Patience Is Essential For The Next Level.

May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.

‭‭Romans‬ ‭15:5-7‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Now The God Of Patience.

Let His Patience run through every part of your life. Let His Patience lead you in everything that you say and do. Let His Patience guide your daily conduct. Let His Patience be perfected in every area of your life. Put aside foolish and immature things. Lay aside every immature action and reaction. Let God lead your heart and let His Patience lead you. 

Patience is essential for the next level. If you’re not patient in this season, how will you exercise patience in the next season? Romans‬ ‭15:5‬ ‭AMPC declares,‬‬ “Now may the God Who gives the power of patient endurance (steadfastness) and Who supplies encouragement, grant you to live in such mutual harmony and such full sympathy with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus.” If you’re not able to endure in this season, how are you going to thrive in the next season? Patience prepares you for the next season. Patience matures you for the next season. 

If God bears long and patiently with “our” infirmities, “we” ought to bear with each other.

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Live In Harmony With One Another.

While you’re diligently waiting on the manifestation of the Promise, how you treat others matters. How you wait on the Promise matters to God. Diligently sow into others while you’re waiting. Sow peace. Sow joy. Sow gentleness. Sow life. Sow encouragement. Choose to build up others while you’re waiting. Romans‬ ‭15:5‬ ‭NLT‬‬ declares, “May God, who gives this patience and encouragement, help you live in complete harmony with each other, as is fitting for followers of Christ Jesus.” 

Now the God of patience – The God who is “himself” long-suffering, who bears patiently with the errors and faults of his children, and who can “give” patience, may he give you of his Spirit, that you may bear patiently the infirmities and errors of each other. The example of God here, who bears long with his children, and is not angry soon at their offences, is a strong argument why Christians should bear with each other. If God bears long and patiently with “our” infirmities, “we” ought to bear with each other.

Choose to reflect Christ in every area of your life. Reflect His Patience. Reflect His endurance. Choose to let your life minister to others while you’re diligently and patiently waiting. “May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had,” Romans‬ ‭15:5‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Our Divine Master invites his disciples, and encourages them by showing himself as meek and lowly in spirit. The same disposition ought to mark the conduct of his servants, especially of the strong towards the weak. The great end in all our actions must be, that God may be glorified; nothing more forwards this, than the mutual love and kindness of those who profess religion. Those that agree in Christ may well agree among themselves. -Bible Hub

Daily Reflections & Questions: PAUSE: Reflect on a time you experienced the fullness of God’s presence in the form of community. How did you grow from this experience?

PRACTICE: Write a list of all the ways you experience the joys of living in community with others. Thank Jesus for each one and thank Him also for the gift of relationship with Him.

Daily Prayer: PRAY: Jesus, You are a good Father. Your love and care for us is unmatched and overwhelming. We see Your loving hand in the sweet gift of fellowship with You and with others. May we create and cultivate healthy communities that enrich our lives and bring you glory. Amen.

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