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To Welcome Waiting

Prince of Peace,
We are blessed to live at a time when we can have just about anything we want, just about anytime we want it. We hardly have to wait for anything, and rest assured, anything we currently still have to wait for is being addressed right now behind the scenes somewhere by someone to eliminate our need to wait. There are many wonderful blessings that come from all of this!

But it has come at a price. Because we hardly have to wait anymore, many struggle with how to wait. We get impatient, irritable, and downright rude much faster when we have to wait. We struggle with managing downtime as we wait, relying on our phones to fill the gaps that used to allow for contemplation and reflection. We lack the ability to think critically about things while waiting. As believers, this all creates significant tension when so much of Scripture calls on us to wait! So Lord, help me learn to wait. Tone down my hasty impatience. Lead me to lean into the peaceful rhythms of your presence, calm my anxious soul, and still me with the Spirit’s serenity.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Be More Patient With Myself

Patient Lord,
The life of a believer is a life of patience. Ever since the Fall in Eden, your people have waited on the perfect timing of your promises. Yet our patience runs so thin, not just with others, but also with ourselves. Even when we struggle with patience for others, we will know how necessary it is, but we don’t always allow ourselves the same latitude. We get frustrated with ourselves when we repeat the same mistakes, when we forget things we should have remembered, and when we don’t make progress in an area of our lives as quickly as we’d like. Help us, Lord, not just to be patient with others, but also with ourselves. Let us not be so hasty to beat ourselves up over shortcomings. Lead us to give ourselves grace – since you already have! We aren’t perfect, but we have a Savior who is. If you are patient with us (and have every right not to be!), then enable us to be more patient with ourselves as you grow us. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Practice Patience More

Patient Lord,
You praise patience in your Word. Jesus modeled it perfectly during his life and ministry. You also deal with me patiently, not treating me as my sins deserve, but mercifully forgiving all my sins – including my impatience. I ask you not only to continue to deal with me patiently, but also to grant me more patience in my life. Keep me from rash responses and immediately overreacting with my family members when what is really called for is simply patience. Enable me to remain patient when others make mistakes or disregard directions, so that I am in a proper frame of mind to offer constructive correction. Help me practice patience not just in the presence of others, but also when no one else is around. Lead me to be as patient with others as you are with me. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.