Patient In Spirit
Patient In Spirit | September 5, 2021 am | Eccles. 7:7–9 | Living for More series
How does seeing all the oppression and corruption affect your heart (7)?
James 1 says God uses trials to test us. Have the trials of the last year and a half, revealed that you are patient in spirit or proud in spirit (8b)?
Do you have a short fuse (9) or are you longsuffering?
Does your sinful anger manifest itself not in blowing up, but by clamming up? Do you allow anger to grow in your heart (9)?
Why do you think it's hard to be patient in an "instant everything" world?
Where are places that you struggle to be patient (i.e. in the car, in line at the DMV, etc.)? What do you think are triggers for your impatience?
Why can the end of a thing (your marriage, your job, your college career, your life) be better than the beginning (8a)?
How can you cultivate the 4th fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5)?
How does trusting God's sovereign control over the end help you to be patient now (8)?