DAVID A. MCMILLEN

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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.

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"THE PATIENCE AND LOVE OF JESUS" BY DAVID MCMILLEN

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By: DAVID A. MCMILLEN
Posted in: INSPIRATIONAL

THE PATIENCE AND LOVE OF JESUS




I LOOK UP A LOT OF WORDS WHEN I AM WRITING MY MESSAGES AND A LOT OF TIMES I SHARE THOSE DEFINITIONS WITH YOU. I DO THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO BE SURE I AM RIGHT ABOUT WHAT I AM SAYING. HERE IS A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT PATIENCE MEANT TO JUST COOL IT AND SEE IF IT HAPPENS. WOW, DID I MISS THIS ONE?


I LOOKED IT UP IN WEBSTER'S 1828 DICTIONARY AND FOUND THIS "The suffering of afflictions, pain, toil, calamity, provocation or other evil, with a calm, unruffled temper; endurance without murmuring or fretfulness." NOW WHEN I THINK OF PATIENCE I THINK OF JESUS. I ALSO THINK OF LOVE BECAUSE HE HAD TO REALLY LOVE US TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT FOR US AND HE KNEW EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO HIM AND HE DID IT ANYWAY.




HE HAD TO HAVE THE GREATEST PATIENCE EVER. WE NEED TO TAKE HEED TO THE LAST PART OF THE DEFINITION WHEN WE PRAY FOR PATIENCE. WE GET UPSET WHEN WE DON'T GET WHAT WE PRAY FOR RIGHT AWAY. DON'T GET UPSET WITH GOD WHEN YOU DON'T GET THE ANSWER TO YOUR PRAYER IN FIVE MINUTES.


WE KNOW FROM SCRIPTURE THAT THE ANSWER WAS MADE IMMEDIATELY IN THE SPIRIT BUT SOMETIMES IT TAKES TIME TO GET IT TO US DUE TO SATAN'S HINDRANCE. (DANIEL 10:12-13 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.) AND, DON'T GET UPSET WITH HIM WHEN HE SAYS NO. HE KNOWS WHAT IS BEST FOR US AND WE CAN TRUST HIM.




IF WE COULD ONLY REALIZE HOW MUCH GOD LOVES US, WE WOULD NEVER WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING EVER AGAIN. WON'T YOU TRUST HIM TODAY?




GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

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