Thursday, August 16, 2007
♥ 3:00 PM
Oh yes was reminded about something. Was chatting with Pamela this afternoon and she mention about patience. Suddenly remember something that I wrote down which I want to see a change in myself during last week cg sermon.
I wrote down that I want to be a person of patience. Someone who can keep everything at normal cool level and not at an anger level.
Was going through some of Pastor Phil Pringle materials. As usual if I have to lead prayer meeting I will always look through Pastor Phil materials to see is there anything I can learn. Was going through both volume of The Leadership Files. Both book always gave me revelation and help me to prepare for prayer meeting. While going through saw chapter touching on Patience.
Kind of ironic..yesterday was emailing Charmaine updating her about myself. Wanted to email her what I wrote down and while I was happily typing away it slip off my mind. I am absent minded and I have short - term memory. Probably something plan by the Lord to be reminded by Pamela of the goals that I set to see a change by the end of the year. Well as usual, without fail Pastor Phil's material really do help. Another night of new insights.
Came across this 2 chpt.
"And a servent of the Lord must be...patient" 2 Tim 2:24
Patience is coping with people's faults and failings.
Patience is controlling your attitude when you want to lose it.
Patience is not raising your voice when you're angry.
Patience is a soft answer.
Patience is giving people more time than you think you should.
Patience is bearing with people while they learn what you already know.
Patience will make you 'complete', the Bible says, "lacking nothing".
Patience is waiting for people, and doing it with a great attitude.
Patience is not huffing, sighing, and 'losing it'.
Patience is ruling your spirit.
Be patient, with others, with yourself, with God.
The timing of God is perfect.
"Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Many problems you face will come from impatience - shortness of spirit.
Impatience makes you do a thing several times instead of once, slowly.
Impatience makes you miss the wisdom that comes from waiting and thinking before acting.
Impatience makes you lose friends when they frustrate you.
Because of impatience you will lose control of your temper.
Impatience is a short spirit.
If you're a person with a short fuse people will avoid you.
You will scatter instead of gathering.
BUT, James 1:3 declared that the time to exercise patience is exactly when you don't want to - when you're under pressure.
If you develop patience and become great at waiting and coping and putting up with....everything...you will be 'complete and entire, lacking in nothing' (verse 4).
Go for it. Be a patient person.
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