Motive Question:

• What is one thing that can lose your temper?

Objectives:
• Describe the word patience in a biblical perspective.
• Discuss the 3 lessons to learn regarding patience.
• Some fruits have a protective outer layer.
• The outer peel will also protect the fruit and allow it to grow.
• If the peel will be removed, then the fruit will rot and spoil.
• Similarly, the practice of patience restores and protects relationships.
• Godly patience enables us to show mercy instead of hate and to
forgive instead of seek revenge.
What is Patience?
• The ability to wait, or to continue doing something despite
difficulties, or to suffer without complaining or becoming annoyed:
What is Patience?
• Paul's exhortation about patience (The Fruit of the Spirit)
• The illustrations of James about patience (farmer, prophets, Job)
The Fruit of the Spirit: Patience
• 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things
there is no law. (Galatians 5:22-23 ESV)
The Fruit of the Spirit: Patience
• Paul made used of the compound Greek word “Makrothumia .”
• “makro” meaning long.
• “thumos” pertains to anger.
• Thus, literally it means LONG TO ANGER.

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Exodus 34:6 (NIV)
• 6...“The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to
anger, abounding in love and faithfulness,
The Fruit of the Spirit: Patience
• Patience is the prolonged control of anger or restrained wrath.
The Fruit of the Spirit: Patience
•“Patience is the ability to put up with people you would like to put
down.” Ulrike Ruffert
Colossians 3:12-13 (NIV)
• 12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe
yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and
patience.
• 13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a
grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
• Instead of building fences, patience builds bridges to maintain
relationships.
• Patience is a LIFESTYLE!
James 5:7-11 (NLT)
• 7 Dear brothers and sisters,[a] be patient as you wait for the Lord’s return.
Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the fall and in the
spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to ripen. 8 You, too, must be
patient. Take courage, for the coming of the Lord is near.
• 9 Don’t grumble about each other, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged.
For look—the Judge is standing at the door!
• 10 For examples of patience in suffering, dear brothers and sisters, look at the
prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 We give great honor to those
who endure under suffering. For instance, you know about Job, a man of great
endurance. You can see how the Lord was kind to him at the end, for the Lord
is full of tenderness and mercy.
3 LESSONS TO LEARN REGARDING PATIENCE
• 1. The harvest is worth the wait.
• 7. Dear brothers and sisters,[a] be patient as you wait for the Lord’s
return. Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the
fall and in the spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to
ripen. James 5:7
3 LESSONS TO LEARN REGARDING PATIENCE
• 1. The harvest is worth the wait.
• God often calls on us to wait...
• The farmer is used as an example of one whose patience is rewarded
at the proper time- harvest.
3 LESSONS TO LEARN REGARDING PATIENCE
• 1. The harvest is worth the wait.
• ...imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been
promised. Hebrews 6:12
• If God has given you a promise, hold on to it.
• Wait patiently.
3 LESSONS TO LEARN REGARDING PATIENCE
• 1. The harvest is worth the wait.
• The Lord is good to those who wait for him... (Lamentations 3:25,
ESV)
• Christian to run the race “with patience” (Hebrews 12:1, Living Bible)
• So, we must patiently endure hardship and heartaches until Jesus
returns.
3 LESSONS TO LEARN REGARDING PATIENCE
• 2. God is in Charge
• 10 For examples of patience in suffering, dear brothers and sisters,
look at the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord- James 5:10
(NLT)
3 LESSONS TO LEARN REGARDING PATIENCE
• 2. God is in Charge
• In the face of suffering, the prophets remained faithful to God.
3 LESSONS TO LEARN REGARDING PATIENCE
• 2. God is in Charge
• 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a
future- Jeremiah 29:11, NIV
3 LESSONS TO LEARN REGARDING PATIENCE
• 2. God is in Charge
• God uses the hardships to build our character.
3 LESSONS TO LEARN REGARDING PATIENCE
•3. God causes all things to work together for our good.
•11 We give great honor to those who endure under suffering. For
instance, you know about Job, a man of great endurance. You can see
how the Lord was kind to him at the end, for the Lord is full of
tenderness and mercy- James 5:11 (NLT)
3 LESSONS TO LEARN REGARDING PATIENCE
•3. God causes all things to work together for our good.
•Test 1- Job's livestock was destroyed.
•Test 2- His children were all killed.
•Test 3- His body was stricken with boils.
•Test 4- His wife left him and told him to “curse God and die.”
3. God causes all things to work together for our
good.
• His response...
• “Though he slay me, yet I will trust him.” Job 13:15
•Patience involves Faith.
3. God causes all things to work together for our
good.
• His response...
• “Though he slay me, yet I will trust him.” Job 13:15
•Patience involves Faith.
3. God causes all things to work together for our
good.
• 28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those
who love him, who[a] have been called according to his purpose.-
Romans 8:28, NIV
3. God causes all things to work together for our
good.
• In the end, this is what happened to Job...
•10. The Lord made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much
as he had before... 12. The Lord blessed the latter part of Job's life
more than the first. - Job 42: 10,12
Parting Words...
•Patience is developed in us through the work of the Holy Spirit.
•We must be connected to Jesus.
•5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in
you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.- John
15:5 (NIV)
•Patience is an expression of love because love is patient.