This document is a lesson on patience from the Central Union Church of Christ in Killeen, Texas. It defines patience as enduring, forbearing, and longsuffering. The lesson discusses how patience is a fruit of the Spirit, why it is important to add patience to one's faith, how trials build patience, and how waiting on the Lord leads to victory. Examples are given from the Bible of prophets, Job, and Abraham who waited patiently.

1. 5/13/2013
Central Union Church of Christ, 3202 Westcliff
Rd #100 Killeen Texas 76543
www.cucockilleen.org
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Wednesday Night
Study Series
Lesson Author K.Brady

2. Patience
5/13/2013
Central Union Church of Christ, 3202 Westcliff
Rd #100 Killeen Texas 76543
www.cucockilleen.org
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 Patience..What is It?
 A Fruit of the Spirit?
 Why Add it to your Faith?
 Trials builds Patience
 You Win when you Wait?
 Patience is needed for Others…
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Rd #100 Killeen Texas 76543
www.cucockilleen.org
Patience
 It is more than passive waiting or gentle tolerance
 Which means “Enduring”, “Forbearing”, “Longsuffering”
 Word Occurrence - Found 33 times in the Bible
 In a Nutshell Patience is “Endurance”, “Forbearance”
and “Moderation”
Webster Defines Patience as bearing pains or trials calmly or without complaint
(other) manifesting forbearance under provocation or strain
Patience

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Central Union Church of Christ, 3202 Westcliff
Rd #100 Killeen Texas 76543
www.cucockilleen.org
Fruit of the Spirit?
Patience is a Fruit of the Spirit
Gal 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, “longsuffering”,
gentleness, goodness, faith,
The word “Longsuffering comes from the same Greek word used for Patience in
“makrothumia” G3115) to longanimity, that is, (objectively) forbearance or
(subjectively) fortitude: - longsuffering, patience….(Also Used in James 5:10)
Patience

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Rd #100 Killeen Texas 76543
www.cucockilleen.org
Why Add it to Your Faith?
Patience
Children of God need to run the spiritual race
with forbearance and endurance. Adding
patience reveals our faith in God’s timing,
omnipotence, and love.
Is Patient a learned spirit?
Yes…

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Rd #100 Killeen Texas 76543
www.cucockilleen.org
Trials Builds Patience
Patience
James chap 1:3 gives us a vivid example of how trials
can makes us stronger through patience. The “trying of our Faith,
worketh patience”. This in turn will perfect our faith when our storms,
trials, temptations and challenges will come and will NOT go away overnight.
The word patience in this text originates from a Greek word called “hupomone”̄
which means enduring (waiting). This will build patience in us as we learn how to endure
through the rough waters of Life.
Read Gal 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap,
if we faint not.
Read 2Th 3:13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

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Rd #100 Killeen Texas 76543
www.cucockilleen.org
You WIN when you Wait?
Patience
How Can we win when we wait on the Lord?
God will always deliver his children in due time. Psa 27:14 “Wait on the
LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart:
wait, I say, on the LORD. “
We Will reap the ultimate prize, eternal life if we just hold to
the promises of the Lord…Read James 5:7-8
Those in the Bible who Waited..(Good Examples)
James 5:10-1 (The Prophets, Job, Abraham Waited)

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www.cucockilleen.org
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Patience Lesson End
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