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Qualities of a pure heart - 4
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Patience “Bearing pains and trials
calmly or without complaint.Manifesting forbearance under provocation or strainNot hasty or impetuousSteadfast despite opposition, difficulty or adversity.
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Patience “The capacity to continue to
bear up under difficult circumstances.Not hasty or impetuous” (L&N)
Temperance, forbearance, endurance, long-suffering, etc.
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PatienceWhile seeking to maintain a
pure heart, you will face difficulties. You need patience.
2 Peter 1:5-7 – after temperance with our virtue
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PatienceWhile seeking to maintain a
pure heart, you will face difficulties. You need patience.
2 Peter 1:5-7 – after temperance with our virtue
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PatienceThe patience of God 1 Peter 3:20-21Nehemiah 9:172 Peter 3:9Romans 15:5
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PatiencePatience needed to develop
faith! Allow God to work in His timeframe
Lack of faith does great damage
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PatienceGal. 5:22-23, A fruit of the
SpiritLuke 21:19, “By your
patience possess your souls”2 Tim. 2:24, a servant of
the Lord
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Patience1 Thess. 5:14, Be patient
with allHeb. 12:1, let us run with
endurance the raceJames 5:7-8, Be patient…
until the coming of the Lord.
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PatienceDeveloping patience
Learn self-control Pause before you react (cf. Jas. 1:19) Realized the good that can come from patience (Rom. 5:3-4), Jas. 1:3-4
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Patience
Developing patience Get organized Be thankful to God – count your many blessings
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Humility “To make low” One of a meek and lowly
disposition. Non-abrasive in dealing with others. The opposite of arrogance and pride
Meekness, modesty, lowliness, a servant, etc.
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Humility Moses, Num. 12:3 John the Baptist, cf. Jn. 1:35-37, 3:30 “He must increase, but I must decrease.”
Jesus, Phil. 2:5-7, John 13:1-9
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Humility Matt. 5:3, “Blessed are the
poor in Spirit.” Matt. 5:5, “Blessed are the
meek.”Phil. 2:3-4, lowliness of
mind let each esteem others better than himself.
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Humility Rom. 12:3, “not to think more
highly of himself…” 1 Cor. 13:4, “Love…does not
parade itself, is not puffed up” James 4:6, 10, God resists
the proud, gives grace to the humble.
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Humility 1 Pet. 5:5-7, “be clothed in
humility”Psa. 138:6, “Though the
Lord is on high, yet He regards the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.”
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Humility Prov. 16:5, “Everyone proud
in heart is an abomination to the Lord…””
Micah 6:8, “He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God”
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Humility
How to develop humilityBegin with honest evaluation – especially in God’s eyes Be thankful Overcome worldliness, Matt. 19:16-22
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HumilityHow to develop humility
Do something that will humble you (cf. 2 Cor. 4:5-7, 1 Tim. 6:17-19) Pray about it Associate with the humble, Rom. 12:16
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Does our heart manifest patience
and honesty?