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Patience

Patience - Essential to Experiencing God's Best – Dr. Charles Stanley — Charles Frazier Stanley was an American Southern Baptist pastor and writer. He was senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta for 49 years and took on emeritus status in 2020. He founded and was president of In Touch Ministries, which widely broadcasts his sermons through television and radio. He also served two one-year terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, from 1984 to 1986. Thanks Wikipedia

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Known as the “Prince of Preachers,” this Victorian, Calvinistic, Baptist minister testified as a powerful gospel witness in his time, but his influence endures today. Born on June 19th, 1834, in Kelvedon, Essex, the firstborn of seventeen children, he loved books, particularly John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress. Salvation came January 6th, 1850 when hiding in a church service from a roaring blizzard he heard the sermon that awakened his heart. After eleven years preaching in various churches, he opened the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London. His ministry exploded resulting in the founding of 66 parachurch ministries. His remarkable ministry in London would last 38 years before his death on January 31st, 1892 in Menton, France.

What God says about patience in the Bible

Verses concerning Patience

“preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.” — 2 Timothy 4:2

“Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.” — Romans 12:12

“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” — Galatians 6:9

“But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.” — Romans 8:25

“with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,” — Ephesians 4:2

“For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.” — Hebrews 10:36, KJV

“Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.” — Colossians 3:12-13

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.” — 1 Corinthians 13:4

“And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.” — 1 Thessalonians 5:14

“Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.” — Ecclesiastes 7:8

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” — Galatians 5:22-23

“remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,” — 1 Thessalonians 1:3

“Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.” — Romans 8:26

Waiting on the Lord

These Bible verses remind us that God’s timing is perfect and that we will be rewarded when we wait on the Lord.

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.” — Ecclesiastes 3:11 NASB

“Wait for the Lord;
    be strong, and let your heart take courage;
    wait for the Lord!” — Psalm 27:14

“For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.” — Galatians 5:5

“Thus says the Lord:
“In a time of favor I have answered you;
    in a day of salvation I have helped you;
I will keep you and give you
    as a covenant to the people,
to establish the land,
    to apportion the desolate heritages,” — Isaiah 49:8

“Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. 8 You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.” — James 5:7-8

“But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” — 2 Peter 3:8

“The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
    to the soul who seeks him.
It is good that one should wait quietly
    for the salvation of the Lord.” — Lamentations 3:25-26

““For thus says the Lord: When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare[a] and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” — Jeremiah 29:10-11

“Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
    fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,
    over the man who carries out evil devices!” — Psalm 37:7, ESV

“I waited patiently for the Lord;
    he inclined to me and heard my cry.” — Psalm 40:1, NKJV

“For still the vision awaits its appointed time;
    it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow, wait for it;
    it will surely come; it will not delay.” — Habakkuk 2:3

“I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” — Lamentations 3:24

“For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.” — Romans 8:22-25

“But they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” — Isaiah 40:31, ESV

“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness[a] be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” — Philippians 4:4-6, ESV

God’s Patience with us.

“The Lord is merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.” — Psalm 103:8

“The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you,[a] not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.” — 2 Peter 3:9

“But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.” — 1 Timothy 1:16, NLT

“The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, ‘The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,’” — Exodus 34:6, NASB

Some Proverbs About Patience?

“A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.” — Proverbs 19:11

“With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.” — Proverbs 25:15, ESV

“One who is slow to anger has great understanding;
But one who is quick-tempered exalts foolishness.” — Proverbs 14:29

“A hot-tempered person stirs up strife,
But the slow to anger calms a dispute.” — Proverbs 15:18, ESV

“One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
And one who rules his spirit, than one who captures a city.” — Proverbs 16:32

“One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
And one who rules his spirit, than one who captures a city.” – Proverbs 16:32