Are we impatient? I know I am...especially with computers. I think this is a good reminder to re-examine ourselves and get rid of any hasty tempers we may have.
Galatians 5:16-26 (English Standard Version)
Walk by the Spirit
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Job 6:11 (English Standard Version)
What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should be patient?
Ecclesiastes 7:8 (English Standard Version)
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning,
and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Proverbs 14:29 (English Standard Version)
Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding,
but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
Romans 12:12 (English Standard Version)
Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
1 Corinthians 13:4 (English Standard Version)
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant
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