1. Patience is a character trait of His. God: Romans 2:4; 2 Peter 3:9 Christ: 2 Thessalonians 3:5 Spirit: Galatians 5:22 God highly values patience being cultivated in His children because

2. Patience Seeing things from God’s eternal perspective The ability to put up with stuff without: Reacting Grumbling Getting even

3. Greek word = “makro thumin” = Big thumb! So, when God sees you exercising patience and long-suffering, He gives you the Big thumbs up! Patience

4.  Col. 1:10-12:  “I pray that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way; bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience and joyfully giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the Kingdom of light.” 