1. Overcoming impatience involves thinking rightly by focusing thoughts on God and his word, demolishing wrong arguments, and allowing the Holy Spirit to control one's mind. 2. It means waiting patiently for God's timing, showing understanding of others' mistakes, and avoiding foolish irritations and quarrelling. 3. Enduring suffering with God's grace also helps overcome impatience. Having patience involves trusting God during difficulties rather than growing angry or impatient.

1. OVERCOMING
IMPATIENCE

2. WORD OF GOD:
•James 1:4 (NKJV) But let
patience have its perfect
work, that you may be
perfect and complete,
lacking nothing.

3. WORD OF GOD:
• (AMP) But let endurance and
steadfastness and patience have
full play and do a thorough work,
so that you may be [people]
perfectly and fully developed
[with no defects], lacking in
nothing.

4. • THINK RIGHT TO OVERCOME
IMPATIENCE
• a. THINKING RIGHT IS THINKING
GUIDED BY AND CONSISTENT WITH
THE WORD OF GOD
• Matthew 22:29 Jesus replied, "You are
in error because you do not know the
Scriptures or the power of God.
IMPRESS TO HEART
AND MIND

5. • b.THINKING RIGHT IS ABOUT DEMOLISHING
ALL ARGUMENTS AGAINST GOD TAKING
CAPTIVE ALL THOUGHTS TO MAKE THEM
OBEDIENT TO CHRIST…( ANY THOUGHT
THAT DISOBEYS CHRIST IS A WRONG
THOUGHT )
• 2 CORINTHIANS 10:5. DEMOLISH ALL
ARGUMENTS AGAINST GOD TO TAKE
CAPTIVE EVERY THOUGHT TO MAKE IT
OBEDIENT TO CHRIST
• c. THINKING RIGHT IS THINKING UNDER THE
CONTROL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
• ROMANS 8:6. MIND CONTROLLED BY THE
SPIRIT IS LIFE AND PEACE.

6. PRAYER:
LORD MAKE
ME PATIENT
RIGHT NOW!

7. OBEYING THE COMMAND TO BE PATIENT IS
TO OVERCOMING IMPATIENCE
•Ephesians 4:2 Be
completely humble and
gentle; be patient,
bearing with one another
in love.

8. PATIENCE IS A FRUIT OF
THE SPIRIT
•Galatians 5:22 But the
fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness,
faithfulness,

9. WEAR THE GOOD
CLOTHING OF PATIENCE
( special clothing of God’s chosen people )
• Colossians 3:12 Therefore,
as God's chosen people, holy
and dearly loved, clothe
yourselves with compassion,
kindness, humility, gentleness
and patience

10. 1.OVERCOMING IMPATIENCE IS TO
WAIT FOR AND TRUST GOD’S TIMING
• James 1:4 (NLV) Learn well how to
wait so you will be strong and
complete and in need of nothing.
• (MSG) So don't try to get out of
anything prematurely. Let it do its
work so you become mature and
well-developed, not deficient in any
way.

11. • Hebrews 6:13 When God made his
promise to Abraham, since there was
no one greater for him to swear by,
he swore by himself,
• Hebrews 6:14 saying, "I will surely
bless you and give you many
descendants."
• Hebrews 6:15 And so after waiting
patiently, Abraham received what
was promised

12. • NOTE:
• ENTERING INTO “RELATIONSHIP” UNTIMELY
• TO BE OBSESSED TO HAVE THAT THING
( WORK, POSITION, POSSESSION, ETC )
• BEWARE OF CREDIT CARDS TO HAVE
SOMETHING TO SHOW OFF
( USE WISELY PLS TO AVOID BURYING
YOURSELF IN DEBT )
• Ecclesiates7:8 The end of a matter is
better than its beginning, and patience is
better than pride.

13. 2.OVERCOMING IMPATIENCE IS TO SHOW
UNDERSTANDING TO THE MISTAKES AND
SHORTCOMING OF OTHERS
• Proverbs 14:29 A patient man has great
understanding, but a quick-tempered man
displays folly.
• Proverbs 19:11 A man's wisdom gives him
patience; it is to his glory to overlook an
offense.
• NOTE:
• PEOPLE ARE IMPERFECT! ( DONT EXPECT
TOO MUCH, ALWAYS EXPECT ON GOD )

14. 3.OVERCOMING IMPATIENCE IS TO
AVOID FOOLISH IRRITATIONS AND
QUARRELLING
• Provers15:18 A hot-tempered
man stirs up dissension, but a
patient man calms a quarrel.
• NOTE:
• ACCIDENTS ( CAR, BUMPING, ETC )

15. • Numbers 21:4 They traveled from Mount
Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go
around Edom. But the people grew impatient
on the way;
• Numbers 21:5 they spoke against God and
against Moses, and said, "Why have you
brought us up out of Egypt to die in the
desert? There is no bread! There is no water!
And we detest this miserable food!"
• Numbers 21:6 Then the LORD sent
venomous snakes among them; they bit the
people and many Israelites died.

16. 4.OVERCOMING IMPATIENCE IS TO
ENDURE SUFFERING BY GOD’S GRACE
• JAMES 1:4 (CEV) But you must learn
to endure everything, so that you will
be completely mature and not
lacking in anything.
• (GW) Endure until your testing is
over. Then you will be mature and
complete, and you won't need
anything.

17. • James 5:10 Brothers, as an example
of patience in the face of suffering,
take the prophets who spoke in the
name of the Lord.
• James 5:11 As you know, we
consider blessed those who have
persevered. You have heard of Job's
perseverance and have seen what the
Lord finally brought about. The Lord is
full of compassion and mercy.

18. • 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (NIV)
• 9
But he said to me, “My grace is
sufficient for you, for my power is made
perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will
boast all the more gladly about my
weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may
rest on me. 10
That is why, for Christ’s
sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults,
in hardships, in persecutions, in
difficulties. For when I am weak, then I
am strong.