Amy Biegel
Executive Pastor | The River Church
PRE-SERMON NOTES:
- Baptism Sunday | Sunday, April 6
- Easter Weekend | Marion Campus
- Friday, April 18 at 6:00PM | Saturday, April 19 at 5:00PM | Sunday, April 20 at 8:00AM, 10:00AM, and 12:00PM
- Easter Weekend | Chesterton Campus
- Sunday, April 20 at 10:30AM
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Greek Proverb
“One minute of patience = ten years of peace.”
Mid-West American Proverb
“A watched pot never boils. Patience is a virtue. Find it if you can, seldom in a woman and never in a man.”
Mark Twain
“All good things come to those who wait – and don’t die in the meantime.”
John 15:5
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
Galatians 5:22-23
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance (patience), kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”
God’s {____________________} towards us.
2 Peter 3:9
“The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.”
Ephesians 2:3-5
All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.
Matthew 10:8
Freely you have received, freely give.
{____________________} is hard to give if I’ve never {____________________} how much I’ve {____________________}.
1 Corinthians 3:1-3, TLB
Dear brothers, I have been talking to you as though you were still just babies in the Christian life who are not following the Lord but your own desires; I cannot talk to you as I would to healthy Christians who are filled with the Spirit. 2 I have had to feed you with milk and not with solid food because you couldn’t digest anything stronger. And even now you still have to be fed on milk. 3 For you are still only baby Christians, controlled by your own desires, not God’s. When you are jealous of one another and divide up into quarreling groups, doesn’t that prove you are still babies, wanting your own way? In fact, you are acting like people who don’t belong to the Lord at all.
Patience can be more {____________________} if {____________________} is in motion.
Patience with God’s {____________________}.
Patience with God’s perspective = trusting {____________________}.
John 16:33
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
re·deem
verb
1.compensate for the faults or bad aspects of (something).
synonyms: save, rescue, vindicate
2.gain or regain possession of (something) in exchange for payment
synonyms: retrieve, reclaim, regain
Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose.
Patience with God’s {____________________}.
Psalm 40:1-3
“I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and more; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in Him.”
“It’s an act of {____________________} to {____________________}.”
- Let go of our {____________________}, but get God’s timing.
- Let go of our {____________________}, but get God’s provision.
- Lose {____________________}, but get God’s covering.
Hebrews 10:36-39
You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. For, “In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay.”And, “But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back.” But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.
Patience with God’s {____________________}.
Col. 3:12-13
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with one another and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
How do we cultivate patience?
1.) Focus on {____________________}.
How do we cultivate patience?
2.) Focus on {____________________}.
Psalm 130:1-6
“Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord; O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. If you, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, therefore you are feared. I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word, I put my hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.”
How do we cultivate patience?
3.) Focus on {____________________}.
Psalm 86:15
“But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.”
Interactive notes are available on The River App. Printable notes are available alongside today’s sermon both online and in our app.