Day 22

Faith applied over a prolonged period of time needs patience..
Instead of a momentary faith, patience is prolonged, enduring faith. Patience is when you just believe & keep believing..
Many sins and mistakes come from a lack of patience; and patience is having the same godly attitude no matter what the situation, circumstance or people’s comment without getting angry or upset..
– The Holy Spirit Produces Patience.
Patience requires power – Holy Spirit power. The Holy Spirit inside of us gives us the ability to practice patience, and to grow our capacity for patience.
– Patience Requires a Heart of Thankfulness.
In the midst of trials and challenges, we can choose to strengthen and encourage ourselves in the Lord, or we can choose to complain and risk hardening our hearts. Maintaining a heart of thanksgiving in the midst of long suffering is an opportunity for the Lord to do a “perfecting work” of patience in us.
– Patience Comes Through Trusting God.
Sometimes our Heavenly Father will nudge us out of our comfort zone, but He always does it with our best in mind. It is through these uncomfortable circumstances and situations that the Lord can teach us to depend on His strength to help us endure.
– Waiting Expectantly.
God uses time, and yet He, Himself is not bound by it. He uses time for a purpose. When we practice hope in times of waiting, we are developing patience, and we are cultivating our character, growing in dependence on God.
– Be Still and Remember His Loving Faithfulness.
As we learn to “be still” before the Lord, He will fill us with the patience and the peace that we need to face whatever circumstance is before us.
– God’s Loving Example of Patience.
Our Heavenly Father is patient with us because He loves us. His love is patient. His nature is patience. As we encounter and experience God’s incredible patience with us, we are changed because of the encounter with His love.
By practicing patience through the power of the Holy Spirit, we learn to follow His example of grace towards us and reflect that grace and patience towards others.
“[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)