Patience! Patience!

I have lost count of the times I have said this to my children. I don’t remember how many times my parents said it to me.
But I think it was nearly daily.

The word patience used in Galatians 5:22 has also been translated long-suffering, or, suffering long. It is especially used in talking about an attitude to adopt in our relationships with one another.

In this study, we will look at how God demonstrates patience toward us to help us understand what it means to be patient with one another.

Questions to consider:

What is patience, in your opinion? How would you define it? Do you agree that it is only in suffering that patience can be demonstrated? What hinders the development of patience? What helps develop patience? Is patience considered a virtue by our society? Why or why not?

Read 2 Peter 3:8-18 several times; then answer the following questions:

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