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The Fruit of Patience Patience . Ability to take a great deal of punishment from evil people or circumstances without losing one’s temper, without becoming irritated and angry, or without taking vengeance. It includes the capacity to bear pain or trials without complaint, the ability to forbear under…

Intro: A little boy was sitting on the front steps of his home. His face was cradled in his hands, and he looked very upset. His father came home and asked him what was wrong. The sad son looked up and said, “Well, just between us, Dad, I’m having trouble getting along with that wife of yours.” We all…

Number 8 in the order of the Minor Prophets. The oracle (see p. 19) was received ‘in a vision’ (NEB, JB) by Habakkuk, who is here called a prophet. This title is rare in book headings (see Hag. 1:1; Zech. 1:1), and is taken by some to indicate that Habakkuk was a professional prophet, one who earned…

Psalms 27: 14 “Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!” “I’m waiting…” If I had a title for this message, it would be, “I’m waiting…” A little background about me. For those of you that don’t know me, I’m Diana, and I am part of a blended family of 5 (8 if you…

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Let us this morning continue in our series, “Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit” today is part 4 entitled “The Fruit of Patience”. Up to this point we have look within the fruit basket and explored closer the fruits of love, joy, and peace. These three are very nice often understood to some degree and…

Often we think of patience as a virtue or character trait; the Bible tells us that patience is also a spiritual fruit which comes with a spiritual benefit.

Have you ever said, or heard someone say, “They make me so mad!” Really? It seems to me that most people pride themselves, like any child in saying, “You can’t make me.” We don’t think about it much, but if we take a moment outside of the situation we can prepare ourselves, so that when we are in the…

We all need hope. Where is your hope? What gives you hope? How do you gain hope? Hope is a very powerful. It is essential for all of life, if you ask me, and you didn’t but oh well. :D James wants to remind us of our true hope. As we come to the end of the book of James we must realize these final verses…

7 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! Thesis/ Central Idea: Be prepared to patiently look toward God for his guidance and accept his proposed timing. Waiting on God can lead to an atmosphere…

Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and from our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Have you been watching the news on the war in Ukraine? With each passing day we see and hear of destruction and atrocities that just breaks the heart. Then I wonder how much longer can the Ukrainians…

Happy New Year!!! 2021 is finally finished… completed... kupput… We made it through it! I don’t know about you, but I am so grateful to see this last year come to a close… But now it’s time to start thinking about the next year… What’s going to be different? What are we going to change? What do we want…

These last few weeks have been interesting in many ways. One of the hardest things though was being unable to respond instantly to problems. Two weeks ago I received a call from our alarm company saying that a motion sensor was set off in the church. It was in the late evening and everyone else on the…

The final group of four apostles is the least known to us, except for Judas Iscariot, who made himself notorious by selling Christ to be crucified. This group seems to have been less intimate with Christ than the other eight disciples. They are virtually silent in the Gospel narratives. Little is known…

A Picture of Patience Patience is a pregnant woman

Introduction A. Preliminaries Welcome: Please turn with me in your Bibles to the sixth Chapter of Ephesians, beginning in verse 5. Our text this morning will be verses 5 thru 9 of Chapter 6, which you can find at the top of page 1163 in the navy blue Bibles found in your pews. Ephesians 6:5–9 (ESV) Bondservants,…

There was a boy who asked a girl to the school dance… She agreed… so he went to rent a tux, but the rental store had a long line… so he waited and waited, and finally got his suit… Then he decided to get flowers, but the flower shop had a long line… so he waited and waited, and finally, got his flowers……

Nobody likes waiting, especially if it’s waiting for something bad to end. It may be physical suffering, it may be emotional trauma, it may be painful circumstances beyond our control. Whatever is causing us distress, we just want it to be over with as quickly as possible. Earlier in the letter James…

Unity in Diversity in Community 4 Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox. “Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean,...” “I hate people.” People make things messy. This proverb is an Metaphor We are the Oxen. Irritable, fat headed, & messy…

Review In verses 1-11, we learned that Luke was writing this book so that Theophilus could be a witness of the Lord Jesus. A witness is someone who can affirm with confidence what he himself has seen or heard. Since the time of Christ, every generation of Christians have been called to witness of Christ.…

Matthew 6:1-4

Intro When I was 8 or 9 years old my family took a summer trip to Ruidoso, NM. My grandparents had a late 80s model Van that I remember looking a lot like this one: SHOW VAN OUTSIDE SLIDE one of the cool feature was that all the chair could swivel all the way around and lock in place so you could ride…

Sometimes it IS your circus, and more often than not they ARE your monkeys.

We are reminded that God graciously delivers us from suffering. We are encouraged to patiently endure.

Others What do you think that means, others? But the slide says others does not mean? Think of ( Mt22:39 ) Filled with care for others It’s OK to love yourself, but you must love others and think of others more than self. Love others. Think of what Jesus said in ( Mt22:39 ) 39 “The second is like it,…