Message by Josh Mutter – July 27, 2025
Galatians 5:22-23a (NIV) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
BIG IDEA: The Holy Spirit wants to grow in us the courage to hold steady when everything around us is pushing for a reaction.
Patience is the courage to hold steady when everything around us is pushing for a reaction.
Patience is a spirit-enabled endurance and restraint in the face of frustration.
Why Patience Matters:
- Patience helps us let go of the pressure to rush.
- Patience helps us love people through the mess.
- Patience helps us to trust instead of forcing outcomes.
- Patience helps us avoid saying or doing things we’ll regret.
EXPLORING PATIENCE
Ecclesiastes 7:8-9 (NIV) The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride. Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
Patience trusts the process.
“The end of the matter is better than its beginning…”
Patience is rooted in humility.
“… and patience is better than pride.”
Patience protects us from the results of our anger.
“Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.”
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Patience endures pain without knowing the outcome.
Job 1:21 (NIV) The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.
Job 2:10 (NIV) Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?
Patience wrestles honestly, but stays rooted in relationship.
Patience waits for the “end of the matter.”
Job 42:5 (NIV) My ears had heard you, but now my eyes have seen you.
5 Ways the Holy Spirit Grows Patience in Us
The Holy Spirit grows patience in us through hardship and delay.
Romans 5:3-4 (NIV) … suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.
The Holy Spirit grows patience in us by changing our perspective.
James 1:4 (NIV) Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
The Holy Spirit grows patience in us when we stay connected to Jesus.
Colossians 3:16 (NIV) Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.
The Holy Spirit grows patience in us through our relationships with others.
Ephesians 4:2 (NIV) Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
The Holy Spirit grows patience in us by grounding us in God’s timing.
Psalm 130:5 (NIV) I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope.
CLOSING THOUGHT: Developing a “pause habit”
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