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Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study

How To Develop Patience | Redefining Love (1 Cor. 13)

Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study

Ten Minute Bible Talks

Christianity, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2019

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

We continue our series Redefining Love on 1 Corinthians 13. In this episode, Patrick discusses 1 Corinthians 13:4, where Paul writes that love is patient. Discover how to develop patience in your own life: By reflecting on how patient God has been with you. If you live in the Columbia area, we hope you’ll join us in person. Our https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/about/sundays/ (website) has all the info you’ll need. You can follow us on https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO/ (Facebook), https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ (Instagram) or https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ (Twitter). Want to learn about more 1 Cor 13? Here are some recommendations. Beginner: https://www.amazon.com/Loving-Jesus-Loves-Philip-Graham/dp/1433524791 (Loving the Way Jesus Does). Intermediate: https://www.amazon.com/within-Limits-Smedes-1-Jan-1959-Paperback/dp/B013ILF570/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=love+within+limits+smedes&qid=1564155275&s=digital-text&sr=8-1-fkmr0 (Love Within Limits). Advanced: https://www.amazon.com/Charity-Its-Fruits-Living-Light/dp/143352970X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OKP9IGJZ03Z4&keywords=charity+and+its+fruits+by+jonathan+edwards&qid=1564155319&s=gateway&sprefix=Charity+and+its%2Caps%2C171&sr=8-1 (Charity and it’s Fruits). All the links mentioned in this episode: Website: https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/about/sundays/ (https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/about/sundays/) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO/ (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO/) Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO/ (https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/) Twitter: https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ (https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/) Books – Loving the Way Jesus Does: https://www.amazon.com/Loving-Jesus-Loves-Philip-Graham/dp/1433524791 (https://www.amazon.com/Loving-Jesus-Loves-Philip-Graham/dp/1433524791) Love Within Limits: https://www.amazon.com/within-Limits-Smedes-1-Jan-1959-Paperback/dp/B013ILF570/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=love+within+limits+smedes&qid=1564155275&s=digital-text&sr=8-1-fkmr0 (https://www.amazon.com/within-Limits-Smedes-1-Jan-1959-Paperback/dp/B013ILF570/) Charity and its Fruit: https://www.amazon.com/Charity-Its-Fruits-Living-Light/dp/143352970X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OKP9IGJZ03Z4&keywords=charity+and+its+fruits+by+jonathan+edwards&qid=1564155319&s=gateway&sprefix=Charity+and+its%2Caps%2C171&sr=8-1 (https://www.amazon.com/Charity-Its-Fruits-Living-Light/dp/143352970X/) Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now.

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0:00.0

Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.

0:11.0

I'm Patrick Miller. And I'm Keith Simon. Right now we're

0:14.6

working through 1st Corinthians 13, Paul's definition of love. Okay I know this

0:20.5

should be embarrassing but I'm gonna tell you the truth. I am a sucker for

0:25.2

animal videos. The other day I saw this video of an elephant with her calf and she's giving the

0:31.8

calf a bath in some muddy water because I guess that's how

0:34.7

elephants do it and when they're all done she's trying to nudge her calf out of the

0:40.0

water but it's obvious that the calf doesn't want to get out. It's having a great

0:43.8

bath time. And so she starts using her trunk and then her leg and the calf keeps

0:48.6

protesting. It's grunting. It's shooting water all over the place and after a while she finally

0:54.6

finally manages to get the calf out of the water.

0:58.2

About a minute passes and then she looks away from the calf.

1:02.0

And the minute she looks away the the calf. And the minute she looks away,

1:03.4

the calf sprints right back into the water.

1:07.2

The mom turns around, she sees it,

1:09.0

and she just lets out this long,

1:10.6

and I have to think annoyed trumpet from her trunk because you know as it turns out

1:15.8

it doesn't matter if you're a human or if you're an elephant patience is hard

1:22.4

just ask any parent of a toddler trying to leave the house.

1:27.0

Everything takes forever.

1:29.0

Putting on shoes, putting on coats. Oh, and now I need a water.

1:33.2

Oh, and now I need to go potty and,

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