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Tag: patience

  • Patience Has Rewards

    And therefore the Lord [earnestly] waits [expecting, looking, and longing] to be gracious to you; and therefore He lifts Himself up, that He may have mercy on you and show loving-kindness to you.  For the Lord is a God of justice.  Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are all those who [earnestly] wait for Him, who expect and look and long for Him [for His victory, His favor, His love, His peace, His joy, and His matchless, unbroken companionship]! (Isaiah 30:18)

    [God] will render to every man according to his deeds: to those who, by patient persistence in doing good, seek for glory and honor and [the eternal blessings of] immortality, He will give eternal life (Romans 2:6-7).

    Let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us…  Just think of Him who endured from sinners such grievous opposition and bitter hostility against Himself [reckon up and consider it all in comparison with your trials], so that you may not grow weary or exhausted, losing heart and relaxing and fainting in your minds (Hebrews 12:1, 3).

    Everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.  May the God who gives both endurance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind… (Romans 15:4-5)

    For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised (Hebrews 10:36).

    Endure hardships as discipline.  God is treating you as sons.  For what son is not disciplined by his father? (Hebrews 12:7)

    By your steadfastness and patient endurance you shall win the true life of your souls (Luke 21:19).

    [Let us also be full of joy now!] Let us exult and triumph in our troubles and rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that pressure and affliction and hardship produce patient and unswerving endurance.  And endurance (fortitude) develops maturity of character (approved faith and tried integrity). And character (of this sort) produces [the habit of] joyful and confident hope of eternal salvation (Romans 5:3-4).

    If we hope for what we do not see, we wait eagerly for it with perseverance (Romans 8:25).

    If we are afflicted… it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer (2 Corinthians 1:6).

    But those who wait on the Lord will find new strength. They will fly high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31)

    Make every effort to add to your faith… patient endurance… (2 Peter 1:5-6)

    The Lord’s servants must not quarrel but must be kind to everyone. They must be able to teach effectively and be patient with difficult people. (2 Timothy 2:24)

    Therefore my dear brothers, be steadfast, immoveable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain (1 Corinthians 15:58).

    As for you keep your head in all situations; endure hardships… (2 Timothy 4:5)

    Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness (1 Timothy 6:11).

    Endure hardships with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus (2 Timothy 2:3).

    If we endure, we will also reign with Him… (2 Timothy 2:12)

    Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes… (1 Corinthians 4:5)

  • Growing In Patience

    Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus to be revealed (1 Corinthians 1:7).

    Love is patient…  It endures all things. (1 Corinthians 13:4, 7)

    A man’s wisdom gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense (Proverbs 19:11).

    A patient man calms a quarrel (Proverbs 15:18).

    A patient man has great understanding…. (Proverbs 14:29)

    Patience is better than pride (Ecclesiastes 7:8).

    What credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience?  But if, when you do what is right and suffer for it, you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God (1 Peter 2:20).

    The Lord… is long-suffering (extraordinarily patient) toward you, not desiring that any should perish, but that all should turn to repentance (2 Peter 3:9).

    Blessed (happy, to be envied) is the man who is patient under trial and stands up under temptation, for when he has stood the test and been approved, he will receive [the victor’s] crown of life which God has promised to those who love Him (James 1:12).

    Be assured and understand that the trial and proving of your faith bring out endurance and steadfastness and patience.  But let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and do a thorough work in you, so that you may be [people] perfectly and fully developed [with no defects], lacking in nothing (James 1:3-4).

    As for that [seed] in the good soil, these are [the people] who, hearing the Word, hold it fast in a just (noble, virtuous) and worthy heart, and steadily bring forth fruit with patience (Luke 8:15).

    So be patient, brethren, [as you wait] till the coming of the Lord.  See how the farmer waits expectantly for the precious harvest from the land.  [See how] he keeps up his patient [vigil] over it until it receives the early and late rains.  So you also must be patient… (James 5:7-8)

    Guard and keep yourselves in the love of God; expect and patiently wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ – [which will bring you] to life eternal (Jude 1:21).

    Correct, rebuke and encourage – being unflagging and inexhaustible in patience and instruction (2 Timothy 4:2).

    Urge the older men to be… sound in the faith, in the love, and in the steadfastness and patience [of Christ]. (Titus 2:2)

    As servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance, in troubles, hardships, and distresses… in purity, understanding, patience and kindness… (2 Corinthians 6:4-6)

    Therefore as God’s chosen people… clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness… and patience [which is tireless and long-suffering, and has the power to endure whatever comes, with good temper]. (Colossians 3:12)

    [We pray] that you may be invigorated and strengthened with all power according to the might of His glory, [to exercise] every kind of endurance and patience (perseverance and forbearance) with joy (Colossians 1:11).

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

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

    We urge you… be patient with all men (1 Thessalonians 5:14).

  • Patience Is Waiting For God

    Therefore, [earnestly] wait for Me, declares the Lord, [waiting] for the day when I rise up… (Zephaniah 3:8)

    The Lord is good to those who wait hopefully and expectantly for Him…  It is good that one should hope in and wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord (Lamentations 3:25-26).

    But as for me, I will look to the Lord and – confident in Him – I will keep watch; I will wait with hope and expectancy for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me (Micah 7:7).

    I will wait for the Lord…  I will look for and hope in Him (Isaiah 8:17).

    I wait for You, O Lord… (Psalm 38:15)

    I wait for the Lord; my soul waits.  And in His Word I put my hope (Psalm 130:5).

    I am hoping and waiting [eagerly] for Your salvation, O Lord, and I do [follow] Your commandments (Psalm 119:166).

    Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him…  Wait for the Lord and keep His ways… (Psalm 37:7, 34)

    Wait [expectantly] for the Lord, and He will rescue you (Proverbs 20:22).

    Wait [expectantly] for your God continually (Hosea 12:6).

    In the morning I lay my requests before You and wait in expectation (Psalm 5:3).

    I waited patiently and expectantly for the Lord, and He inclined His ear to me and heard my cry (Psalm 40:1).

    Our inner selves wait [earnestly] for the Lord; He is our Help and our Shield (Psalm 33:20).

    Wait and hope for and expect the Lord!  Be brave and of good courage and let your heart be stout and enduring.  Yes, wait for and hope for and expect the Lord (Psalm 27:14).

    Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial… (Revelation 3:10)

    Yes… Lord, we wait [expectantly] for You… (Isaiah 26:8)

  • Study On Patience

    We must learn patience with ourselves, with God, and with our Christian growth.  If you are frustrated, it is because you are not being patient with God.  We must wait; it is how we wait that is the art!  It shows how much we trust Him in our situations.

    Examples of patience

    Creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed (Romans 8:19).

    God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the Ark was being built… (1 Peter 3:20)

    For many years You were patient with them… (Nehemiah 9:30)

    As an example of suffering and patience: take the prophets…  You have heard of the endurance of Job… (James 5:10-11)

    And thus, having patiently waited, [Abraham] obtained the promise (Hebrews 6:15).

    I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus… (Revelation 1:9)

    But I was shown mercy so that in me – the worst of sinners – Christ Jesus might display His unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe… (1 Timothy 1:16)

    Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone. [Patience and prudence can do the impossible.] (Proverbs 25:15)

    Better a patient man than a warrior; a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city (Proverbs 16:32).

    We continually remember… your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Thessalonians 1:3).

    This is a cause of our mentioning you with pride among the churches of God for you steadfastness (your unflinching endurance and patience) and your firm faith in the midst of all the persecutions and crushing distresses and afflictions under which you are enduring (2 Thessalonians 1:4).

    That you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises (Hebrews 6:12).

    May the Lord direct your hearts into [realizing and showing] the love of God, and into the steadfastness and patience of Christ and in waiting for His return (2 Thessalonians 3:5).

    While we wait for the blessed hope, and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ (Titus 2:13).

    This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints, who obey God’s commandments and remain faithful to Jesus (Revelation 14:12).