How to be patient? Three lessons to practice patience. We live in a fast world. Living in a fast world has trained us to be fast, sometimes too fast, and often hasty. In this context, it is important to be reminded of the three lessons James teaches to practice patience in our life. This meditation is on these three lessons as found in James 5:7-11.

00:00 - Introduction: Practicing Patience
00:53 - Patience with God: to the fulfillment of God's promise
02:47 - The example of a farmer
03:37 - Example of patience: Abraham, Joseph, David, and Jesus
05:36 - Patience with one another
07:33 - The story of Abraham in Talmud
08:37 - The Patience of Jesus
09:09 - The meaning of macrothumos (long angered)
09:54 - Patient in our Trials
10:30 - The example of Job's patience
12:17 - Conclusion: The reward of patience

Links to other videos in this series:

You are the Salt of the Earth (Matthew 5:13)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY0azSR9YHQ&t=286s

Why worry | Remedies for worry (Matthew 6:25-34)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pTryKTwp2o&t=691s

The Call of Matthew (Matthew 9:9)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLP9cIkk5Cw&t=334s

The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q60wvl-OBE0&t=606s