Here are some verses I go to when I find I am lacking in patience….which is pretty much all day long every day!
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Proverbs 19:11 A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is one’s glory to overlook an offence.
I can pray it like this:
According to Your word, Lord, I am wise enough to overlook this. You have given me wisdom and the mind of Christ, and the patience that comes from that is going to guide this situation.
I am choosing to overlook the thing that he just did because I am wise enough to know it only makes a mess of things if I don’t. I am choosing to wait, to see how You will work all of this out in Your time rather than adding to this mess by reacting.
In case you aren’t always patient (ahem!), here are some more verses that you can jot down to keep handy for tough situations that require waiting on God to move instead of tromping in under your own disastrous strength.
Ecclesiastes 7:8-9 The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride. Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
Colossians 1:11 (We pray for you to be) strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have great endurance and paitence.
II Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage with great patience and careful instruction.
James 5:7 Be patient then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains.
I Thessalonians 5:14 Warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone.
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