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Did you know that God is patient with you?

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It might seem kind of simple, maybe too simple, but it's true.

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He's not fed up with you.

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He's not standing off in the distance looking down on you, wondering somehow when you're

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going to get it together.

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He's patient with you.

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And I had a lot of fun putting the study together, looking at some really interesting scriptures.

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Hi, I'm Leanne Friesman, and this is Restoring Word.

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The first one I want to read to you today is Acts 13, 18.

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And honestly, this scripture kind of made me giggle.

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And it was now for a time of about 40 years.

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He put up with their ways in the wilderness.

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Now I had never seen a scripture where it said, He put up with their ways.

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But that's what it says right there.

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This is New King James.

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And then another one I pulled today that was interesting was Isaiah 48, verse 9.

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For my name's sake, I will defer my anger.

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And for my praise, God is saying, for his praise, I will restrain it from you so that

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I do not cut you off.

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You know, God does not want to cut you off.

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He doesn't want to not be in relationship with you.

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And I don't know who this is for today, but you know, there are people that just go on

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and on and on, and they're kind of oblivious to the goofy things that they're doing.

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And then there's people out there that are listening, and they're so hard on themselves.

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They just don't think that they could ever meet God's expectations or could be somehow

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good enough.

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And that is so far from the truth.

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We're on a journey, and we're on a journey becoming Christ-like.

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And you know what?

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That really doesn't happen overnight.

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We go from season to season.

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We go from glory to glory.

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I am so thankful that I am not the same woman that I was six months ago.

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How about you?

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We are perpetually growing, perpetually changing, perpetually developing our relationship with

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him.

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And we are supposed to enjoy the journey, because you know what?

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We don't ever arrive.

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We're never going to be perfect.

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We're never going to have it all together.

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But God, in his mercy, loves us, cares for us, wants us to continually just be real and

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come to him when we're struggling.

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A couple things for you today, just to help you.

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Be patient with others, knowing that as you're patient with others, God's going to be patient

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with you.

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I struggle being patient with some people.

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I do.

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And then I have to be patient with many in my life.

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I'm a special education teacher, and I know that over time, they're going to get it.

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They're going to get it.

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It might not happen when I want it, but eventually, those things are going to click, and it's

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going to line up.

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And you know that God is patient with us in that way, too.

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He knows that we're learning as we're growing.

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And that learning process is what matters most to him.

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What breaks my heart is when I see people that just give up.

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Like something has happened, or they feel like something is so bad that they'll never

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be good enough ever again to be in close relationship with him.

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And that is a lie from hell.

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He knows.

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He understands.

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He knows the thing that wasn't your fault, or maybe the thing that was thrust upon you

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that you had no choice.

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You know, he knows those things.

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He understands.

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He is great in mercy and compassion towards you and towards me.

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And that makes me love him even more.

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Don't be so hard on yourself.

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Sit up straight.

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Start over again.

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It's okay.

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Take it to him.

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Be honest with him.

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You know, he knows about it anyway, right?

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Right?

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So just be transparent with him.

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Like Peter 3.9 says, the Lord is not slow to fulfill.

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his promise as some counsel us but he is patient towards you not wishing that any

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should perish but that all should reach repentance you know focus on that truth

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today focus on the truth that he is patient with you and that no matter

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where you've been or what you've done you can take it to him you can be

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honest you can be transparent and just as you are patient with others he's

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going to be patient with you have a great week see you next time thank you

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for following liking and sharing it helps me share this word with others

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have a good day