With patience you can avoid making hasty decisions. Life is not about living in the future or in the past. Life is about accepting the present moment.

1. PATIENCE IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT IN LIFE
Patience is being able to wait for something that you want to happen.
We spend a lot of our lives waiting. As we were growing up, we had the heart of patience but as we
matured everything changed. We started lacking patience and found as if we were getting late. Patience
not only relaxes you, it also offers that wonderful state of being that we call "peace of mind,"
which has an incredible effect on the quality of life. We live interrupted lives, punctuated with
distractions that come at us from all sides. This can easily create anxiety and lack of patience.
People want things now and now. The spirit of patience is very rare. We are always in a hurry
and in this hurrying, we get bruised and hurt. Many of the health conditions are as a result of
impatience. Our minds are constantly jumping from thought to thought, task to task, worry to
worry.
There are many things in life that test our patience: Traffic onroads, bank queues, supermarket lines,
doctor's offices, finances, relationships, irritating people, etc. We hate to wait. We are the Now
Generation. So “How do you Develop Your Patience?” This is the greatest concern.
“But let patience have her perfect work” (James 1:4 KJV)
God, as you know, is a God of patience. Romans 15:5 (NKJV)
5 Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another,
according to Christ Jesus.
James 5:8 (NKJV)
8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
Like a farmer waits patiently for the early and latter rain, we are also to be patient because the
coming of the Lord is near.
Patience requires a change of attitude. A great way to create a new attitude is to ask yourself,
"What's the bigger picture here?" This creates a state of productive curiosity that helps you to
realize how many good things often happen over time. The feeling of impatience is often a
consequence of feeling overwhelmed. You never achieve patience through rushing. You need
the calm state that comes with letting go of anxious feelings that destroy the easiness of life. By
just prioritizing your tasks and committing to do them one at a time, you loosen the grip that
feeling overwhelmed has on you.
Many of life's miracles often do not happen quickly; they require patience. Illnesses and wounds
heal best with patience. Life often reveals its mysteries with patience. Difficult problems
sometimes solve themselves with patience. We grow into healthy, functioning adults with
patience. Impatience is self-destructive because you tie yourself down with a rope of unhealthy
thoughts.

2. Stop worrying. You will notice that even when we realize a situation is beyond our control, we still
try to control it by worrying. To worry about something you can't change is useless. Do you have
anybody in your life right now that refuses to change? Do you know how difficult it is to live with that
kind of person? We need patience with people.
Be patient. Ifyouare going to be a success with people,you have to learn patience. If you are
going to be successful parents, you need to have patience. You don't get overheated with
circumstances and situations or kids or family. You need to be patient when circumstances are
uncontrollable and when people are unchangeable. Though a situation may be out of my control,
no circumstance is out of God's control. Although I can't control everything that happens in my
life, God can control the same. Thus I need to trust Him.
Do you have a dream, a goal in life, a vision that God's given you? God says it will be right on target, at
the right time, in the right way. You wait expectantly and quietly.
Psalm 37:7 "Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him to act."
Where do you need to have patience this day? Do you have an uncontrollable circumstance in your life
right now? Maybe you are in a job situation, a financial reversal, illness, or relationships. You need
patience and allow God to work behind the scenes.
Take a time out to notice all of the good things that life offers you. Begin by noticing that
every time you breathe in, there is fresh air available. That, right there is wonderful, and it is only
one of ten thousand ways that life supports you, every day, with living a great life. When you
pause to notice, you'll appreciate how much more life is in your favor rather than against you.
Just realizing this calms you, which in turn promotes patience.
Learning to be patient. Being patient is not always easy. It takes practice. We must work
on being patient every day. God likes us to have patience. We have more friends when we
are patient and kind.
1 Corinthians 13:4 (NIV) Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is
not proud.
Patience is important. Patience is an important tool in overcoming frustration. Patience allows
us to suspend judgment long enough to make informed decisions, thus paving the path to a happy
and peaceful life. With patience you can avoid making hasty decisions. Life is not about living in
the future or in the past. Life is about accepting the present moment.
Impatience is self-destructive because you tie yourself down with a
rope of unhealthy thoughts.