Thoughts and Considerations

                                              PATIENCE “…in your patience, possess ye your souls.” Luke 21:19 “That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.” Hebrews 6:12 “ For you have need of patience, that after you have done the will of God you might receive the promise.” Hebrews 10:36 “Love is patient….” 1 Corinthians 13:4 “Knowing this that the trying of your faith works patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire wanting/lacking nothing.” James 1:3-4 “…but he that endures to the end shall be saved.” Matthew 10:22 INDEX: - PATIENCE, AND INGREDIENT OF LOVE - HOW DO WE EXERCISE OUR PATIENCE? - FROM WHERE DO WE SOURCE OUR PATIENCE?   - HOW DO WE STRENGTHEN OUR PATIENCE? - What is the difference between will power, determination, human resolve, and the patience that God calls us to? - CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PATIENCE OF FAITH -THE TEST OF THE END TIMES - CONCLU

                             DISCOURAGEMENT (Especially within the Church)   “Now the just shall live by faith; but if any man draws back, My soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.” Hebrews 10:38-39.     Disappointments and discouragements are struggles for saints and sinners alike, and no less serious. As for believers, many have drawn back, become bitter, given up. Some of the most difficult are the stumbling blocks that occur within the church.  I have written this blog as an attempt to help any who may have been hurt, especially in the service of the Lord, lest they draw back, or even turn away. May the Grace of God and the love of Jesus keep you in the palm of His mighty hands.  INDEX:  - WITHIN THE CHURCH LIFE -  LET DOWNS AND DISAPPOINTMENTS -  BETRAYAL -  FAILED EXPECTATIONS - THE ENEMY THAT BLINDSIDES US - IGNORANCE AND CARELESSNESS - IMBALANCE - UNHEALT