The Lord Jesus is the source
of that which refreshes our personalities and of all that makes our personalities
refreshing.” Robert J. Morgan
“How do we wait for God? We wait with patience. But
patience does not mean passivity. Waiting patiently is not like waiting for the
bus to come, the rain to stop, or the sun to rise. It is an active waiting in
which we live the present moment to the full in order to find there the signs
of the One we are waiting for. The word
patience comes from the Latin verb ‘patior’ which means "to suffer." Waiting patiently is suffering
through the present moment, tasting it to the full, and letting the seeds that
are sown in the ground on which we stand grow into strong plants. Waiting
patiently always means paying attention to what is happening right before our
eyes and seeing there the first rays of God's glorious coming.” Henri Nouwen
“If the decision about the lot is
the Lord's, whose is the arrangement of our whole life? If the simple casting
of a lot is guided by Him, how much more the events of our entire
life--especially when we are told by our blessed Savior, ‘Even the hairs of
your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than
many sparrows.’ It would bring a holy calm over your mind, dear friend, if you
were to constantly remember this. It would relieve your mind from anxiety and
enable you to walk in patience, quietness, and cheerfulness as a Christian
should. When a man is anxious he cannot pray with faith; when he is troubled
about the world, he cannot serve his Master, for his thoughts are serving
himself. If you would ‘seek first the
kingdom of God and his righteousness,’ all things would then be added to you.
You are meddling with Christ's business and neglecting your own when you fret
about your lot and circumstances. You have been trying to do the providing and
forgetting to do the obeying. Be wise and pay attention
to the obeying, and let Christ manage the providing. Come and survey your
Father's storehouse, and ask whether He will allow you to starve while He has
so great an abundance in store. Look at
His heart of mercy; see if that can ever prove unkind! Look at His unsearchable
wisdom; see if that will ever be at fault. Above all, look to Jesus Christ your
Intercessor, and ask yourself, while He pleads, can your Father deal
ungraciously with you? If He remembers even sparrows, will He forget one of the
least of His poor children? ‘Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain
you; he will never permit the
righteous to be moved.’” C. H. Spurgeon revised by Alistair Begg
“Strengthen me
Lord according to Your glorious might.
Give me great endurance and patience and joy so that I may walk in a
manner worthy of the Gospel. May I
please You in all that I say and do. You
alone are faithful to keep me from falling and to equip me for this so great an
endeavor. May I, through Your great
power, leave the aroma of sweet Jesus in my every encounter that I may change
my sphere by bringing Your Presence to every circumstance You present me with
today. Always for your glory alone and
my good.” BHY
HEART SAVOR
- · Wait on the Lord and keep His ways in the end He will exalt.
- · Patience with others is a fruit of the Spirit which every believer in sweet Jesus has. Lean into the Spirit for His power in patience and not the arm of flesh – it will fail you.
- · Clothe yourself with patience every morning as you are getting dressed a well as compassion, kindness, humility and gentleness!
