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Hi my friends, welcome to day 16 and today we're talking about embracing patience

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Roman 8 25 says but if we hope for what we do not see we wait for it with patience

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Well, I don't know about you, but when I'm pursuing something or walking out and you know, stepping out in faith

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We talked about bold faith and bold action yesterday. I want to see results

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you know, sometimes we have this microwave thinking with God that God if I pray and fast or if I

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Step out and do this thing or if I obey you right that we're going to see those results

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But God is a God of seasons in time and so often, you know

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We're planting the seeds but those plantings of the fruit of the plantings don't happen till summer

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Even though you're planting in spring and so I want to encourage you today that we need to embrace and cultivate

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patience, it's a necessary virtue in the pursuit of our dreams and in a world that values

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immediacy or results waiting can feel frustrating and discouraging

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But I also want to remind you of the story of Esther

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you know Esther felt overwhelmed with trying to save her people and she prayed and she fasted and she asked for God's help and

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What I love is behind the scenes. God was working on the king

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You know, he woke him up in the middle of the night and he read the story

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You know about how her uncle went and helped save and did these things and he woke up but he wanted to celebrate him

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And so he had already been behind the scenes answering her prayer and she hadn't been aware of it yet

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And so like Esther, you don't discount that God is working in your life

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even if today you might not see those results or the answered prayer and

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Then be honest with God, you know

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sometimes, you know the enemy or life just wants to tell us to hurry and be quick and sometimes I'm also guilty of thinking it's

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I'm being disobedient to God if I'm not taking quick action

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And while we do want to be obedient like yesterday taking those bold steps of faith and having courage

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We also need to be obedient in waiting upon God

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It says seek first the kingdom of God and all other things will be added to you or be still and know

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The Bible is full of you know

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Calls upon us to rest in and to wait patiently and so I want to encourage you to that to embrace

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Patience in this journey of the pursuit of your dreams

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So our activation for today is how do you feel about waiting for your dream to manifest?

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I mean, you know the Bible talks about hope deferred can make the heart sick

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When our dream seems to drag on and on with a desire fulfilled in the tree of life

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and so be honest with God if you're feeling hope deferred today, you'll give your

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your emotions to God ask for his patience and grace in the waiting season and

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Then identify one area in your life where you need to practice more patience and then commit to trusting

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God and the process

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Okay, my friend let me pray for you today. So God I thank you for the journey that we're on

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I thank you that even when things don't look like progress is being made that God you are

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Growing our dream you're answering prayer. You're working behind the scenes and Lord

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I pray that you would help us to embrace patience grow trust in us grow the

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Confidence in the waiting and help us to trust your timing and to believe God that you work all things out for good Lord

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I pray for the gift of patience and endurance for my friend this day in

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Jesus name. Amen. Okay, my friend. I hope you have a blessed day and I'll see you again tomorrow