Patience is Hard

Discuss Together

• What sport or sporting activity do you feel most confident playing or doing? Can anyone throw or hit a curveball?

• What is the biggest curveball this season has thrown you personally? What are some other curveballs you’ve had to face in your life?

• Read James 5:7-11. Where do you find yourself struggling most with being patient? Is it on the road, in a relationship, in a job, or something else? Has this changed as we’ve gone through this season of social distancing?

• One way James calls us to be patient is to be long-tempered with other people. What have you learned about being long-tempered with those closest to you during stressful times? What does it take to not blow up at each other?

• Is there a way you feel like you need to be more patient with people in your life right now? Is there anything you need to apologize for or make right?

• Another way we’re called to be patient is by persevering in faith during difficult circumstances. Do you know of someone who showed incredible endurance through suffering or a challenging time? What did you learn from them?

• Jeff said, “It is in the difficult times where we grow the most.” Have you found that to be true? Did a hard situation in your past actually pull you closer to God? How?

• Read Galatians 5:22-23. Pick one of the words that describes the fruit of the Holy Spirit that you most need in your life right now. Why did you pick that word?