BBD 08.23.10 Patience (New)

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08.23.10

Patience

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering (patience -
NIV), kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against
such there is no law. - Galatians 5:22.

For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for
you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all
wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord,
fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the
knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious
power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the
Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints
in the light. - Colossians 1:10-12.

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies,
kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering (patience - NIV); bearing with
one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against
another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. - Colossians
3:11-13.

Walter and Rose Martin of Brooklyn, New York have had their patience tried.
Actually, they have had their patience tried more than 50 times beginning in
2002. What is it that is trying their patience? The NYPD keeps showing up at
their house to either raid it or to ask questions. Hopefully, the problem is
fixed now, but they have said it was fixed in the past, and they keep coming
to their house. The NYPD blames it on a computer glitch which occurred when
the software they are using was first installed. The randomly chosen address
used to test the software was that of the Martins. Rose Martin is not so
sure the problem has been solved and wants a letter from the city that she
can show to the invading officers in the future.

The even stranger thing is that problems with the address go back not to
2002 but to 1997. A previous resident had police or fire crews show up at
his house 30 times or so because someone was calling them from a pay phone
reporting fires or crimes. The previous resident couldn't take it any more
and simply moved. His patience must have run out! Mine would have run out
too!

Dictionary dot com gives this definition of patience: "the quality of being
patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain,
without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like." Patience is one
of those fruits of the Spirit that I hesitate to pray that I receive
although I do pray for it. Why? Because to have patience it has to be
developed and tested. It appears that Walter and Rose Martin have passed the
test!

Patience is one of the marks you could say that a mature Christian has.
Someone with patience is "long-suffering" as the KJV puts it. They will put
up with things when most would simply bail out and try to escape from the
problem, or irritation, or frustration, or whatever is trying their
patience.

How do we develop patience? We "put on" patience. How do we do that? What is
our patience? The better question is, who is our patience? Jesus. We "put
on" Jesus. Jesus says this in John 15:5, "I am the vine, you are the
branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without
Me you can do nothing." If you want patience, you must "put on", abide in,
Jesus.

So, the next time something, or someone is trying your patience just "put
on" a little more of Jesus, and you will find your suffering does not seem
nearly as long.

Copyright © 2010. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals
on a non-profit basis with source credited. The Burning Bush website has
been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the
Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather began writing devotionals
in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first devotionals was
primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison facilities
throughout the United States and Canada.

Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer
Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they will be
forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always in need
of prayer - please pray for me.).

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leave comments, feedback about them there. There are other social networks
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those who may not know the Lord or may have wandered away. You can help me
reach out to them.

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Two videos of my sermons are posted on GodTube (now Tangle) at:
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You can listen to services at my son, Clark Wrather's church (First Baptist
Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma) live on Sunday mornings at 10:55am CST
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Posted by: wrather <wrather@...>

Visit the Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net
http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites have received visits from more than 170 countries.
Celebrating 11 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more
than 11,000 subscribers across the world.

Please join the Burning Bush Prayer Group. The group began in 1998 and is
made up of more than 300 prayer warriors. Send prayer requests and receive
prayer requests. To join send an email to: bbpg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

If you love to send and receive inspirational emails the Burning Bush
Inspirational Group is for you. To join send an email to
bbinspire-join@welovegod.org

You can now leave comments/feedback about the devotionals at
http://www.theburningbush.net.

The Burning Bush Devotional
Welcome to the 1091 new subscribers since January 1, 2010!!
There were 1367 new subscribers during 2009!!

08.23.10

Patience

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering (patience -
NIV), kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against
such there is no law. - Galatians 5:22.

For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for
you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all
wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord,
fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the
knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious
power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the
Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints
in the light. - Colossians 1:10-12.

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies,
kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering (patience - NIV); bearing with
one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against
another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. - Colossians
3:11-13.

Walter and Rose Martin of Brooklyn, New York have had their patience tried.
Actually, they have had their patience tried more than 50 times beginning in
2002. What is it that is trying their patience? The NYPD keeps showing up at
their house to either raid it or to ask questions. Hopefully, the problem is
fixed now, but they have said it was fixed in the past, and they keep coming
to their house. The NYPD blames it on a computer glitch which occurred when
the software they are using was first installed. The randomly chosen address
used to test the software was that of the Martins. Rose Martin is not so
sure the problem has been solved and wants a letter from the city that she
can show to the invading officers in the future.

The even stranger thing is that problems with the address go back not to
2002 but to 1997. A previous resident had police or fire crews show up at
his house 30 times or so because someone was calling them from a pay phone
reporting fires or crimes. The previous resident couldn't take it any more
and simply moved. His patience must have run out! Mine would have run out
too!

Dictionary dot com gives this definition of patience: "the quality of being
patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain,
without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like." Patience is one
of those fruits of the Spirit that I hesitate to pray that I receive
although I do pray for it. Why? Because to have patience it has to be
developed and tested. It appears that Walter and Rose Martin have passed the
test!

Patience is one of the marks you could say that a mature Christian has.
Someone with patience is "long-suffering" as the KJV puts it. They will put
up with things when most would simply bail out and try to escape from the
problem, or irritation, or frustration, or whatever is trying their
patience.

How do we develop patience? We "put on" patience. How do we do that? What is
our patience? The better question is, who is our patience? Jesus. We "put
on" Jesus. Jesus says this in John 15:5, "I am the vine, you are the
branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without
Me you can do nothing." If you want patience, you must "put on", abide in,
Jesus.

So, the next time something, or someone is trying your patience just "put
on" a little more of Jesus, and you will find your suffering does not seem
nearly as long.

Copyright © 2010. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals
on a non-profit basis with source credited. The Burning Bush website has
been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the
Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather began writing devotionals
in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first devotionals was
primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison facilities
throughout the United States and Canada.

Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer
Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they will be
forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always in need
of prayer - please pray for me.).

If you are not my friend on facebook or myspace you can be, just add me. The
devotionals are posted in my blogs on those two social networks and you can
leave comments, feedback about them there. There are other social networks
designed just for Christians, however, this is an outreach project to reach
those who may not know the Lord or may have wandered away. You can help me
reach out to them.

For information about how to hear my testimony in your church visit this
link: http://www.theburningbush.net/pages.asp?pageid=22160

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They may
subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

Two videos of my sermons are posted on GodTube (now Tangle) at:
connect.tangle.com/Wrather

You can listen to services at my son, Clark Wrather's church (First Baptist
Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma) live on Sunday mornings at 10:55am CST
http://www.kkbifm.com/

There is a complete devotional archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here
is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

You can unsubscribe to the pure text version of the devotional by sending a
blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the
confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group by sending a blank email to
burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by sending a
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