Fruit of the Spirit - Study Worksheet 5

Study Worksheet

Read Chapter 5 Patience in the book The Fruit Of The Spirit along with scriptures given in the questions below:

1. Who do you know that models Patience?  Share how patience was modeled.

   

2. Think of someone in your life that is short-tempered.  What is it like to interact with them?

3. Read 2 Peter 3:9

a. What do you learn about God?

b. How does God's patience benefit man?

4. Think about your normal weekly activities.

a. What might be eliminated or changed in order to reduce "hurry"?

b. How might you order your life to more consistently provide scheduled periods of rest and reflection?

5. Read Lamentations 3:22-24.  How have you experienced God's patience in your life?

6. Read the section of the chapter titled "Impatience Often Comes Because of Faulty or Inappropriate Goals".  In what ways are you setting faulty goals, resulting in impatience?

7. From the following verses, what benefits might we reap from being patient?

a. Psalm 37:7-9

b. Psalm 40:1-3

c. Proverbs 14:29

d. Proverbs 15:18

e. Proverbs 25:15

f. Revelation 3:10

8. Think about someone who tries your patience, spend a few moments praying for them & then attempt to answer the following:

a. What might be going on in their life?

b. Exactly what is it that irks you? 

c. How does God view this relationship?  How might God want you to respond?

9. Think about your own life, especially as pertains to your Sanctification (growing in Christ-likeness).

a. Where are you impatient with yourself?

b. Find 2-3 verses to encourage you to be patient as you wait for God to work in & through you.

10. Think about these people from the Bible, for each come up with ways they modeled patience:

a. Moses

b. Joseph

c. David