Patience and Longsuffering
Patience and Longsuffering
After observing things over time and thinking about how we react to situations, I thought it might be fitting to talk about patience. This is a newly acquired gift for me personally. I remember praying and praying for God to give me patience with people that I had to deal with on a regular basis, but I wasn’t really prepared for what was to come with gaining and learning patience. At the time, I thought if I could just deal with the person I would be able to deal with the situation, but it never dawned on me that I had to have patience in/with both. The reason I consider patience a gift, is because not everyone has or will have it.
Can anyone remember when you first had to learn patience and how difficult it was for you? (Allow to speak)
It’s not an easy “task.” In order to gain patience you have to have patience because it is a process that takes some time. Being Patient requires you to endure discomfort without complaining. We all know this is far from easy. Most of our first thoughts were probably “yeah right!” Because as soon as something happens in our life that we don’t like or understand we start complaining. This is when we have to lean on other virtues, specifically, Self-control, humility, and generosity. Which leads us to the Fruits of the Spirit….
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Fruits of the Spirit. (Galatians 5:22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
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Longsuffering is a very big part of having patience. It is also a gift from God! What makes long suffering a “gift” and why would God want to give us something that hurts? (Allow responses/examples) This is a gift because we, as Christians, must be patient. Waiting on the Lord shapes our Christian character. As we yield to the Holy Spirit, He produces "the fruit of the Spirit" on the inside of us. This does not mean that we must be hush mouth and never mention our
After observing things over time and thinking about how we react to situations, I thought it might be fitting to talk about patience. This is a newly acquired gift for me personally. I remember praying and praying for God to give me patience with people that I had to deal with on a regular basis, but I wasn’t really prepared for what was to come with gaining and learning patience. At the time, I thought if I could just deal with the person I would be able to deal with the situation, but it never dawned on me that I had to have patience in/with both. The reason I consider patience a gift, is because not everyone has or will have it.
Can anyone remember when you first had to learn patience and how difficult it was for you? (Allow to speak)
It’s not an easy “task.” In order to gain patience you have to have patience because it is a process that takes some time. Being Patient requires you to endure discomfort without complaining. We all know this is far from easy. Most of our first thoughts were probably “yeah right!” Because as soon as something happens in our life that we don’t like or understand we start complaining. This is when we have to lean on other virtues, specifically, Self-control, humility, and generosity. Which leads us to the Fruits of the Spirit….
I.
Fruits of the Spirit. (Galatians 5:22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
i.
Longsuffering is a very big part of having patience. It is also a gift from God! What makes long suffering a “gift” and why would God want to give us something that hurts? (Allow responses/examples) This is a gift because we, as Christians, must be patient. Waiting on the Lord shapes our Christian character. As we yield to the Holy Spirit, He produces "the fruit of the Spirit" on the inside of us. This does not mean that we must be hush mouth and never mention our