Patience

Patience – the one thing we don’t like to pray for because we know God will send situations our way to test and grow us in this area! Waiting is hard but the fruit of doing it well is worth it. 

Study this devotional to learn about why we need patience and how we can do it well.

In the middle of the trials or uncomfortable circumstances, it’s so hard to sit still and wait for God’s direction. We often want to control the outcome, run or fast-forward to get to the other side. But what if the biggest blessing was in the waiting? 

Wait, What? Learning to Be Still, While You’re Waiting on God to Move

How do you live with joy when the hopes and desires of your heart never come to fruition? How do you avoid the bitterness in your heart taking hold when you feel powerless in circumstances?  This reading plan will give you new lenses to process dashed hopes that will help you emotionally process disappointments in a healthy way. 

A New Hope 

While Abram waited for his promised child, an alternative to the covenant was born named Ishmael. Ishmael is a metaphor for things that 'anesthetize' us from the pain of waiting too long for God's promises. When God's promises seem far to reach, and our patience seems exhausted, how can we hold on to God's Word while we wait? What substitutes have you welcomed in place of God’s best?

The Covenant Alternative

Caring for aging adults is an honor and a privilege with challenges and opportunities. Ephesians 6:2 - 3 shares this: “Honor your father and mother – the first commandment with a promise – so that it may go well with you...” Some aspects of elder care bring great joy. Others are disorienting. This plan encourages you to lean into the Lord and embrace the time with those you love. 

Amazing Grace and Loving Aging Adults

When God led the Israelites out of Egypt, he didn’t take them on the shortest route to the Promised Land. Instead, he guided them through the wilderness, knowing the journey would prepare their hearts and deepen their trust in him. In this 7-day plan, discover how God worked in their hearts while they were in the wilderness and how he may be working in yours through your own wilderness in life.

Don’t Waste the Wild: Discovering God's Plan in the Seasons That Test Us

When you know Jesus intimately, it’s only natural to long for your loved ones to know Him too. Often with this waiting comes weariness, sometimes even a sense of hopelessness. This encouraging devotional guides us in prayerful lament over those who don’t know Jesus as it reminds us that a loved one’s salvation is ultimately in God’s hands. 

Peace in the Waiting

This video plan looks at Jesus' miracle of turning water into wine—which helps you understand God's actions in your life.

Jesus Doesn't Make Sense

Have you ever felt like God was inattentive, uncooperative, or late? In this 7-day reading plan, Andy Stanley shares stories from the New Testament about three different men who felt that God was not responding in their time of need. These stories teach us that we can walk through difficulties and know that God is still with us—he isn’t inattentive, uncooperative, and is never, ever late.

Patience

Patience

Wait, What? Learning to Be Still, While You’re Waiting on God to Move

A New Hope

The Covenant Alternative

Amazing Grace and Loving Aging Adults

Don’t Waste the Wild: Discovering God's Plan in the Seasons That Test Us

Peace in the Waiting

Jesus Doesn't Make Sense

When, God?