14 ~ When Praying for Patience is Really More About How to be Content

Have you ever heard someone say, don’t pray for patience or ill never pray for patience again because the lesson is too difficult?

We live in a society where we want it our way and we want it now! We want life to be comfortable, easy and to go the way we planned it. When this doesn’t happen, and we don’t see any changes in the situation, we begin to pray for patience to deal as we impatiently wait on God to work in our lives or for those we are praying for.

But what if patience in waiting on God isn’t really what we are needing. What if the real lesson is in learning to trust God enough to be content in where He has you? So much so that you stop looking for Him to change it.

In this episode, we’re going to chat about how learning to wait on God is sometimes less about patience and more about learning to be content right where you are.

So pull up a chair next to mine and let's get started.

 

Scripture References
Philippians 4:11-13

2 Kings 5:1-3 & 15

 

Faith Lived Out Questions

1. Where are you right now?  Are you praying for patience or asking God to change in your life? What is it that you are wanting Him to change?

2. Are you angry or bitter about your circumstances or are you concerned about what’s next? Describe what you are feeling. ~ Ephesians 4:31

3. What promise from God do you need to trust in to help you be content where you are?

• Is it trusting God that there is a reason why He has you where you are? ~ Story of Joseph, Genesis 37

• Is it that you need to trust Him to provide for you? ~ Episode 12 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/faith-lived-out-biblical-principles-for-christian-wives/id1665337430?i=1000601431904

• Do you need to trust in His timing and His wisdom and not your own? ~ Isaiah 55:8-9

• Is it trusting in the fact that He does have a long term plan for your life? A good plan that brings you hope and a future. ~ Jeremiah 29:11

• Are you needing to trust in Him for strength and wisdom to be content through a difficult time in your life? ~ Isaiah 41:10 & Deuteronomy 31:6 

 

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