The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. Lamentation 3:25 How good are you at waiting on the Lord? When you read God’s Word, do you sit quietly and wait for the Spirit to reveal how it relates to you, or your situation? When you pray, do… Continue reading Waiting in the Right Queue
Category: Patience
Patient Endurance
Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart. 2 Corinthians 4:1 This may surprise some of you to hear, but you have been given a ministry from God. Have you discovered it yet? If so, are you pursuing it? If not, ask God to open your heart… Continue reading Patient Endurance
Wait For Him
Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him. Isaiah 30:18 If you have seen recruitment ads for restaurants, you will have noticed requests for ‘waiting staff’. These are… Continue reading Wait For Him
Patient In Hope
But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.Romans 8:25 What a comfort and blessing it is to have hope, a real living hope. The moment we were saved by God’s grace, hope took root. It is through this hope of eternal life and future glory with Christ… Continue reading Patient In Hope
Prayer and Patience
Daniel 10:12 – Then he said to me, “Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words. Daniel had entered into 21 days of prayer, fasting and mourning but we… Continue reading Prayer and Patience
Garments of Grace
Colossians 3:12 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. In the first part of Colossians 3 we have the ‘put-off’ and ‘put-on’ verses. Our lives as Christians are to be completely different from how they were before we accepted the salvation of God. Everything about… Continue reading Garments of Grace
God’s Patience
Exodus 34:6 The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. There is no better example of patience than that which is shown by God himself. Today’s verse is a record of God’s own words spoken to Moses on Mount Sinai. This comes after the… Continue reading God’s Patience
Considering Patience
James 5:10 As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Have you ever got to the point where you feel your patience is wearing thin? When you have taken just about all that you can take? Sometimes the ability to carry on seems harder… Continue reading Considering Patience
Don’t Give Up
Galatian 6:9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. In the preceding verses Paul talks about reaping what you sow. If you sow to the flesh, you will reap corruption but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap… Continue reading Don’t Give Up