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Scripture:

“Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him.” — Psalm 37:7

Patience is one of the hardest virtues to practice. We live in a world of fast food, instant messages, and overnight deliveries. Everything moves quickly, and we often expect our lives to move just as fast.

But life—and especially the most meaningful parts of life—rarely happen instantly.

A farmer doesn’t plant a seed in the morning and harvest a crop in the afternoon. There is a season of waiting. Beneath the soil, something is happening even when you can’t see it. Roots are growing. Life is forming.

Our lives are much the same way.

Sometimes we pray and the answer doesn’t come right away. We work hard and success seems slow. We try to improve ourselves, but progress feels gradual. In those moments, it’s easy to become discouraged.

But patience reminds us that God is still working even when we can’t see immediate results.

Think about the strongest oak tree. It didn’t grow overnight. Years of wind, rain, sunshine, and seasons shaped it into something strong and steady. The waiting was part of the process.

The same is true for you.

Patience builds character. It strengthens faith. It teaches us trust. When we learn to wait with the right spirit, we discover that waiting seasons are not wasted seasons.

They are growing seasons.

So if today feels like a time of waiting in your life, don’t lose heart. Stay faithful. Stay hopeful. Keep moving forward one step at a time.

Your harvest will come.

A Little Smile for Today:

Someone once said, “Lord, give me patience… and I want it right now!”

We may laugh, but we’ve all felt that way!

Closing Thought:

Patience isn’t simply about waiting longer; it’s about trusting deeper.

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Proverbs 30:28. The spider taketh hold with her hands,
and is in kings’ palaces.

Anxiety and worry have a way of sneaking into our lives when we least expect it. Sometimes it’s about our health, our family, our finances, or simply the uncertainty of tomorrow. The truth is, everyone battles worry at times. But we don’t have to let worry control our hearts.

Worry tries to convince us that we must solve every problem right now. It whispers that something terrible is about to happen. Yet most of the things we worry about never actually occur.

Someone once said:

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.”

When we live in worry, we rob ourselves of the peace and strength God wants to give us today.

A Simple Truth About Worry

Think about how many times in life you worried about something that eventually worked out. Many of the battles we fear never come to pass. Our minds can create storms that are much bigger than the reality.

Worry is like sitting in a rocking chair. You’re moving a lot, but you’re not going anywhere.

Instead of letting worry take control, we can choose a different path — trust.

What the Bible Says

The Bible gives us powerful advice about anxiety:

“Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.”

— 1 Peter 5:7

Notice that the verse doesn’t say carry your anxiety. It says cast it. That means give it away. Hand it over to God.

God never intended for us to carry every burden by ourselves.

Three Simple Ways to Fight Worry

1. Focus on today.

Many worries come from imagining problems that haven’t happened. Just take life one day at a time.

2. Talk to God about it.

Prayer has a way of calming the heart. When you pray, you’re reminding yourself that you’re not facing life alone.

3. Replace worry with gratitude.

When we start thanking God for what we do have, worry begins to lose its grip.

A Little Humor

A man once said,

“I’ve had a lot of worries in my life… most of which never happened!”

There’s more truth in that statement than we might realize.

Final Thought

If you’re feeling anxious today, remember this:

You don’t have to have every answer. You don’t have to control every outcome. Just take the next step, trust God with the rest, and keep moving forward.

Peace doesn’t come from knowing the future.

Peace comes from knowing Who holds the future.

So today, take a deep breath, let go of the worry, and trust that better days are ahead.

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If you can’t find five minutes, can you spare one or two?

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Here is some food for your Daily Bread!

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Quotes:

3/9–All people smile in the same language

Story:

3/9–Patience—-You only need as much patience for the other person as you would like for them to have for you.  I heard a story about a lady whose car had gone dead at a traffic light and wouldn’t start back.  The man in the car behind her repeatedly blew his horn.  The lady got out of her car and wnt back to his car.  She suggested that if he would try to start her car, she would gladly keep his horn going for him. You only need as much patience for the kids of someone else as you want them to have for yours.

A 2006 survey of more than 1,000 adults discovered that most people take an average of 17 minutes to lose their patience while waiting in line. Also, most people lose their patience in only 9 minutes while on hold on the phone. Impatience is a common trait.

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Scripture:

Luke 21:19

In your patience possess ye your souls.

Humor:

3/9–These guys, one a pessimist and the other an eternal optimist, had been friends for years.

 The optimist was always trying to get his pal to see the bright side of things. The optimist found a dog that could walk on water. This is perfect, he thought. There’s no way that cynic can say anything negative about this. He took his friend duck hunting so he could see the dog in action. Mid-morning, they finally downed a bird. It fell on the other side of the lake, so the optimist sent the dog to retrieve it. The animal trotted across the water, grabbed the duck in his mouth, and ran back. “Isn’t that amazing?” “Hmmph,” the cynic said. “That dog can’t swim, can it?”

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Hebrews 5:11-14. Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

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3/8–Can You Spare A Minute!

Put up your No Vacancy Sign to negative thoughts

My uncle used to say if he couldn’t take it with him he didn’t want to go. The reality is we all are going to die and we can’t take anything with us. Therefore, we have to use it before we die to do anyone any good.

 Everything in life has an expiration date. Just like the date manufacturers put on all the goods they sell that tells the last date it is safe for us that we should use their product. There is no guarantee for us to use it after that certain date. 

Similarly, there is a limited time for us to be able to do what we intend to do. So we must get busy to get done the items on our mission statement, and our to do list and our bucket lists. 

I had a bad heart attack in July, 2012. They said I cheated death and that I was at Death’s door! I was in the hospital for about seven days and four of those I spent in the Critical Care Unit or CCU. You had better believe that I reviewed my life and all the things I should’ve and could’ve done.

I knew that even though I might have cheated Death that Death would be back for me again one day. Having this knowledge, I found it inexcusable that I wouldn’t be ready next time. So that’s what I’m doing at this moment trying to mark off some items. on my bucket list. No one else can do that for you. The responsibility lies in you and in you alone!

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Quote:

3/8–If You Pray For Rain Consider You Will Have To Put up 

With Some Mud!

Story:

Scripture:

Hebrews 12:1-3

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

Humor:

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