Looking Forward: Patient Preparation
James 5:7-8 Brothers, be patient until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth and is patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains? You must also be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
______________ = active endurance from opposition, not a passive acceptance; also determination or long-suffering.
The farmer here represents ____________ & ____________.
Galatians 6:7-9 Don’t be deceived; God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows he will also reap, because the one who sows to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit. So we must not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up.
The precious fruit represents _________________.
John 8:31-32 “If you continue in My word, you really are My disciples. You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” – Jesus
_______________ = a messenger or ambassador; a lifetime witness in the saving acts of God, specifically the death and resurrection of Jesus.
Disciples are encouraged to ____________ their ____________.
Jeremiah 17:9-10 The heart is more deceitful than anything else and desperately sick – who can understand it? I, the Lord, examine the mind, I test the heart to give to each according to his way, according to what his actions deserve.