The Waiting Game: Being a Person of Patience

How am I at waiting?

Ephesians 4:2 – Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

Colossians 3:12 – Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

Proverbs 16:32 – Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city.

Proverbs 14:29 – Whoever is patient has great understanding, but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.

Proverbs 15:18 – A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.

Genesis 12:1-2, 4 – Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing 4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

Genesis 15:1-2, 4 After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.” 2 But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?” 4 “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.” 

Genesis 21:1-3, 5 – The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah as he had promised. 2 And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him. 3 Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore him, Isaac. 5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. 

The “waiting game” is best played out by…

#1 –  Ruthlessly to be around.

Genesis 12:1 – Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house… 

Genesis 12:4 – So Abraham WENT as the Lord had told him. 

Galatians 5:22-23 – But the fruit of the spirit is Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control; against such things there is no law. 

Joshua 1:9 – Have I not Commanded you? Be Strong and Courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

God GOES with you. 

Psalm 23:4 – Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 

God commanded it of you.

Psalm 33:4 – For the Word of the Lord is upright, and all. His work is done in faithfulness. 

The “waiting game” is best played out by…

#2 – Willingly being more .

Genesis 12:4 – Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

Genesis 21:5 – Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born.

Genesis 15:2 – But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless…

Timeless Tolerance Tips

• Make Yourself
• what makes you impatient
• Doing Things That Aren’t

Romans 12:12 – Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

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