God is Patient - July 31

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 31 July 2019

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

In our fallen state, patience isn’t something we find very often in ourselves or others. I don’t know if I know one person who has perfectly displayed patience for me, myself included. What’s incredible about our Father in heaven is that he is an endless well of patience. He has patience in abundance, and it never runs out for us. Today allow God to reorient the way you understand him and his heart towards you. He is slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, unlike anyone we’ve ever known.

Our Scripture for today comes from 2 Peter 3:9, and today's worship is You Waited by Travis Greene.

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0:00.0	In our fallen state, patience isn't something we find very often in ourselves or others.
0:11.2	I don't know if I know one person who has perfectly displayed patience for me, myself
0:16.0	included. What's incredible about our Father in Heaven is that he is an endless well of patience. He has patience in abundance and it never runs out for us.
0:26.6	Today allow God to reorient the way you understand him in his heart towards you.
0:32.1	He is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, unlike anyone
0:36.9	we've ever known. Welcome to the First of Team Podcast. podcast. Our verse today comes from 2nd Peter 39 and says,
0:58.0	The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing
1:06.2	that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
1:10.3	There is no virtue more calming than patience. A peaceful lifestyle begins with
1:19.8	patience. When birthed by a heavenly perspective, patients can transform even the most stressful
1:26.7	places of one's heart into calm streams of joy and abundant life. Our Heavenly Father perfectly models a patient heart.
1:37.0	2 Peter 3, 8 through 9 says, but do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
1:50.0	The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you,
1:57.2	not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. God's perspective and overwhelming love for us fills his
2:06.5	heart with incredible patience. Think for just a second about all the atrocities, perversions, sin, and depravity that God witnesses
2:16.8	on a continual basis.
2:19.3	He watches in pain as humanity kills, steals, lies, and cheats. He watches as those he most cares for
2:27.7	throw away his perfect plans for cheap imitations that only cause heartache and pain. But God and His patient
2:35.8	mercy waits to return and bring about the complete restoration of creation that
2:41.8	all might reach repentance. God is patient because he is love.
2:47.0	And God is not only patient in regard to the second coming of Jesus,
2:52.0	he is wholly patient with you in regards to your
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