The Power of a Praying Woman by Stormie Omartian
Week 24: Chapter 23 — Lord, Make Me a Patient Person
Read Chapter 23 of The Power of a Praying Woman. Key Scriptures: Romans 5:3-4; James 1:3-4.
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Patience is one of those virtues we desperately want but dread the process of acquiring — Omartian is honest about why it is hard and hopeful about what it produces.
Discussion Questions
6 questions1.Omartian is candid that patience is often produced through the very trials we are praying to escape. How do you feel about that truth? Does it help or frustrate you?
2.She identifies impatience with God — the feeling that He is moving too slowly — as a form of mistrust. Where are you currently most impatient with God's timing?
3.Romans 5:3-4 traces a progression from suffering to patience to character to hope. Where are you on that progression right now in a particular area of your life?