Patience is Grown Fruit

Patience is Grown Fruit – “So, Christian, if you find yourself in such a season of waiting, embrace what is being grown in and through you. Remind yourself that with God, no time is wasted time. He is always working.”

Generous Patience

Generous Patience – “When it comes to our sanctification, God is generous in His patience. And that ought to motivate us in multiple ways.”

 

Christ Did Not Please Himself: The Joy of Bearing with Others’ Failings

Christ Did Not Please Himself: The Joy of Bearing with Others’ Failings – “Paul dignifies the pain and grief such differences of opinion can cause by bringing to them the greatest possible remedy and solace: Christ himself.”

 

Generous Patience

Generous Patience – “For humans to become what God made us to be requires one of the greatest generosities of all: the generosity of patience. What is patience but pure generosity?”

God is Always Working, Even When We Don’t See

God is Always Working, Even When We Don’t See – “I encouraged myself by reminding myself of times in Scripture or in my own life where I saw His answer after an extended period of seeming inactivity.”

Waiting on the Lord

Waiting on the Lord – “If God wanted me to be patient, why did he create me so impatient?”

How Long Will it Last? – “‘He’s going through a religious phase.’ How often did you overhear that being said about you in your early days as an openly professing follower of Jesus Christ?”

The Spiritual Gift of a Closed Door: How Waiting Serves Ministry

The Spiritual Gift of a Closed Door: How Waiting Serves Ministry – “Sometimes God makes us wait for doors to open in ministry because unwanted waiting is some of the best preparation for ministry.”

Not Now: The Surprising Joy of Waiting on the Lord

Not Now: The Surprising Joy of Waiting on the Lord – “As a society and culture we don’t like to wait. Yet, we miss surprising spiritual benefits and blessings when we fail to head God’s imperatives and call to wait on Him.”

 

God Gives Our Waiting Purpose

God Gives Our Waiting Purpose – “Waiting patiently for the Lord (Psalm 40:1) is a common theme in the psalms.” 

Patience Is Love

Patience Is Love – “In order to love someone, we must value that person’s undying soul more than we value our own temporary convenience.”

A Word to My Fellow Cynics

A Word to My Fellow Cynics – “Cynicism has become the default setting of our society. From our comedy to our politicians, podcasts, and pulpits, being cynical is cool. However, while sardonically assuming the worst about a given situation or person may be socially acceptable, it diametrically opposes the character of Christ.”

I Was Patient Before Having Kids

I Was Patient Before Having Kids – “This is what makes God’s patience with us so shocking. When we have kids, it reveals our lack of patience. But when God has children, it shows his abounding patience.”

 

Patience Will Be Painful: How to Love the Hard-to-Love

Patience Will Be Painful: How to Love the Hard-to-Love – “Patience exists only in a world of disruption, delays, and disappointment. It grows only on the battlefield.”

 

The Dilemma of Progress and the Grace of Waiting

The Dilemma of Progress and the Grace of Waiting – “The less we are willing to wait, the more we grow sinfully frustrated, anxious, discouraged or depressed. Progress feeds on a sin nature. As we move through our lives at hyper-speed, we unconsciously allow ourselves to believe that if we don’t keep up we will be left out.”

 

Why Does God Make Us Wait?

Why Does God Make Us Wait? – “Doesn’t God know how torturous it is for us to wait? Besides the big-picture waiting, we often have to wait for a mate, financial provision, test results at the doctor’s office, and so one. How do we navigate waiting on a large or small scale?”

Impatience Is a War for Control: How God Prepares Us to Wait

Impatience Is a War for Control: How God Prepares Us to Wait – “So where does impatience come from? At bottom, impatience grows out of our unwillingness to trust and submit to God’s timing for our lives.”

The Fruit of Patience

The Fruit of Patience – “The end of Christian hope is never shame or embarrassment, because we have a hope that is a sure anchor for our souls. It is this hope in the trustworthy promises of God that is the ground of the Christian’s virtue of patience.”

The Dreaded Answer

The Dreaded Answer – “We absolutely hate it. It’s vile and wretched and rarely the answer we want to hear. Yet, unfortunately, we often find it a regular part of life. What is this four-letter response that leads us to wince when we hear it? – Wait.”

Christ Struggled Against Impatience, Too

Christ Struggled Against Impatience, Too – “Jesus lived his entire earthly life without once grumbling in a slow-moving crowd, questioning God’s timing, or griping about the ignorance of his neighbors.”