Would you turn to Ephesians, please, the fourth chapter this morning?

One of the characteristics of the flesh is impatience.

Have you ever noticed?

And patience and perseverance is the companion force of faith.

Through faith and patience, perseverance you inherit the promises.

The enemy knows this.

If he can get you to be impatient, he can move you to miss God.

Many times, we've missed it by moving too fast, moving too quickly.

If we would have just sat still, waited a little bit longer, been quiet, paid attention, but to flesh.

Oh, boy.

So you don't want to start the service watching the clock to see when it's going to be over.

Why did you come?

Right?

Just to check the box and say I went?

No, something's supposed to happen when we come to church.

A number of things, actually.

We're supposed to minister to god things he'll receive from us

huh worship praise adoration thanks our offerings right our. And we're supposed to allow him to minister to us

and receive from him. A supply of his spirit, his life, his anointing, answers, direction,

revelation, all these things.

And we should not leave until

those things have

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