God Attribute, 159

 ~ Patient ~

 

This Series ~ This series of posts looks at some of the many attributes of God.  Generally, we move in alphabetical order.

 

Scripture ~ “The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and great in mercy. The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works” (Psalm 145:8-9).

 

“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9).

 

“They shrugged their shoulders, stiffened their necks, and would not hear. Yet for many years You had patience with them” (Nehemiah 9:29b-30a).

 

“Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 15:5-6).

 

“Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ” (2 Thessalonians 3:5).

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

 

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