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PATIENCE

Text:  1 Corinthian 13:4

Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful and is not conceited._ 

Patience is the very first quality of Love as we have it in our text. And we understand from 1 John 4:8 that, God is love,  hence, one good quality of God is Patience, 2 Peter 3:9. Romans 15:5

Patience is a virtue needed mostly in difficult and unpleasant situations.  No one needs to preach patience to a man who gets everything he needs at his beck and call. So your patience is tried when you are required to wait for or on someone or something. 1 Peter 2:20, Romans 5:3-4.

Patience is your ability to wait without losing your temper.

For you have need of patience, that,  after you have done the will of God, you might receive the promise.Hebrews 10:36.

That is,  it is possible to do the Will of God without getting the promise if you lack Patience. 

To inherit the promise,  you need both faith and Patience. Hebrews 6:12. Even in the natural,  the reason people miss the plan of God for their lives,  marriage,  career,  business etc,  is because they are deficient in patience. It's not about how far you have waited,  it is all about waiting to the very end.Hebrews 6:15. 

Here is the conclusion : 

1. Be Patient towards all men. It's the proof of the seed of God in you. 1 Thessalonians 5:14.

2. Be Patient unto the coming of Christ. James 5:8, 2 Thessalonians 3:5. 

Never lose sight of this. Jesus Christ is coming back again for those who  patiently wait for Him. 

 **Remember,  only those that endure to the end shall be saved. Matthew 10:22, 24:13, Mark 13:13.* 

Bible reading: James 5:7-20

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