PRAY FOR PATIENCE

We belong to the "Now" generation. We want what we want, and we want it "now!" And if we can't get what we want right away, then we pout, get angry, or blame God. Unfortunately, this attitude has carried over to our prayer life. We pray, and if our prayers are not answered immediately - then we lose complete faith and wallow in self-pity, feeling God has ignored us or simply doesn’t care. Even worse, we may feel that God doesn't love us! Oh how sad this must make our heavenly Father, who loves us so much He gave His only son to come to this earth and die on a cross-so that we may live eternally with Him! How soon we forget His incredible sacrifice! If you need more strength and patience, pray and ask God to give you more faith to trust Him more . . . and He will! Remember that God created you, loves you more than anyone else on this earth ever could, and wants only the BEST for you! He is worthy of our trust! And here is the kicker that so many of us struggle with the most . . . God's timing is not the same as ours! His time table of making things happen doesn't always match up to what we think it should be - but we need to remember this more than anything when we are waiting for our prayers to be answered: "God's Timing is PERFECT!" So, pray for patience, keep praying, and don't ever stop! If it takes years, so be it! Don't quit praying. - and don't quit trusting! Our God IS faithful! Text: Ps 37:4, Ps 27:14, Ps 37:7-9, Num 11:23, John 14:14.

Psalms 37:4 NKJV - "4 Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart." 

Psalms 27:14 NKJV - "14 Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!" 

Psalms 37:7-9 NKJV - "7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Do not fret--it only causes harm. 9 For evildoers shall be cut off; But those who wait on the LORD, They shall inherit the earth." 

Numbers 11:23 NKJV - "23 And the LORD said to Moses, "Has the LORD's arm been shortened? Now you shall see whether what I say will happen to you or not."" 

John 14:14 NKJV - "14 "If you ask anything in My name, I will do it."