Quotes about Patience

Ben Carson: It's all in God's hands. Craig: But we believe you let God use your hands.

Often when God does not readily give us what we want, it is because He knows what our desire would cost us. Faith sometimes means forgoing our desires because we trust Christ to have a better plan for our lives.

A big difference exists between trying to manipulate God to give us what we want and cooperating with God so He can give us what He wants.

Trying to know God and serve Him before we come to love Him is exhausting.

We have no idea how busy God's hands are even when His mouth seems closed. Where God is concerned, silence never equals slumber.

I don't believe God allows surrendered hearts to continue to long for things He will not ultimately grant in one way or another. Our disappointment with God is often the result of our small thinking.

Had you been a spectator during only the first three days of creation, you might not have judged it as good. What good are seed-bearing plants with no sun for photosynthesis? In His wisdom God knew the work was good because He knew what was coming next. He knows what's coming next for you. That's why He can judge His work in you as good. Give God room to be completely creative. Meet with Him daily as He unfolds the plan in perfect order. He's really good at what He does.

O, Lord, You have made everything beautiful in Your time. You have also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet we cannot fathom what You have done from beginning to end. (Eccles. 3:11)

Then they believed His promises and sang His praise. They soon forgot His works and would not wait for His counsel. Psalm 106:12—13

Instead, I get to know that a greater yes is in progress, and I can count on the bigger miracle.

Affliction produces endurance, endurance produces proven character, and proven character produces hope. Romans 5:3—4

A seed needs planting in order to grow. It needs patience. If the seed was cast from the hand of God, he will surely sprout it, in his time, in his way. If it came from good human intentions, consider it no waste. It was a mortal's vocalized belief that you have something to offer, and while that person may prove mistaken about the precise form, that faith can act as fertilizer to the soil.