The Patience Pastor Willy GonzĂĄlez. Guatemala, June 08th. Year of Abundance
We need to constantly remember that Christ comes soon but he is coming for a perfect and Holy Church, stainless and wrinkleless which is why we need to persevere in searching His face, with the purpose of advancing, and reach the patience of waiting in the Lord. Jas 1:4 KJ2000 But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing. The patience is one of the fruits of the Spirit, then our race as Christians, is not only based in that we are good people, but we need to I may apprehend that for which also we were apprehended (Php 3:12) and part of it is the patience. Heb 12:1 KJ2000 Therefore seeing we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which does so easily ensnare us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, It ins interestingly that while we are on the on the way, we need to run but with patience, because at the end we will get to a glorious goal: to be caught up as the Apostle Paul, but with patience. 1Sa 13:8 KJ2000 And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. When God talks to us about thing that we must do in the service that we offer Him with all love, there will be a moment in which He will ask us to do something but with patience; because we need to endure the weak and the spiritual newborn with love. Num 21:4-5 KJ2000 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way to the Sea of Reeds, to go around the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was greatly discouraged because of the 5 way. And the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loathes this worthless bread. The people of Israel were captive in Egypt and suddenly they were free, but when they found themselves in the wilderness they lost their patience and they were eager to reach the promised land and that made them sin and blaspheme because they wanted their blessing right away and not according to God´s plan; as we have done any time; we are in abundance and we believe that everything is under control, but soon we start going through the wilderness and we hear the promises of God but we want them in that very moment that we hear it, and we are impatience. Psa 37:3 KJ2000 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shall you dwell in the land, and verily you shall be fed. One of the things that God wants us to do while he works in our life, is remind in silence; of course this does not mean that we must never pray, however, when God answers us with silence, we need to have patience and by doing this we will avoid to get upset mostly when we see those around us being prospered even if they are unconverted.
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The Patience Pastor Willy Gonzรกlez. Guatemala, June 08th. Year of Abundance
Ecc 10:4 KJ2000 If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, leave not your post; for yielding pacifies great offences. The fact of being patients allows us to do several things, and one of them is that we remain in silent as we said; another thing is the fact that we do not abandon the place where we are, which could happen when we are at work and suddenly we are admonish because a mistake that we committed, this could cause that we want to leave that place, but that is when we need to show that we are reaching the patience as a fruit of the Spirit. Ecc 7:8 KJ2000 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. If we decide to be impatience we are accepting to be proud, which is why we need the patience because it is the antidote against proud, which is the reason we need to be careful because before the fall comes the proud of spirit. How could we detect if we are proud? With the way we treat people who work for us, if we are patience then we are not proud; but if we are not patience then we are candidate to be proud of spirit, which puts us in risk of falling because as we said before, before the fallings comes the proud of spirit. Pro 25:15 KJ2000 By long patience is a prince persuaded, and a gentle tongue breaks the bone. We need to be patience for the promises that God gave us, if He promised something we need to wait no matter the wilderness we might go through the promises of the Lord will be fulfilled because the Lord does not lie, and He will take His time to perfection us, we only need to be patients. 2Ti 4:2 KJ2000 Preach the word; be diligent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. According to the previous verse the patience needs support, which is the Word of the Lord; Why do we wait? Because if the Lord promised something to us He will do it, we only need to be patients; even when we teach the Word of God or we are exhorting someone, we need to understand and be patients because they will learn in their time, we need to be patience in teaching and learning as well. Rom 15:5 KJ2000 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like minded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: One of the greatest blessing upon our lives, is the fact that we have as Father to the God of patience and comfort, because that is the way that we could say we have a goal, which is to be like Him, and in some moment we will reach all the virtues that God wants us to have. Rom 15:4 KJ2000 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. God said He will return, and He will, we only need patience and at His time we will receive each one of the promises He has given to us, and we will see Him face to face. This study is allowed to be copied and printed by any mean, only if the source of the information is quoted.
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The Patience Pastor Willy Gonzรกlez. Guatemala, June 08th. Year of Abundance
Eph 4:2 KJ2000 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; According to the previous verse, we need to forbear each other in love; the simple fact that someone has a weakness it calls us to be patients for love to our neighbor Col 3:12-13 KJ2000 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, compassion, 13 kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do you. We need to show compassion to others, and if we need to ask forgiveness let us do it, because that will open many doors to us and will avoid us many problems. Rev 2:19 KJ2000 I know your works, and love, and service, and faith, and your patience, and your works; and the last to be more than the first. God sees if we have learned all His teaching, because at the end everything has a purpose in our life; knowing that we are guided by the Lord, and we need to understand that we will get a positive benefit from every situation, because the Lord will turn it into a blessing being on this earth; maybe spiritual, but it could also have a material consequence for us, only be patience. Rom 2:4 KJ2000 Or despise you the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? We cannot underappreciate anything of what the Lord gives, on the contrary we need to take advantage of it all. Gal 5:22 KJ2000 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, If we are lack of one of the fruits of the Spirit, it is necessary that we ask it to the Lord today, and He in His endless mercy will give the desires of our heart.
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