Category Archives: Patience

Be careful about thinking the grass is always greener on the other side.

In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem of Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, his wife, and his two sons. – Ruth 1:1,

Don’t lose heart, and don’t lose your confidence in God.

35 Do not, therefore, fling away your fearless confidence, for it carries a great and glorious compensation of reward. 36 For you have need of steadfast patience and endurance, so that you may perform and fully accomplish the will of God, and thus receive and carry

Please don’t ignore God’s gift while you are making your way to the fridge.

Because he preferred to share the oppression [suffer the hardships] and bear the shame of the people of God rather than to have the fleeting enjoyment of a sinful life. – Hebrews 11:25, Amplified Bible (AMP) I was at the

Try not to drive into the ditch, but if you do, God will be there to help.

Behold, God is my helper and ally… – Psalm 54:4, AMP Have you ever done something embarrassingly stupid? I sure have. As a matter of fact, I am well known within my sphere of influence as being embarrassingly stupid on

Oh, how soon we forget.

The people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? – Exodus 15:24, AMP. For three days after God miraculously rescued them by parting the Red Sea, the children of Israel traveled in the wilderness of Shur. By the end

Don’t let your circumstances steal away your hope.

His feet they hurt with fetters; he was laid in chains of iron and his soul entered into the iron. Psalm 105:18, AMP Little is said in the Bible regarding how Joseph felt while he was being betrayed by his brothers. In

Don’t give up on the vision just because it has grown a little dim.

Where there is no vision, the people perish… – Proverbs 29:18, KJV What happens when the bright, shining vision God has given you turns dim? God has shown you the work He made you specifically to do, and when you

God always completes what He starts.

I will cry to God Most High, Who performs on my behalf and rewards me [Who brings to pass His purposes for me and surely completes them]! – Psalm 57:2, AMP Have you ever known people who continuously fail to finish what

Try not to get irritated when your plans don’t pan out. God has something better in mind.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us. – Ephesians 3:20, KJV Years ago my wife and I owned a white, 1993 Pontiac

Time to wow the crowd like Collins Key.

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. – 2 Timothy 4:7, KJV The other day I received my daily edition of a technology email newsletter to which I subscribe. Embedded in