John 16:33
Biblical Patience Has Three Main Ideas:
1. Never Gives Into Negative Circumstances
2. Never Retaliates Against Difficult People
3. Never Stops Believing That God Will Work out His Will
James 5:7-11; 2 Peter 3:15
Six Practical Steps to Biblical Patience:
1. REJOICE in the Lord’s Coming, and Live in LIGHT of it
James 5:7-8; Galatians 5:22; Romans 8:18; 2 Timothy 4:5; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 1 John 2:18
2. RECOGNIZE the Lord’s Judgment, and Live in the FEAR of it
James 5:9; 1 John 1:8; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Corinthians 3:12-13; Romans 14:10
3. RECEIVE the Lord’s Servants, and Live in the PATTERN of them
James 5:10; Lamentations 3:22-25
