2nd Fruit — Synopsis …
SYNOPSIS: Patient actions are pro-active (i.e. Purpose-fully chosen) … They are consciously enacted, grounded in the present moment, and relaxed in their fulfillment.
DETERMINING FACTOR: During decision-making, ask your Self — “Is this particular option tempting me to remain passive or does it encourage me to act? Is it being made attentively & consciously or is it emotionally reactive?”
ADDITIONAL SCRIPTURE:
“Do you not say ‘Four months more, then comes the harvest’? But I tell you, look around you and see how the fields are even now already ripe for harvesting.” ~ Jesus Christ (John 4:35)
“It is not for you to know the times or the periods that the Father has set by His own Authority.” ~ Acts 1:7 [i.e. Just Do It!]
“I do not shrink from doing anything Help-full …” ~ Acts 20:20
“Or do you despise the riches of His Kindness and His forbearance and His Patience? Do you not realize that [such things] are meant to lead you to return to His Way?” ~ Romans 2:4
“Now more than ever, make use of your present condition.” ~ 1 Corinthians 7:21-22
“I stay … because a door for effective Work has opened to Me …” ~ 1 Corinthians 16:9
“If we are being afflicted, it is for … consolation and salvation; if we are being consoled, it is for … peace, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we are also suffering.” ~ 2 Corinthians 1:6
“Whenever we have an opportunity, let us Work for the Good of all.” ~ Galatians 6:10
“Observe my teaching, my conduct, my Purpose, my Faith, my patience, my Love, my steadfastness …” ~ 2 Timothy 3:10
“Proclaim the Message; be persistent regardless of whether the time is favorable or unfavorable … Encourage others with the utmost patience.”~ 2 Timothy 4:2
“Be temperate … prudent and sound in Faith, with Love and endurance.” ~ Titus 2:2
“[Be] imitators of those who, through Faith and Patience, inherit the promises.” ~ Hebrews 6:12
“You know that the testing of your Faith produces endurance; and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete …”~ James 1:3-4
“Be patient, therefore … [as] the farmer who waits for the precious crop from the earth; tending it until it receives both the early and the late rains.”~ James 5:7
“You must also be patient. Strengthen your Hearts, for the Lord is at hand.” ~ James 5:8
“The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some think of slowness, but rather is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance … Therefore, … strive to be found by Him at peace … and regard the patience of our Lord as Salvation.” ~ 2 Peter 3:9+14-15
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