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How Jesus Fills Our Thirst For Patience

How Jesus Fills Our Thirst For Patience. Sermon 2 of 8 July 20 th 2014. Thirsty Sermons:. Jesus Fills Our Thirst For: Meaning Patience Resolution in Anger Control Balance Peace During Stress Comfort in Worry Love. Matthew 5:6.

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How Jesus Fills Our Thirst For Patience

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  1. How Jesus Fills Our Thirst For Patience Sermon 2 of 8 July 20th 2014

  2. Thirsty Sermons: • Jesus Fills Our Thirst For: • Meaning • Patience • Resolution in Anger • Control • Balance • Peace During Stress • Comfort in Worry • Love

  3. Matthew 5:6 • “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” • A desire to be right with God that is natural, continuous, and primary. • Patience is a part of righteousness.

  4. Definition • Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary • 1. (n.) The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression, calamity, etc. • 2. (n.) The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for something due or hoped for; forbearance.

  5. Our Thirst for Patience: • Most people struggle with being patient and they want people to show them patience. • Developing patience helps us with the frustration and anger that can lead to sin. • People try many ways of developing patience.

  6. Object Lesson Time!

  7. Developing Patience • On a scale of 1-10 how patient are you usually? • What sets you off? • What calms you down? • How has connecting to Jesus helped you develop, or discover patience?

  8. Help #1 - Perspective • How many times have been impatient with someone and then they apologize and let you know what happened and the impatience went away? • Often our perspective makes a difference.

  9. Can You Figure Out What Is Happening? • Youtube linkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4QcyW-qTUg

  10. Passages • Proverbs 14:29 A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man displays folly. • Proverbs 15:18 A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel. • Proverbs 16:32 Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.

  11. Passages • Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. • 1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. • Galatians 5:22-25 Butthe fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.

  12. Passages • Ephesians 4:2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. • 1 Thessalonians 5:14 And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone. • James 5:7-8 Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. 8 You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near.

  13. Passages • 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. • The call for “patient endurance” is found in Revelation 1:9, 13:10, 14:12.

  14. How Do You Be a Better Waiter??? • See others as Christ sees you. This is the one that makes the difference. • Set realistic expectations and be flexible. • Simplify and avoid over planning. • Do unto others as you would have done to you. Matthew 7:12 • Focus on other parts not just the frustration. • Help others by communicating. • Offer and ask for forgiveness.

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