Love is patient..and sometimes much love is required. Ephesians 4:2.
Patience is not usually a virtue easily acquired and often in the Bible patience and endurance are linked. 2Corinthians 1:6, Colossians 1:11, Rev 14:12.
God is patient with us - as He was with the Israelites, 2Peter 3:9 ~
"for about forty years He endured their conduct in the wilderness"
Acts 13:18
..and He expects in our earthly lives that we may have to endure:
persecution ~ 1 Corinthians 4:12
temptation ~ 1 Corinthians 10:13
great pressure ~ 2 Corinthians 1:8
everything ~ 2 Timothy 2:10
hardship ~ 2 Timothy 4:5
great conflict ~ Hebrews 10:32
suffering for doing good ~1 Peter 2:20
sickness ~ Proverbs 18:14
scorn ~ Psalm 69:7
trials ~ 2Thessalonians 1:4
...producing...
*Protection - Revelation 3:10, *Discipline - Hebrews 12:7, *Salvation - 2Timothy 2:10, *Life - 2 Timothy 2 11-13, *Rescue - 2Timothy 3:11
Jesus gave us an example of enduring love - and it is He whom we are to follow ~ Phil 2:8, Hebrews 12
Endurance comes from hope inspired by Jesus - 1Thessalonians 1:3 - and is something we must teach and encourage - Romans 15:4, 1Tim 6:11, 2Tim 3:10, Titus 2:2 - to bring hope.
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Everything God does endures Ecclesiastes 3:14 - His Love Psalm 118; Faithfulness Psalm 100:5; Righteousness Psalm 111:3; Word Isaiah 40:8 & Dominion Daniel 4:3.
Our Name & Descendants will endure Isaiah 66:22. Inheritance will endure Psalm 37:18. Truthful lips will endure Proverbs 12:19...and Fear of the Lord will endure Psalm 19:9
- but without Jesus the patience of God is not infinite Jeremiah 44:22 & 2 Timothy 2 11-13. We need patient endurance and faithfulness ~ Revelation 13 9-10
.Hebrews 13:14 ~ "for here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking the city that is to come"
Remember the Israelites and their journey. Are you following God? or wandering in the desert? Ask God for help to overcome and choose to stay faithful to Him. | 
