Patience Is a Virtue
July 16, 2023
James 5:7-11
1. Have Patience With
; Be Strong of
! (Vs. 7-8, Psa 10:17-18, Deut 10:13-16)
Psalm 10:17-18, “Lord, you have heard the desire of the humble; you will strengthen their hearts. You will listen carefully, doing justice for the fatherless and the oppressed so that mere humans from the earth may terrify them no more.”
Deuteronomy 10:13-16, “Keep the LORD’s commands and statutes I am giving you today, for your own good. The heavens, indeed the highest heavens, belong to the LORD your God, as does the earth and everything in it. Yet the LORD had his heart set on your ancestors and loved them. He chose their descendants after them—he chose you out of all the peoples, as it is today. Therefore, circumcise your hearts and don’t be stiff-necked any longer.”
2. Look for the
– Not the
In a Believer’s Eye! (Vs. 9, 1 Pet 4:7-9, Phil 2:14-16)
1 Peter 4:7-9, “The end of all things is near; therefore, be alert and sober-minded for prayer. Above all, maintain constant love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins. Be hospitable to one another without complaining.”
Philippians 2:14-16, “Do everything without grumbling and arguing, so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world, by holding firm to the word of life.”
3. Endure Trying
– Be
! (Vs. 10-11; Jer 20:2, 32:2, 38:6; Job 1:21-22, 42:10; Rom 8:28)
Jeremiah 20:2, “So Pashhur had the prophet Jeremiah beaten and put him in the stocks at the Upper Benjamin Gate in the LORD’s temple.”
Jeremiah 32:2, “At that time, the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and the prophet Jeremiah was imprisoned in the guard’s courtyard in the palace of the king of Judah.”
Jeremiah 38:6, “So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah the king’s son, which was in the guard’s courtyard, lowering Jeremiah with ropes. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.”
Job 1:21-22, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will leave this life. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Throughout all this Job did not sin or blame God for anything.”
Romans 8:28, “We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.”
Job 42:10, “After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes and doubled his previous possessions.”