Quotes About Patience

When you know the time has been set, you'll have a peace.

I'm not moved by what's not working out, by how long it's been, by what hasn't improved. I know what God has started in my life, He will finish. I know what He promised me will come to pass.

Quit complaining about what you're going through, about how unfair it is, about who did you wrong. It may be uncomfortable, you may not like it, but it's working for your good.

Just as there are seasons of growth, there are seasons of pruning. Without pruning, we won't become all we are created to be. God won't let you go through a cutback if it's not going to eventually work for your good.

God, this is a dark place. I may not see it now, but I believe it's working for me. I'm getting stronger. I'm developing patience and perseverance and learning to trust You.

Where is the love that will overlook a person's faults?

Next level thinking says you're not a finished product. God is still working on you. The Scripture speaks of how God changes us from glory to glory. You have to learn to enjoy the glory you're in right now.

YO DECLARO que Dios está alineando todas las cosas para mi bien. Él tiene un plan maestro para mi vida. Puede que haya cosas que yo no entienda ahora mismo, pero no estoy preocupado. Sé que todas las piezas no están ahí todavía, pero un día todo se juntará y tendrá sentido. Veré el plan maravilloso de Dios llevándome a sitios que nunca me imaginé. Esta es mi declaración.

Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled. If it seems slow, do not despair, for these things will surely come to pass. Just be patient! They will not be overdue a single day! Habakkuk 2:3 TLB

You shouldn't be constantly uptight, worried, rebuking, resisting, and trying to fix things. It takes a mature person to say, "Everything is not perfect. I have some struggles and some situations I wish were different, but can I tell you that all is well? I'm at peace. I'm not upset. I know at the right time God will remove the weeds. Until then I'm going to relax and enjoy my life." First the Weed, Then the Harvest

No permitas que entre el cansancio Eso es lo que hizo David. Él hacía lo correcto, pero seguía sucediendo lo incorrecto. Incluso después de que Samuel lo ungió para ser el siguiente rey, su familia lo menospreciaba y lo trataba como si fuera de segunda clase. Él podría haberse amargado y molestado, pero en cambio siguió cuidando del rebaño de su padre, haciéndolo con excelencia.

Stay open for how God is going to do it. Don't put Him in a box and limit Him. Trust Him to do it His way. If we're set in how we want it to happen, we can miss the new thing.

It's easy to write someone off, but don't. God waited on you; you have to wait on them. Everyone is on a journey. Where they are now is not where they're going to be in ten years. Give them room to change.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. GALATIANS 5:22–23

Just because it happened one way doesn't mean it's always going to happen that way. Stay open for change. Be willing to accept the new thing God is doing.

The how is not up to us. The how may look impossible. If you stay focused on how, you're going to live worried and discouraged. Your job is not to figure everything out; your job is to honor God. Be your best, and He will take care of the how.

The LORD directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way? PROVERBS 20:24 NLT

Quit living worried about your health, your finances, how you could accomplish that dream. God has not brought you this far to leave you. He's taken care of you in the past; He's going to take care of you in the future.

Release control. Quit worrying, quit trying to make it happen your way and say, "God, I trust You. I know You're in control of these winds. They can push me forward, backward, left, right, but one thing I'm certain of: where You take me is exactly where I'm supposed to be.

When you understand that everything serves God's plan, you won't be frustrated by things that are unfair, stressed over things you don't like, upset because it's taking too long.

God never said we would understand everything along the way. He didn't promise that there wouldn't be any paim, suffering and disappointments. But He did promise that it would all work out for our good.

There are some things you can only learn in a storm.

When you feel the bitterness trying to take root, right then say, "God, I'm turning this over to You. I know that You are my vindicator. I know that You'll make my wrongs right. You said You would give me beauty for these ashes.

You can't pray away every difficulty; you can't pray away everything you don't like. If the situation is not changing, then God is using the situation to change you.