My free-spirited 6 year old is learning to read and let’s just say this summer we’ve been less than diligent about her practice. Partly due to summer’s lack of structure and partly because I just don’t have the patience to sit and listen to her struggle over the same words every.single.time.
Ok, I’m being truly vulnerable here – letting you in on one of my biggest weaknesses as a mom. I’m so impatient and this struggle affects how I lead and guide my children. Thank God for his amazing grace that covers my kids and me as we muddle through.
I know my girl’s struggle to read proficiently is likewise due to her own impatience. And I feel the weight of needing to overcome my weakness in order to help her develop the ability to persevere. This is God’s way – to use our life lessons to grow us while helping us guide our children. And as I’ve grown in motherhood, I’ve come to understand he doesn’t require perfection from me at the start but rather, he uses my process to begin the life-long process of redemption and growth in my children.
Still, as I continue along my own path of learning patience, I must be a teacher for my kids. When I feel as though I don’t have the words or example to guide them, I love looking to the Word for stories of great men and women of God who illustrated patience in their lives.
3 Bible Stories That Teach Kids About Patience
Abraham & Sarah
“When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, ‘I am God almighty; walk before me and be blameless, that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.’ Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him, ‘Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall me Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you.’. . .Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, ‘Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?’” Genesis 17:1-6, 17
Sometimes God asks us to wait for something even though he’s promised it to us. God promised Abraham he would be the father of many people. But at a very old age, he was still without any children. Abraham and Sarah knew what God had told them but they had yet to see evidence of the promise in their lives. How could Abraham become the father of many when he didn’t have any children? Abraham and Sarah trusted God and they waited patiently for him. This doesn’t mean they waited perfectly. They took matters into their own hands at times. But God’s grace covered them and he still fulfilled his promise, in his perfect timing.
Use this story to share with your child that sometimes God and parents ask us to wait for things. We have to trust that they know what is best for us and will do what they promised. As we wait, it can be tempting to make things happen on our own or to run ahead. But waiting patiently means waiting without question or complaining. Doing so will make the blessing we receive so much sweeter.
Related verse: “I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.” Psalm 40:1 (Inclined means he leaned into or came towards. Explain to your child that this means God is near as we wait. He understands our struggle and will help us if we ask him to.)
Joseph
“So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the robe of many colors that he wore. And they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it. . .Then Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt. . .Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potipher, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man. . .So Joseph said to his brothers, ‘Come near to me please.’ And they came near. And he said, ‘I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. . .And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors.’” Genesis 37:23-24, 28, 38:1-2, 45:4-5, 7
(The story of Joseph is long and involved but such a powerful illustration of how God works as we wait. Consider reading the full story to your child in a storybook Bible.)
When we trust God in the midst of waiting, we allow him to work on our behalf. Joseph was his father’s favorite and because of this, his brothers did not like him. They wanted to hurt him and get rid of him. They chose to sell their brother and so he was brought to Egypt. While there, Joseph became very successful and helped the king. Later, during years of famine (or a shortage of food in the land), Joseph was put in charge of the grain available in Egypt. Joseph’s family was in great need of food so his brothers traveled to Egypt to find some. Little did they know, their brother was in charge of the food and would provide for them.
Use this story to share with your child that when we trust God while we wait, we allow him to work things out for us. Joseph could have been scared and angry at what his brothers did to him. But he faithfully worked with a good attitude while he waited through life in Egypt. He became friends with the king and God used his new relationships to provide for his family.
Related verse: “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9
God’s Example of Patience
“And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: ‘You have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt. . .the great trials that your eyes saw, the signs and those great wonders. But to this day the Lord has not given you a heart to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear. I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn off your feet.” Deuteronomy 29:2-5
(It would be difficult to share the story of Moses leading God’s people through the wilderness for 40 years in a few, short passages of scripture. Consider sharing this story with your child using a storybook Bible. It is a wonderful example of God’s patience.)
Because God is so patient with us, we should be patient with others. There are many examples in the Bible of God’s long-suffering and many verses that express his character of patience. The story of the Exodus out of Egypt though, is perhaps the most amazing. For forty years God led Moses and his people through the wilderness towards the promise land. Along the way, God’s people doubted, complained and often came close to giving up. But God patiently heard their cries and answered them by providing food, water and other miraculous signs of his good character.
Use this story to help your children understand the patience of God. His heart is tender and he understands our struggle to wait and to endure. He is always available with exactly what we need to keep going. Likewise, he wants us to share his patient character with others. Just like God graciously understands our struggles and our needs in the midst of waiting, he wants us to work to understand that of others. When we are patient with others, we are being an example of God’s good character.
Related verse: “But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.” Psalm 86:15
What verses or stories are you using to teach your kids (or yourself) about patience? How do you help your kids learn to wait?
Jessica Wolstenholm is co-founder of Grace for Moms. After 15 years in the music and publishing industries, Jessica came home to be with her two small children. Although the transition from the corporate world to the playground has been an adjustment, she is learning every day to access the grace available to us through Christ as she navigates the full time job of motherhood. She is the co-author of The Pregnancy Companion: A Faith-Filled Guide for Your Journey to Motherhood and The Baby Companion: A Faith-Filled Guide for Your Journey Through Baby’s First Year. Jessica lives in Nolensville, TN with her husband, Dave and two miracle babies, Hope (6) and Joshua (2).
What fruit are we bearing? I’m asking that question today for our Bibles verses about patience pondering because today we’re reading from Galatians where it mentions the Fruit of the Spirit. This idea of patience as a “Fruit” of the Spirit made me think about the fruit of me–that sounds funny doesn’t it? Hopefully, you know what I mean.
Considering what kind of fruit we bear is a valid question. Psalm 52:8 compares us to a tree, “But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love forever.” Considering we’re digging into Bible verses about patience and especially looking at the fruit of patience in this particular verse, what kind of “patience fruit” are we talking about here?
Patience with events? People? God? Ourselves?
“Generally speaking the word [Makrothurnia} is not used of patience in regard to things or events but in regard to people. Chrysostom said that it is the grace of the man who could revenge himself and does not, the man who is slow to wrath.”
—William Barclay – The Daily Bible Study Series
—William Barclay – The Daily Bible Study Series
Who knew Bible verses about patience would get so involved? So personal? It’s one thing to consider how patient we are driving in traffic, standing in line, sitting on hold. But when our patience meter is being measured with a tired toddler or stressed husband, well, that’s a little up close and personal, isn’t it? Not to mention out of our of our control? Other people, not us, we are, ahem, in control of ourselves right?
Bible Verses About Patience
-Thomas a Kempis, in The Imitation of Christ, writes, “All our peace in this present life should depend on humble forbearance rather than on absence of adversity. He who knows the secret of endurance will enjoy the greatest peace.” Uh-Oh. I know I’ve thought many a time, “Once my kids…When my husband…If that person would (or wouldn’t)…” According to the above quote, that’s all kind of wrong thinking if ever there was any. My patience is not dependent on others or circumstances. My patience is a choice, my choice. My patience is a decision, my decision. My patience is an act of my will.
But the Holy Spirit…
Combining the above quote from Thomas a Kempis and this Bible verse about patience found in Galatians 5, yes, being patient is an act of the will–a choice I make. But patience in and of itself is a gift produced by the Holy Spirit in our lives. What a blessed relief!
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
+Galatians 5:22 (NLT)
+Galatians 5:22 (NLT)
Some mornings I can barely manage to produce a nutritional breakfast much less produce patience! So it’s not a matter of producing patience, that’s a relief. But as with any gift, this gift of patience can be neglected. During this pondering, I imagined receiving a gift card and never activating it. I was given the gift, but because I never activated it, the gift was never available for me to use. Does that make sense?
What Patience Really Is
I read recently, “The three grades of patience are: to bear difficulties without interior complaint, to use hardships to make progress in virtue, and even to desire the cross and afflictions out of love for God and accept them with spiritual joy.” (Catholic Culture)
Honestly, most days if not all, I’m just trying to make it through without too much complaint–exteriorly, not interiorly. My mind doesn’t even consider the possibility of using these “patience tests” as a means to make progress in virtue. Just me? And I surely don’t even get the level of holiness where I desire afflictions, “patience tests” out of love for God.
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I’m specifically thinking about rough patches and seasons in life. I honest to goodness exteriorly and interiorly complain, sometimes before I even realize I’m doing it. My mood becomes sorely affected (sounds of Biblical proportions doesn’t it?) and I ask God for a different plan. Again, just me?
I found a good working definition of patience in the Catholic Dictionary, “Patience enables us to endure present evils without sadness or resentment in conformity to the will of God.”
Y’all, my puffy eyes, tear-stained pillow, and thoughts of “What in the world” and “Why” would surely prove I have not reached the point of being able to or choosing to–whichever–endure the trials and unpleasant surprises of this life with patience.
Now What?
So now what? My first thought was to say, “Try again and keep trying.” But that first thought totally negates the ponderings on this Bible verse about patience!The first thing I need to do is recognize patience as a gift the Holy Spirit is producing and has produced in me. Next, I accept or activate that gift; remember the example of the gift card above? And then…I try again. And probably again and again and again.
More Verses About Patience
Bible Verses About Patience: 1 Thessalonians 5:14
Bible Verses About Patience: Isaiah 40:31
Bible Verses About Patience
Bible Verses About Patience: Isaiah 40:31
Bible Verses About Patience
You might be surprised at all the Bible verses about patience you will find in this post, much less the Bible. But first, let me ask you, have you ever prayed for more patience and it seemed like all “you know what” broke loose!? It makes me think of the funny meme I’ve seen that says, “Bless me with patience…not opportunities to be patient, I’ve had plenty of those and they don’t seem to be working!”
The Word of God is Full of Bible Verses About Patience
When I started searching the Bible for verses about patience I was totally surprised by how often patience is addressed in the Bible! Even better, I’m still finding new Bible Verses about patience the more I search. Every new verse I find, I realize, that as with most things in life, I can turn to the Word of God for wisdom and counsel. And honestly, I’d much rather learn from the Word of God than the world on how to imitate and be more Christ-like, for example, more patient.
In my Bible Journaling Tips, Inspiration, and Permission book, I have two whole pages listing Bible verses about patience for a Topical Bible Study. That’s one of the many word studies included in the Ebook.
Reading Versus Living Bible Verses About Patience
Reading Bible verses about patience is the easy part though, it’s living them that’s hard. At night when I consider in my nightly examen, “Was I patient with myself and others today?” I have to honestly say “No” many nights. And since I’m being honest here, I also have to confess being a bad example to my children in the area of patience.
And just like I need daily affirmations to help me through the day, weeks, months, and years of my life, I also need to rely on the Word of God to teach and strengthen me.
Patience Intertwined with Pride
I also need to add, when I started examining the Scriptures for verses about patience, I also realized I needed to examine Bible verses about pride. The two are the best of friends and they can very easily gang up on me and you.
Let me show you how these best of friends operate. My pride initially sets my expectations for how I think things should go or be done–my way of course. When my expectations are not met, pride’s best friend, impatience rears an ugly head. “Don’t you know I’m…Didn’t you realize I’m…I’m trying to…I’m going to…I need…I want…I expect…I thought…” Me–Me–Me, a sure and glaring sign of pride. 1 Thessalonians 5:14 and 2 Timothy 2:24 address our expectations contributing to our impatience.
An Impatient Nag is Born
One of the ugliest truths about impatience is that is so much easier to recognize and try to correct in someone else. Ahem. This is the part of the story where I think I’m gently correcting but more often than not I’ve become an impatient nag! Double Ahem.
How many times does my impatience with myself end up looking like agitation and impatience with someone else? More times than I personally care to admit! So in this struggle to become more patient, I also need to add the virtue of endurance; the stamina to either remain patient or to continually redirect to my heart and mind to practicing patience. Luke 21:19 and Romans 5:4 are perfect Bible verses to reflect on for this particular issue.
What’s Really Going On Here?
Bible Verses About Patience With Family
So what is the solution to impatience? I think we need to ask ourselves some questions to figure this one out. The first one is, “What’s going on here? Is this situation really a problem or is it just not meeting my expectations?”
For example, I run into the grocery store to buy milk and eggs and end up standing in line for 15 minutes for two items. By the time I get to the car, I’m a mess and I need something for my impatient induced headache, antacids for my churning stomach because I’ve gotten myself all worked up or a drink (something strong or warm or both) to set myself back right with the world!
Was the problem:
I expected to run in and run out? I expected all cashiers on hand for little ‘ol me? I expected an experienced cashier? I expected the lady in front of me to have her act together?
I expected to run in and run out? I expected all cashiers on hand for little ‘ol me? I expected an experienced cashier? I expected the lady in front of me to have her act together?
Romans 15:5 or Ephesians 4:2 would certainly be a couple of verses about patience I would need to recall in a situation like that. Both of those verses address how I should treat others. They use such descriptive words as: harmony, accord, lowliness, meekness, and forbearing. Ouch.
What if I decide there really is a problem? What if it’s not my expectations, it actually is the situation? And what if the “problem” is actually an “opportunity?” Using the above grocery store example; could it be the Lord giving me some down time–albeit in a grocery line–to just be still for a minute?
Could the Lord be offering me an opportunity to smile at my fellow shoppers? I may have been the only person they saw that day who smiled at them.
Could the Lord be offering me a nice, although normal, everyday training ground to work on the virtue of patience?
And after the fact when I think back over the grocery store scenario, did I squash the opportunity to practice patience with the agitated tapping of my foot? Really, there are worse ways to learn patience than standing in a grocery line right? Waiting on test results from the doctor or a call about a sick loved one in another state or a terminal illness…There are definitely worse ways to put my patience, or lack of, to the test.
When I encounter these moments that rile up my patience, I need to step back and consider, maybe this is actually for my good. Psalm 37:7-9 or Isaiah 40:31 are scriptures suitable for this pondering.
Maybe the opportunities to practice patience are not only for the sake of patience. Maybe there are other virtues that will be refined and strengthened in this process. Below you will find an ever growing list of posts on this topic. Bookmark this post because I will be adding to the list.
More Bible Verses About Patience Posts
Bible Verses About Patience: 1 Thessalonians 5:14
Bible Verses About Patience: 2 Peter 3:9
Bible Verses About Patience: Hebrews 6:12, 15
Bible Verses About Patience: Galatians 5:22
Bible Verses About Patience: 2 Timothy 2:24
Bible Verses About Patience: Hebrews 10:36
Bible Verses About Patience: Hebrews 10:36
Bible Verses About Patience: 1 Corinthians 13:4
Bible Verses About Patience: Philippians 4:6
Bible Verses About Patience: Galatians 6:9
Bible Verses About Patience: Colossians 3:12
Bible Verses About Patience: Romans 12:12
Bible Verses About Patience: Romans 8:25
Bible Verses About Patience: Psalm 130:5
Bible Verses About Patience: Ecclesiastes 7:8
Bible Quotes: Patience in the Bible
Bible Verses About Patience: 2 Peter 3:9
Bible Verses About Patience: Hebrews 6:12, 15
Bible Verses About Patience: Galatians 5:22
Bible Verses About Patience: 2 Timothy 2:24
Bible Verses About Patience: Hebrews 10:36
Bible Verses About Patience: Hebrews 10:36
Bible Verses About Patience: 1 Corinthians 13:4
Bible Verses About Patience: Philippians 4:6
Bible Verses About Patience: Galatians 6:9
Bible Verses About Patience: Colossians 3:12
Bible Verses About Patience: Romans 12:12
Bible Verses About Patience: Romans 8:25
Bible Verses About Patience: Psalm 130:5
Bible Verses About Patience: Ecclesiastes 7:8
Bible Quotes: Patience in the Bible
My free-spirited 6 year old is learning to read and let’s just say this summer we’ve been less than diligent about her practice. Partly due to summer’s lack of structure and partly because I just don’t have the patience to sit and listen to her struggle over the same words every.single.time.
Ok, I’m being truly vulnerable here – letting you in on one of my biggest weaknesses as a mom. I’m so impatient and this struggle affects how I lead and guide my children. Thank God for his amazing grace that covers my kids and me as we muddle through.
I know my girl’s struggle to read proficiently is likewise due to her own impatience. And I feel the weight of needing to overcome my weakness in order to help her develop the ability to persevere. This is God’s way – to use our life lessons to grow us while helping us guide our children. And as I’ve grown in motherhood, I’ve come to understand he doesn’t require perfection from me at the start but rather, he uses my process to begin the life-long process of redemption and growth in my children.
Still, as I continue along my own path of learning patience, I must be a teacher for my kids. When I feel as though I don’t have the words or example to guide them, I love looking to the Word for stories of great men and women of God who illustrated patience in their lives.
3 Bible Stories That Teach Kids About Patience
Abraham & Sarah
“When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, ‘I am God almighty; walk before me and be blameless, that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.’ Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him, ‘Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall me Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you.’. . .Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, ‘Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?’” Genesis 17:1-6, 17
Sometimes God asks us to wait for something even though he’s promised it to us. God promised Abraham he would be the father of many people. But at a very old age, he was still without any children. Abraham and Sarah knew what God had told them but they had yet to see evidence of the promise in their lives. How could Abraham become the father of many when he didn’t have any children? Abraham and Sarah trusted God and they waited patiently for him. This doesn’t mean they waited perfectly. They took matters into their own hands at times. But God’s grace covered them and he still fulfilled his promise, in his perfect timing.
Use this story to share with your child that sometimes God and parents ask us to wait for things. We have to trust that they know what is best for us and will do what they promised. As we wait, it can be tempting to make things happen on our own or to run ahead. But waiting patiently means waiting without question or complaining. Doing so will make the blessing we receive so much sweeter.
Related verse: “I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.” Psalm 40:1 (Inclined means he leaned into or came towards. Explain to your child that this means God is near as we wait. He understands our struggle and will help us if we ask him to.)
Joseph
“So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the robe of many colors that he wore. And they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it. . .Then Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt. . .Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potipher, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man. . .So Joseph said to his brothers, ‘Come near to me please.’ And they came near. And he said, ‘I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. . .And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors.’” Genesis 37:23-24, 28, 38:1-2, 45:4-5, 7
(The story of Joseph is long and involved but such a powerful illustration of how God works as we wait. Consider reading the full story to your child in a storybook Bible.)
When we trust God in the midst of waiting, we allow him to work on our behalf. Joseph was his father’s favorite and because of this, his brothers did not like him. They wanted to hurt him and get rid of him. They chose to sell their brother and so he was brought to Egypt. While there, Joseph became very successful and helped the king. Later, during years of famine (or a shortage of food in the land), Joseph was put in charge of the grain available in Egypt. Joseph’s family was in great need of food so his brothers traveled to Egypt to find some. Little did they know, their brother was in charge of the food and would provide for them.
Use this story to share with your child that when we trust God while we wait, we allow him to work things out for us. Joseph could have been scared and angry at what his brothers did to him. But he faithfully worked with a good attitude while he waited through life in Egypt. He became friends with the king and God used his new relationships to provide for his family.
Related verse: “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9
God’s Example of Patience
“And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: ‘You have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt. . .the great trials that your eyes saw, the signs and those great wonders. But to this day the Lord has not given you a heart to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear. I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn off your feet.” Deuteronomy 29:2-5
(It would be difficult to share the story of Moses leading God’s people through the wilderness for 40 years in a few, short passages of scripture. Consider sharing this story with your child using a storybook Bible. It is a wonderful example of God’s patience.)
Because God is so patient with us, we should be patient with others. There are many examples in the Bible of God’s long-suffering and many verses that express his character of patience. The story of the Exodus out of Egypt though, is perhaps the most amazing. For forty years God led Moses and his people through the wilderness towards the promise land. Along the way, God’s people doubted, complained and often came close to giving up. But God patiently heard their cries and answered them by providing food, water and other miraculous signs of his good character.
Use this story to help your children understand the patience of God. His heart is tender and he understands our struggle to wait and to endure. He is always available with exactly what we need to keep going. Likewise, he wants us to share his patient character with others. Just like God graciously understands our struggles and our needs in the midst of waiting, he wants us to work to understand that of others. When we are patient with others, we are being an example of God’s good character.
Related verse: “But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.” Psalm 86:15
What verses or stories are you using to teach your kids (or yourself) about patience? How do you help your kids learn to wait?
Jessica Wolstenholm is co-founder of Grace for Moms. After 15 years in the music and publishing industries, Jessica came home to be with her two small children. Although the transition from the corporate world to the playground has been an adjustment, she is learning every day to access the grace available to us through Christ as she navigates the full time job of motherhood. She is the co-author of The Pregnancy Companion: A Faith-Filled Guide for Your Journey to Motherhood and The Baby Companion: A Faith-Filled Guide for Your Journey Through Baby’s First Year. Jessica lives in Nolensville, TN with her husband, Dave and two miracle babies, Hope (6) and Joshua (2). Mortal kombat x online free.