Introduction: Galatians 5:22 tells us that another fruit of the Spirit is patience. “I have lots of things to do and I do not like to waste my time unless the goal of my activity is to relax and ‘waste”‘time”. How about you? Do you see pointless wasting of your time as a gift from God? What if I told you that “long-suffering” is another way to translate this word patience. Do you want suffering? While I was doing more research on what the Bible really meant by “patience,” what I found were texts on endurance. The New Bible Dictionary defines patience as “restraint in the face of opposition or oppression.” That sounds like a cross between suffering and endurance, rather than wasting time. Let’s plunge into our study of the Bible and learn more about God has in mind with the gift of patience!
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