Patience is something that each of us struggles with from time to time. Whether it is something going on in our lives or someone doing something we don

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Waiting For The Lord

• Patience is something that each of us struggles
  with from time to time. Whether it is something
  going on in our lives or someone doing something
  we dont understand. It creates problems for us.

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Waiting For The Lord

• The prophet Isaiah tells us that patience is
  essential and that those who wait on the Lord
  will be refreshed (rewarded).

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Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the
young men shall utterly fall, 31But those who
wait on 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 4030-31
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• Let's consider these words, which well describe
  one virtue that should characterize every
  Christian Patience.

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• This Is The Definition Of Christian Patience
• We are often exhorted in the NT to be patient or
  longsuffering - Lk 2119 Heb 1036 Heb. 121
  Jas. 57

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By your patience possess your souls. Luke 2119
For you have need of endurance, so that after you
have done the will of God, you may receive the
promise Hebrews 1036
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so
great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside
every weight, and the sin which so easily
ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the
race that is set before us, Hebrews 121
Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming
of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the
precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently
for it until it receives the early and latter
rain. James 57
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• This Is The Definition Of Christian Patience
• The patience of a Christian, however, is
  different from the patience of others it is not
  as the world gives, but as the Lord gives.
• It is not "waiting something out," but "waiting
  for the Lord."

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Waiting For The Lord

• This Is The Definition Of Christian Patience
• The patience of a Christian, however, is
  different from the patience of others it is not
  as the world gives, but as the Lord gives.
• It's purpose is not earthly success, but to cause
  us to be faithful and pleasing to God instead of
  returning to the world.

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Waiting For The Lord

• This Is The Definition Of Christian Patience
• If we were to define Christian patience, we would
  say that it means waiting on the Lord...
• By trusting him, putting the future in his hands,
  expecting and anticipating God's tomorrow.

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Waiting For The Lord

• This Is The Definition Of Christian Patience
• If we were to define Christian patience, we would
  say that it means waiting on the Lord...
• By continuing faithful, persevering in our
  commitment to Christ.

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• This Is The Definition Of Christian Patience
• If we were to define Christian patience, we would
  say that it means waiting on the Lord...
• By being quiet in spirit in a turbulent time, at
  peace though not content - Isa. 3015 Phil 46-7

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• Wait For The Lord And Be Patient In
• Frustration
• Those times during which we are denied those
  things that we need, OR that we think we need.
• With some....
• The circumstance of frustration leads to the
  attitude of frustration--they are gloomy, bitter,
  angry, judgmental, etc.

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• Wait For The Lord And Be Patient In
• Frustration
• Those times during which we are denied those
  things that we need, or that we think we need.
• With some....
• They turn from the Lord, instead of turning
  closer to him.

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• Wait For The Lord And Be Patient In
• Frustration
• Those times during which we are denied those
  things that we need, or that we think we need.
• With some....
• In frustration, pray and wait....and let what
  good come from it that can - Deut. 82-5

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And you shall remember that the LORD your God led
you all the way these forty years in the
wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know
what was in your heart, whether you would keep
His commandments or not. 3So He humbled you,
allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna
which you did not know nor did your fathers know,
that He might make you
know that man shall not live by bread alone but
man lives by every word that proceeds from the
mouth of the LORD. 4Your garments did not wear
out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty
years. 5You should know in your heart that as a
man chastens his son, so the LORD your God
chastens you. Deuteronomy 82-5
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• Wait For The Lord And Be Patient In
• Affliction and perplexity
• Affliction and perplexity might have to be
  endured - Jas. 511 Ps. 73
• Instead of trying to understand, endure
• Instead of stoically enduring, wait for the Lord

Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have
heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end
intended by the Lord--that the Lord is very
compassionate and merciful. James 511
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• Wait For The Lord And Be Patient In
• Doing good
• There is the patience needed by Israel in the
  wilderness, and Job on the ash heap, but there is
  also that needed by Elijah on the mountain - 1
  Ki. 1910

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So he said, "I have been very zealous for the
LORD God of hosts for the children of Israel
have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your
altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword.
I alone am left and they seek to take my
life." 1 Kings 1910
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• Wait For The Lord And Be Patient In
• Doing good
• There is the patience needed by Israel in the
  wilderness, and Job on the ash heap, but there is
  also that needed by Elijah on the mountain - 1
  Ki. 1910
• This is the ability to go on doing good, even
  though we see little results.

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• Wait For The Lord And Be Patient In
• Doing good
• Consider this--sometimes the prophets were told
  from the start that their good labors would do no
  good whatsoever - Isa. 68ff Jer 1323

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Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying "Whom
shall I send, And who will go for Us?" Then I
said, "Here am I! Send me." 9And He said, "Go,
and tell this people 'Keep on hearing, but do
not understand Keep on seeing, but do not
perceive.' 10Make the heart of this people dull,
And their ears heavy, And shut their eyes Lest
they see with their eyes, And hear with their
ears, And understand with their heart, And return
and be healed." Isaiah 68-10
Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard
its spots? Then may you also do good who are
accustomed to do evil. Jeremiah 1323
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• Wait For The Lord And Be Patient In
• Doing good
• Consider this--sometimes the prophets were told
  from the start that their good labors would do no
  good whatsoever - Isa. 68ff Jer 1323
• Regardless of the results, we must continue to
  plant and water, and wait for God to bring the
  increase - 1 Cor. 36 Jas. 57 1 Cor 1558

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I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the
increase. 1 Corinthians 36
Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming
of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the
precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently
for it until it receives the early and latter
rain. James 57
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast,
immovable, always abounding in the work of the
Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in
the Lord. 1 Corinthians 1558
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• Wait For The Lord And Be Patient With
• Others
• As we are often exhorted - 1 Cor 134 Eph 42 1
  Thess. 514

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Love suffers long and is kind love does not
envy love does not parade itself, is not puffed
up 1 Corinthians 134
with all lowliness and gentleness, with
longsuffering, bearing with one another in
love, Ephesians 42
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are
unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the
weak, be patient with all. 1 Thessalonians 514
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• Wait For The Lord And Be Patient With
• Others
• Patience with them doesn't mean holding back
  action, but persisting in doing good to them.

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• Wait For The Lord And Be Patient With
• Others
• This, too, is a matter of waiting for God.
• It is much easier to be patient with others when
  you remember that you are not just waiting for
  them, you are waiting for the Lord.

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• Wait For The Lord And Be Patient With
• Others
• Remember, too, how patient the Lord is with them,
  and how patient he has been with you - 2 Pet. 39

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The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as
some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward
us, not willing that any should perish but that
all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 39
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• Wait For The Lord And Be Patient With
• Self
• We go through times when we are weak
• Struggling with a personal weakness or temptation
  that often defeats us.
• Feeling "low" spiritually plagued by bad
  thoughts, attitudes, moods.
• Troubled by uncertainties, doubts.

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• Wait For The Lord And Be Patient With
• Self
• We are promised that those who wait for the Lord
  will be renewed - Isa. 4031 2 Cor. 316 Eph
  423 Rom 122

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But those who wait on 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 4031
Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil
is taken away. 2 Corinthians 316
and be renewed in the spirit of your
mind, Ephesians 423
And do not be conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that
you may prove what is that good and acceptable
and perfect will of God. Romans 122
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• Wait For The Lord And Be Patient With
• Self
• If the Lord is patient with me, then I should be
  patient with me too.

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• Are you waiting for the Lord?
• Hardly a day will go by when you will not be
  called upon in some way to wait for the Lord.