SHOULD WE PRAY FOR PATIENCE?

Growing up in the church, I regularly heard the phrase "Don't pray for patience." I heard people say it and I heard pastors preach it. Even as an adult I've heard these four words spoken quite often.

Why would people say don't pray for patience? It's simple really. If you pray for patience, surely God will give you something to test those patience. So many think that it's basically praying for trials to come! Case in point, as a new believer my husband prayed for patience and later that week he was laid off from his job. He decided all those people warning against this prayer were right!

Then a few years ago, God was speaking to my husband about patience so he went to the Word where God led him right to the Fruits of the Spirit.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,

peace, patience, kindness, goodness,

faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

The law is not against such things.

Galatians 5:22-23 CSB

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