4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. Phillipians 4:4-9

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Patience...do I really want to hear this?

Tonight I rejoice in hearing a great sermon on patience. The topic of patience is one of those things that I feel like no one really wants to talk about because they know it means their patience is going to be tested if they pray for patience. But, I'm learning more and more how little we as believers can do on our own. We need the power of the Holy Spirit working in us in order for anything good to be true of us. And the same is true of patience, just like anything else. So, as James 1:2-4 says, I am going to "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." 
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