December 11 Devotion - Patience and Perseverance

 

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

فَرِحِينَ بِالرَّجَاءِ، صَابِرِينَ فِي الضِّيقِ، مُوَاظِبِينَ عَلَى الصَّلاةِ،

 Romans 12:12

 

Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

ضِيقَاتِنَا. لِأنَّنَا نَعْرِفُ أنَّ الضِّيقَ يُنتِجُ صَبرًا، 4 وَالصَّبرُ بُرْهَانُ القُوَّةِ. وَهَذَا البُرْهَانُ يُنتِجُ رَجَاءً. 5 وَالرَّجَاءُ لَنْ يَخْذِلَنَا، لِأنَّ اللهَ قَدْ سَكَبَ مَحَبَّتَهُ فِي قُلُوبِنَا بِالرُّوحِ القُدُسِ الَّذِي أُعْطِيَ لَنَا.

 Romans 5:3-5

 

But I obtained mercy for the reason that in me, as the foremost of sinners, Jesus Christ might show forth and display all His perfect long-suffering and patience for an example to encourage those who would thereafter believe on Him for the gaining of eternal life.

لكِنَّنِي لِهذَا رُحِمْتُ: لِيُظْهِرَ يَسُوعُ الْمَسِيحُ فِىَّ أَنَا أَوَّلاً كُلَّ أَنَاةٍ، مِثَالاً لِلْعَتِيدِينَ أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ لِلْحَيَاةِ الأَبَدِيَّةِ

1 Timothy 1:16 (AMP)

 

I understand the meaning of patience as described in the Bible to mean:

Persevering towards a goal, enduring trials, and expectantly waiting for God’s will and His promises to be fulfilled in His time. Patience reveals our faith in God’s timing, omnipotence (unlimited power), and love.

 

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, thank You for Your abundant blessings and for Your deep, everlasting, and inseparable love. Thank You Jesus for being patient with me and allowing me to follow You in spite of my sins and shortfalls. LORD, bless me with the ability to be patient with myself, others, circumstances, and invigorate and strengthen me with all power according to the might of Your glory so as to exercise every kind of endurance and patience with joy. I rejoice because Your peace God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard my heart and my mind in Christ Jesus; in whose holy name I pray to You Father God. I declare Jesus as my Redeemer and Saviour, the Lord of my life. To Jesus be the power, the glory, the majesty, the blessings, and the dominion before all time and now and forevermore. Amen.

Jesus loves you,

In Him,

Wagdi Henein