Patience

 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience - Colossians 3:12.

With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love - Ephesians 4:2.

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant - 1 Corinthians 13:4.

And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all - 1 Thessalonians 5:14.

But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life - 1 Timothy 1:16.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance - 2 Peter 3:9.

And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil - 2 Timothy 2:24.

Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching - 2 Timothy 4:2.

May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy - Colossians 1:11.

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit - Ecclesiastes 7:8.

Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools - Ecclesiastes 7:9.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness - Galatians 5:22.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised - Hebrews 10:36.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us - Hebrews 12:1.

So that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises - Hebrews 6:12.

And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise - Hebrews 6:15.

But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint - Isaiah 40:31.

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger - James 1:19.

Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains - James 5:7.

You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand - James 5:8.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope - Jeremiah 29:11.

And rend your hearts and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster - Joel 2:13.

By your endurance you will gain your lives - Luke 21:19.

As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience - Luke 8:15.

Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly - Proverbs 14:29.

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention - Proverbs 15:18.

Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city - Proverbs 16:32.

With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone - Proverbs 25:15.

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!  - Psalm 37:7.                                                 

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us to be patient in all we do. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.