The Fruit of the Spirit- Patience

The Fruit of the Spirit – PATIENCE 4. Galatians 5:22 and Selected Scriptures Sometimes our patience or long suffering problems are with the person and plan of ______ (Isaiah 40:31; Psalm 62:5). Three Program Notes: 1. Have you noticed how patience plays such a key role in important Bible _______________? 5. If you seek to live a life of love, patience may be the _________ trait God asks of you (1 Corinthians 13:4). 2. Two of my favorite quotes have to do with ______________, the Old Testament synonym of patience. 6. God calls you to __________ yourself, spiritually, with patience (Colossians 3:12, 13). 3. How can God develop patience in you, without _________________ or purposing those annoying, painful, or difficult delays? 7. Frequently God develops patience in you through this pattern: prayer + __________ = patience (Colossians 1:10). With the prayer that God will develop greater patience in us, I present ten biblical principles about patience. 1. You might be surprised at the precise ___________________… 8. Without patience you can never be a _____________________ teacher of God’s Word (II Timothy 4:2). and extent…of “patience” in the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22). 9. 2. Without patience it is impossible to maintain ____________ in any church (Ephesians 4:2, 3). You can only walk so far on the road of doing God’s ________, without patience (Hebrews 10:36). 10. 3. It is impossible to fully live a life worthy God’s _____________, Remember this order: first receive patience from God; then ______________ patience to others (2 Peter 3:9). without patience (Ephesians 4:1, 2). EFCGV February 16, 2020