DEFINTION: waiting until later without complaint
MEMORY VERSE: “But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.” Romans 8:25 (ESV)
CONNECTION: the ocean or beach that reminds us to relax & not be in such a hurry!
(a connection is a visual reminder of the virtue)
SYNONYMS: self-control, stoicism, composure, calmness,
tranquility, peace, perseverance
We are commanded to be patient: “Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” Colossians 3:12 (NIV)
We can set our mind to be patient: “A man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.” Proverbs 19:11 (NIV)
Patience is the result of God’s Spirit: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV)
“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, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.” Colossians 1:10-12 (NIV)
We need patience despite our circumstances:“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Romans 12:12 (NIV)
“Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors; known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed; sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.” 2 Corinthians 6:4-10 (NIV)
“You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, 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.” 2 Timothy 3:10, 11 (NIV)
Persistence & patience go together: “With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.” Proverbs 25:15 (ESV)
“The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride.” Ecclesiastes 7:8 (NIV)
-stated above- Romans 8:25 (ESV)
Love & patience go together: “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.” I Corinthians 13:1 (NIV)
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” Ephesians 4:2 (NIV)
Faith & patience go together: “And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, saying, “I WILL SURELY BLESS YOU AND I WILL SURELY MULTIPLY YOU.”And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise.” Hebrews 6:11-15 (NASB)
“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. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near.” James 5:7-8 (NIV)
“As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.” James 5:10-11 (ESV)
"Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.” Psalms 37:7 (NIV)
“I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry.” Psalms 40:1 (NIV)
“As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.” Luke 8:15 (ESV)
The Lord is patient unto salvation: “You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. Now we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment? Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance?” Romans 2:1-4 (NIV)
“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. 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)
“Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.” 2 Peter 3:15 (NIV)
The Lord is patient with His wrath to show His power: “For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE I RAISED YOU UP, TO DEMONSTRATE MY POWER IN YOU, AND THAT MY NAME MIGHT BE PROCLAIMED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EARTH.” So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires. You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who resists His will?” On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it? …What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction?” Romans 9: 17-20, 22 (NASB)
eager, longing, yearning (for ungodly things)
Anger & impatience go together: “A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man displays folly.” Proverbs 14:29 (NIV)
“A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel.” Proverbs 15:18 (NIV)
Complaining & impatience go together: “They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the desert? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!"” Numbers 21:4-5 (NIV)
God punishes eagerness in ungodly things, such as riches: “A faithful man will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.” Proverbs 28:20 (NIV)
“A stingy man is eager to get rich and is unaware that poverty awaits him.” Proverbs 28:22 (NIV)
BIBLE STORIES/LESSONS
Abraham waits for a son (Genesis 15:1-6; 18:1-15; 21:1-7)—Abraham waits on the LORD’s promises for an heir. Isaac is born at his old age.
Esau & his birthright (Genesis 25:24-34)—Esau trades his birthright for food that Jacob has prepared because he is too impatient to do it himself
Jacob waits for a wife (Genesis 29)—Jacob waits 7 years to marry his love, Rachel.
Rachel waits for a son (Genesis 29:1-15; 30:1-24)—Rachel watches Leah conceive. She gives Jacob her maidservant, Bilhah. Rachel has her first son Joseph after many years of waiting.
Joseph waited on the Lord’s timing (Gen 37, 38-47)—Joseph waits through being sold, Potiphar’s Wife’s lies, the Baker & Cupbearer’s forgetfulness & then reuniting with his family.
Hannah waits for a son (I Samuel 1:1-20)—Hannah prays fervently for her first child. Eli prays for her request. Samuel is born to her & Elkanah the next year.
Parable of the Unmerciful Servant (Matthew 18: 21-35)—We must forgive no matter how many times it takes for the Lord is patient with us.
Waiting for Jesus’ return (James 5:7-11)—Waiting for Jesus’ coming is compared to a farmer who waits for his crops to bear fruit.
-tolerance for delay
-waiting when you want it now
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